Care Coordinator - Child & Youth MH Svcs

Are you interested in helping youth and their families live vibrant and healthy lives? Are you interested in being part of a positive and strength-based team working together to provide quality behavioral health services to our community? If so, we have the job for you!  Our Youth & Family Services program in Salem is hiring a Care Coordinator to join the team. The prospective candidate will be working in our Wraparound Program to help orient youth, families, and community partners to the Wraparound team approach, and help families develop individual care plans with the services and supports to meet their needs. Wraparound is guided by 10 principles, family voice & choice, strengths based, team based to name a few, and we are looking for someone who shares these principles and values. The candidate will also provide safety planning, case management to assist youth/families with access to resources and supports, and collaborate with community partners for coordination of care. This is your opportunity to join a dynamic, diverse team that is dedicated to the MCHHS mission of providing access to services and building partnerships to advance healthy communities.

GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES
Coordinate care and case management, facilitate team meetings, and develop wraparound care plans incorporating professional and natural supports to meet the intensive, community-based treatment needs of individuals and their families. Provide direct services by conducting strengths and needs assessments, making referrals to appropriate services, supporting system of care development, and assisting with service coordination across partner agencies.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED
Works under the general supervision of a Clinical Supervisor, Health Program Manager, or designee who provides continual or individual assignments, describes tasks, deadlines, and priorities, and gives specific instructions for new, complex, or unusual assignments. The employee uses initiative in conducting recurring assignments. The supervisor ensures the work is technically accurate and complies with instructions or established procedures.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED
Positions in this classification are not responsible for supervision or lead work. If a supervisor assigns an employee to perform the full spectrum of lead worker duties, the county shall compensate the employee in accordance with the Marion County Personnel Rules. However, positions in all classifications can be assigned to train others—such as new employees, volunteers, or individuals involved in cross-training and special projects—for limited periods.

• Orients individuals, families, and teams to program values and process; obtains permission for service and release of information forms; identifies professional and natural supports to participate on the wraparound team and orient these individuals to the wraparound process and explain roles.
• Develops strength/needs assessment with input from individual, family and involved professional and natural supports for the wraparound meetings and individualized plan of care.
• Organizes and facilitates wraparound team meetings; develops a wraparound plan of care addressing strengths and needs for individuals and families across multiple domains; facilitates team meetings with a consensus-based collaborative decision-making process; plan of care will include professional and natural supports to meet the intensive community-based treatment and support services needs of youth and their families; ensures that the team meetings and all supporting mental health services are culturally and linguistically responsive, person-centered, and emphasizes individual and family voice and choice in the decision-making process; completes a functional behavioral assessment and develops a crisis/safety plan; facilitates the collaborative development, periodic review and revision of the wraparound plan of care, including a proactive crisis and safety plan; ensures shared accountability for all team members and is responsible for the development of outcome-based goals and measurement strategies; provides high quality wraparound services in accordance to the model; adheres to system of care values, principles of wraparound, and supports a strength-based approach at all levels.
• Provides service coordination and case management to assist families in accessing formal and informal supports and services; facilitates communication between the family, natural supports, community resources, and involved youth-serving providers and agencies; facilitates and participates in team meetings at which strengths and needs are identified and safety planning occurs; participates in intra-agency and interagency case staffing meetings for purposes of evaluation and treatment planning for individuals; provides for continuity of care by creating linkages to, and managing transitions between levels of care for youth, and transitions of older youth to the adult service system; serves as an advocate/liaison in assisting individuals to obtain necessary services; supports the development of a system of care and assists in service coordination with partner agencies; participates in all fidelity reviews, coaching and meeting observations.
• Maintains practice and documentation in accordance with Health department, high-fidelity programs and OARs; documents services to meet grant and agency requirements.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Response Level 2: In the event of an emergency, employee makes a reasonable effort to report to work. Employee may be required to perform duties outside of their regularly assigned duties. Employee may be requested to work an extended or flexible schedule. Staff at this response level must complete Incident Command System 100 and 700 on-line or in-person training.EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING

1. Three years of relevant work experience in a behavioral health services field: OR 
2. A bachelor's degree in a behavioral science field; OR 
3. Any satisfactory combination of work, education, training, or experience relevant to the position, as determined by Marion County.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

• This position may be subject to the following:  Must not be excluded from participation in the federal health care programs (Medicaid, Medicare and other federally funded programs that provide health benefits); AND must not be excluded from participating in federal procurement (Federal Acquisition Regulation) and non-procurement activities (Executive Order No. 12549).
• Must possess a current driver's license in the applicant's state of residence and an acceptable driving history. Marion County will obtain a copy of the driving record for all qualified applicants from Driver and Motor Vehicle Services and review the driving record according to the Marion County policy and procedure for Driving on County Business. The policy can be found at:  http://apps.co.marion.or.us/APAP/.
• The finalist for this position will be required to pass a criminal history background check, including finger printing; however, conviction of a crime may not necessarily disqualify an individual for this position.
• This is a safety sensitive/special needs position. Final candidates selected for this position will be required to pass a pre-employment drug screen, including testing for marijuana. The Marion County Drug and Alcohol Use and Testing Policy can be found at: http://apps.co.marion.or.us/APAP/policy.aspx?p=policy&pid=518.
• This assignment is represented by a union.
• This is a full-time position, which is eligible for overtime.
• Typical Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., with flexibility depending upon the needs of the department and program.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
Knowledge of general concepts related to mental health, chemical dependency, and community resources; and professional codes of ethics and confidentiality standards.  Skills and abilities to establish and maintain positive working relationships with colleagues, individuals and their families, other agencies, and the public; work collaboratively within a team; act in accordance with professional codes of ethics and maintain appropriate confidentiality; and prepare accurate reports and document services in a timely and professional manner.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
Operates a motor vehicle; sees using depth perception; stands; sits; moves about the work area; bends forward; climbs 1 floor of stairs; lifts, pushes, pulls, and carries up to 5 lbs.; moves carts weighing up to 5 lbs.; operates a keyboard; speaks clearly and audibly; reads a 12-pt. font; hears a normal level of speech; works in areas that may be uneven.