Child Welfare Services Care Coordinator - NCSH Residential
Job Details
Full Job Description
HealthRIGHT 360 gives hope, builds health,
and changes lives for people in need by providing comprehensive,
integrated, compassionate care that includes primary medical care,
mental health services, and substance use disorder
treatment.
Benefits and perks:
- HR360 offers a robust benefits package, including PTO, 15 paid holidays, commuter benefits, retirement plans, and more!
- Employees qualify for public loan forgiveness programs
- Training and professional development opportunities
- Work with mission driven, compassionate colleagues and make a difference every day in the work that you do.
Job
Overview
North County Serenity House, A Program of
HealthRIGHT 360 was founded in 1966 to provide substance use disorder
services in the community. North County Serenity House provides a
gender-responsive and trauma-informed environment, using
evidence-based and best practices that recognize and account for the
role that trauma frequently plays in substance use and criminal
histories of women. For clients with co-occurring mental illness, we
provide integrated substance use and mental health services which
treat both conditions as primary. Our residential facility serves up
to 120 women (with capacity for up to 20 children under 5 years of
age) seeking recovery from substance use disorders.
Child Welfare Services (CWS) Care Coordinators are responsible
for assessing client and children needs and strengths in support of
family health and recovery. Through case management in individual and
group settings, delivering curricula in accordance with program
specific requirements, CWS Care Coordinators assist clients with
children in navigating systems of care while providing a supportive
treatment environment.
Key Responsibilities
Individual Treatment Responsibilities: Facilitates individual case
management sessions with each caseload client who is involved with
Child Welfare Services or who has a child under the age of 6 and
ensures that each mother and child is referred to Jumpstart program
upon entering treatment. Attends Jumpstart Classes and Services as
needed that are provided onsite by Healthy Developmental Services.
Keeps consistent contact with Health Developmental Specialist.
Communicates weekly with Rady’s DSEP to track developmental screenings
of children. Provides learning experience opportunities and offers
clinical support to assist clients in meeting their treatment goals.
Proactively links clients to both internal and external resources
based on their treatment needs and follows up on the
progress/status.Facilitates monthly case conferences for clients who
are involved with Child Welfare Services which include all parties
involved in client’s case. Attends Team Decision Making Meetings when
invited by Child Welfare Services and maintains regular contact with
CWS workers to allow for advocacy for each client.
Treatment
Setting Responsibilities: Reports to other referring agencies weekly.
Performs crisis intervention and communicates with treatment team as
unforeseen situations arise. Documents client updates, incidents,
changes in visitations and placement in the facility log daily.
Attends required trainings and meetings. Plans and facilitates client
celebrations and special events. May work weekends and holidays as
needed.
Documentation Responsibilities: Collaborates with
each caseload client and other available internal and external
resources to develop/maintain treatment plans, transition plans,
progress notes and appropriate updates in support of the health and
recovery needs of the client. Properly documents all individual and
group counseling sessions and completes the discharge
paperwork/process and required agency assessments in timely manner.
Also, maintains accurate records by data entering documentation into
various electronic systems for all caseload clients in accordance with
guidelines established by HealthRIGHT 360 to satisfy internal and
external evaluating requirements.
And, other duties as
assigned.
Education and Knowledge, Skills and
Abilities
- Drug and Alcohol Registration recognized by DHCS.
- High School diploma or equivalent.
- First Aid Certified within 30 days of employment.
- CPR Certified within 30 days of employment.
- A valid California driver's license.
- Ability to obtain and maintain background clearance with successful discharge from probation or parole, and absence of drug/alcohol related arrests or convictions, for at least 3 years.
- Culturally competent and able to work with a diverse population.
- Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, specifically Word Outlook and internet applications.
- Experience working successfully with issues of substance abuse, mental health, criminal background, and other potential barriers to economic self sufficiency.
- Ability to enter data into various electronic systems while maintaining the integrity and accuracy of the data.
- Professionalism, punctuality, flexibility and reliability are imperative.
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal skills.
- Integrity to handle sensitive information in a confidential manner.
- Action oriented.
- Strong problem-solving skills.
- Excellent organization skills and
ability to multitask and juggle multiple priorities.
- Outstanding ability to follow-through with tasks.
- Ability to work cooperatively and effectively as part of interdisciplinary team and independently assume responsibility.
- Strong initiative and enthusiasm and willingness to pitch in whenever needed.
- Able to communicate well at all levels of the organization including working with organization leadership and high-level representatives of partner organizations.
- Able to work within a frequently changing project scope while maintaining overall direction and structured priorities.
We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
- Pay Type Hourly
- Min Hiring Rate $21.00
- Max Hiring Rate $25.00