Wraparound Facilitator

our Program•Alexandria, LA

About The Position

The Wraparound Facilitator provides individualized, coordinated, family-driven care for youth and families with complex needs. The role facilitates a high-fidelity wraparound process for youth involved with multiple child- and family-serving systems, at risk of out-of-home placement, and experiencing behavioral or mental health difficulties. The facilitator brings the youth, family, providers, and members of the family's social support network together to develop a plan of care responsive to the youth's needs. The position works with an Independent Evaluator (Licensed Mental Health Professional) to ensure a comprehensive assessment is completed and incorporated into the Child and Family Team process. In partnership with the family, the facilitator develops an individualized Plan of Care consistent with National Wraparound Initiative standards and applicable treatment-planning requirements. The role also helps youth and families access strength-based mental health, social, educational, and other services and supports. Eckerd Connects' Wraparound Agencies participate in Louisiana's Coordinated System of Care (CSoC), a behavioral health managed care program serving people with behavioral health, mental health, and addictive disorders. The program coordinates flexible services and supports across systems, builds meaningful partnerships with families and youth, and provides family-driven, youth-guided services in homes and community settings. Plans are individualized, strength-based, culturally and linguistically competent, and integrated across child-serving systems.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in a social, human services, or behavioral sciences field; a degree in another field is accepted with at least two years of full-time experience in a relevant family, children/youth, or community service capacity.
Relevant alternative experience may substitute for the bachelor's-level degree requirement in individual cases, subject to approval by the Louisiana Department of Health.
Previous experience in a relevant family, children/youth, or community service capacity is required if the degree is in a field other than human services.
Obtain a wraparound practitioner certificate within two years of hire and maintain it, including annual re-credentialing.
Be capable of extensive travel and driving.
Be able to provide 24-hour, seven-day-a-week on-call crisis intervention to youth.
Be able to work a flexible schedule that includes some nights and weekends.
Be able to transport youth, volunteers, and others.
Pass a drug screen in compliance with the Substance Abuse and Drug-Free Workplace policy.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree.

Responsibilities

Facilitate a high-fidelity wraparound process and provide individualized, coordinated, family-driven care to youth and families.
Coordinate collaboration among the youth, family, providers, and the family's social support network to build a plan of care responsive to the youth's needs.
Work with an Independent Evaluator (Licensed Mental Health Professional) to ensure completion of a comprehensive assessment and incorporate its results into the Child and Family Team process.
Develop an individualized Plan of Care in partnership with the family, following National Wraparound Initiative standards and treatment-planning requirements consistent with 42 CFR 438.208(c)(3).
Assist youth and families in accessing strength-based mental health, social, educational, and other services and supports.