Care Coordinator - School Based
Sandra Eskenazi Mental Health Center, Indiana's first community mental health center, provides comprehensive care for emotional and behavioral problems, including severe mental illness and substance abuse. The Sandra Eskenazi Mental Health Center offers both inpatient and outpatient services, including several outreach centers as well as clinic- and community-based services.
About Indianapolis Public School Program within Sandra Eskenazi Mental Health Center:
In collaboration with Marion County schools, we engage the student and their families to address the unique needs of our clients in their schools and their communities. Our team members particularly enjoy the flexibility they have with managing their client schedules so that they can best meet the needs of their clients.
Where You Fit In:
The Care Coordinator provides ongoing support, skills training, and advocacy to empower clients in fostering independence and leading self-sufficient lives. The Care Coordinator advocates for clients to ensure access to needed services which includes developing community relationships and resources. In collaboration with the treatment team, the Care Coordinator formulates, develops, and revises treatment plans, BPSA's, ANSA and CANS assessments, and other necessary client assessments.
Am I Qualified?
- Bachelor's degree in human services, education, or psychology required
- Valid Indiana driver's license that meets Eskenazi Health's driving policy requirements
- Ability to meet the Indiana Medicaid billing requirements as an Other Behavioral Health Professional (OBHP) or Qualified Behavioral Health Professional (QBHP) as defined by Indiana Medicaid
- Ability to meet minimum competency standards set forth by Sandra Eskenazi Mental Health Center
Essential Functions and Responsibilities
- In collaboration with the MD/CNS and treatment team, formulates, develops and revises treatment plans, BPSA's, ANSA and CANS assessments, and other necessary client assessments timely, accurately, and with good quality.
- Uses discretion and independent judgment to develop treatment plans, in consultation with the treatment team.
- Advocates for clients to ensure access to needed services which includes developing community relationships and resources.
- Implements treatment plans; coordinates service revisions based on treatment plans.
- Identifies any high-risk patient symptoms or circumstances that would result in risk for self-harm or harm to others and notifies appropriate higher level clinical staff for consultation.
- Completes appropriate legal documentation as indicated on treatment plan.
- Interprets and applies service and billing procedures according to client needs; completes billing according to guidelines for timeliness and accuracy.
- Works with family, significant others and community supports to assist clients in meeting goals.
- Alters activities and behaviors to reflect and ensure adequate care appropriate to the age of clients served.
- Provides quality case management and activities of daily living skills training to clients.
- Monitors client progress and reflects this in documentation.
- Meets the agency's standards of timely completion of progress notes.
- Meets the agency's standards of client service hours.
- Demonstrates commitment to professional growth by actively participating in clinical supervision.
- Embraces, understands, and operates under the Recovery Model, including AIDET, the spirit of motivational interviewing, and follows the levels of accountability.
What We Offer
We strive to create a flexible and realistic work-life balance by providing the following:
- Competitive compensation
- Opportunities for further growth and development
- Established shift differential for eligible shift hours
- A culture of caring not only for patients/family members but also for our staff - ask your recruiter about the unique ways SEMHC supports our team members!
Why join our Team at Sandra Eskenazi Mental Health Center: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nYioYHZhj4
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