Care Coordinator LSW - Behavioral Health

Carle Health; Bloomington (IL); In loco; USD 38.000 - 63.000; Tempo pieno

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Comprehensive benefits

Equal Opportunity Employer

Descrizione del lavoro

Carle Health's Behavioral Health department seeks a Care Coordinator-Behavioral Health-AOT to deliver psychosocial assessments, supportive counseling, crisis intervention, and resource referrals. This role supports grant-funded programs, including the Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) initiative, working with an interdisciplinary team to assist high-risk patients and navigate care transitions.

The position requires a Master’s or Bachelor’s in Social Work, an LSW within 1 year in Illinois, and

Competenze

• Master's or Bachelor's degree in Social Work.
• Licensed Social Worker (LSW) within 1 year in IL.
• Two years in case management services.

Mansioni

• Provides social work intervention to patient/families served by the department.
• Finding resources to assist the patient with transportation, medications, financial barriers, social security or disability claims.
• Collaborates with behavioral health team to meet the needs of high risk populations.
• Helps to facilitate care transitions and other specialties when needed.
• Documents all patient interactions in the medical record in a timely manner.
• Develops and maintains community relationships to support client referrals.
• Consults and collaborates with other professionals involved in providing services to patients.
• Assists patients with completing applications for assistance programs (Illinois Medicaid, Carle Financial Assistance Program, pharmaceutical programs).
• Attends client-related meetings with psychiatric and medical prescribers as necessary.
• Documents and provides data entry for grant reporting and tracking for services delivered through grant funded programs.
• Keeps the director/manager informed of problematic cases, especially those involving legal or risk management issues.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Conoscenze

Case management

Problem-solving

Advocacy

Resource knowledge

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Formazione

Master's Degree or Bachelor's Degree - Social Work

Descrizione del lavoro

Overview

The Care Coordinator-Behavioral Health-AOT provides professional services to patients in the Behavioral Health department to meet identified psychosocial, emotional, financial and environmental needs. The coordinator provides psychosocial assessments, supportive counseling, emergent crisis intervention appropriate to setting, financial resource information, environment enhancements, advance directive planning and referrals to community agencies for patients. This position will deliver services outlined in grant funded programs within the department, including, but not limited to, participants in the county's Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) Program. Using an interdisciplinary team approach, the coordinator identifies and implements interventions at the individual and systemic levels and provides expertise to high-risk clients.

Qualifications

Educational Requirements

• Master's Degree or Bachelor's Degree - Social Work

Certification & Licensure Requirements

• Licensed Social Worker (LSW) within 1 year - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)

Experience Requirements

• Two years in case management services

Other Requirements

Ability to problem-solve and develop solutions for patients and their families, strong knowledge of available community resources, and awareness of when and how to access additional resources to meet a patient’s needs. Strong advocacy skills necessary.

Responsibilities

• Provides social work intervention to patient/families served by the department.
• Finding resources to assist the patient with: transportation, obtaining medications, financial barriers, social security or employee-based disability claims, or other barriers to safe and successful treatment.
• Collaborates with behavioral health team to meet the needs of high risk populations.
• Helps to facilitate care transitions and other specialties when needed.
• Documents all patient interactions, significant observations, interventions, and actions taken in the patient's medical record in an appropriate and timely manner.
• Develops and maintains community relationships to support client referrals.
• Consults and collaborates with other professionals involved in providing services to patients.
• Assist patients with completing applications for assistance programs, including Illinois Medicaid, Carle Financial Assistance Program, and pharmaceutical assistance programs.
• Attends client-related meetings in or out of the office including with psychiatric and medical prescribers as necessary.
• Documents and provides data entry for grant reporting and tracking for services delivered through grant funded programs
• Keeps the director/manager informed of problematic cases, especially those involving legal or risk management issues.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

About Us

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Discover the job, the career, the purpose you were meant for. At Carle Health, we're committed to fostering a workplace where every team member feels valued, respected and empowered, where passion and purpose come together to positively impact the lives of our patients and our communities. Find it all at Carle Health.

Our nearly 17,000 team members and providers work together to support patient care across central and southeastern Illinois. We’ve grown to include eight, award-winning hospitals and a multispecialty provider group with more than 1,500 doctors and advanced practice providers. We’re developing the next generation of providers and healthcare professionals through Carle Illinois College of Medicine, the world’s first engineering-based medical school, and Methodist College. Carle BroMenn Medical Center, Carle Foundation Hospital, Carle Health Methodist Hospital, Carle Health Proctor Hospital, Carle Health Pekin Hospital, and Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center hold Magnet® designations, the nation’s highest honor for nursing care. We offer opportunities in several communities throughout central Illinois with potential for growth and life-long careers at Carle Health.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. Carle Health participates in E-Verify and may provide the Social Security Administration and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. | For more information: [e-mail].

Compensation and Benefits

The compensation range for this position is $27.36per hour - $45.69per hour. This represents a good faith minimum and maximum range for the role at the time of posting by Carle Health. The actual compensation offered a candidate will be dependent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s experience, qualifications, location, training, licenses, shifts worked and compensation model.Carle Health offers a comprehensive benefits package for team members and providers. To learn more visit careers.carlehealth.org/benefits.