Care Coordinator-Mental Health

Camelot Community Care; Fort Lauderdale (FL); On-site; USD 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Camelot Community Care is seeking an experienced professional to provide care coordination for youth and their families, ensuring linkage to mental health and substance use treatment aligned with clients’ goals. The role involves education, resource linkage, and follow‑up to support engagement with services.

You will educate and engage prospective clients about wellness and recovery, work with a multidisciplinary team, and help maintain service plans that meet state and COA standards.

Qualifications

• Master's degree preferred in a Human Service discipline and experience working with children/adolescents related to their therapeutic/treatment needs.
• Experience working with children/adolescents in compliance with State or contractual requirements.

Responsibilities

• Attends all Camelot trainings and completes orientation.
• Facilitates meetings for youth in admission and discharge processes.
• Obtains signatures for admission paperwork and service plans.
• Creates and updates family-centered service plans meeting policies and regulatory requirements.
• Conducts referrals and follow-ups to ensure linkage and engagement in services.
• Maintains regular contact with families regarding clients’ functioning at home and in school.
• Maintains client files and completes case notes in the data system.
• Participates in supervision and collaborates with the Family Peer Support Specialist.

Skills

Child/adolescent therapy

Education

Master's degree

Job description

Job DetailsLevel: ExperiencedJob Location: Ft Lauderdale Office - Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309Position Type: Full TimeEducation Level: Graduate DegreeSalary Range: $45,000.00 - $55,000.00 Salary/yearTravel Percentage: Up to 50% Job Shift: Day

Camelot Community Care employs over 500 dedicated and talented professionals who lead us in our efforts of helping children reach their fullest potential. Working for Camelot is a unique experience where each employee is asked not only to shape the future of the children they serve, but also help shape the future of the company. We take pride in our organizational culture of allowing local programs and staff an appropriate amount of autonomy to design and deliver services that best meet their community's needs. Camelot is not a top-heavy organization but instead we place our trust and confidence in local leadership with the corporate administration providing guidance, support and the necessary resources to provide high quality services

This position is responsible for the care coordination for youth and their families to ensure linkage and engagement with mental health/substance abuse treatment that supports the client’s goals and to provide outreach to children and their families. Services shall include education, identification, and linkage with community resources, as well as follow-up to ensure the client is successfully engaging in the services. This position will encourage, educate and engage prospective clients related to the importance of wellness, treatment and recovery relevant to their current needs and functioning.

Position Responsibilities

• Attends all Camelot training, completes all new employee orientation topics within the first quarter of employment, demonstrates competency in all initial and ongoing training topics and participates in staff development opportunities.
• Facilitates all necessary meetings for youth in the admission and discharge processes.
• Obtains all needed signatures from parents/guardians for legal/admission paperwork, service plans, safety plans, updated consents, and other relevant documentation.
• Works with the team to create and update all client and family centered service plans, assuring that all plans meet Camelot policies, state and federal law/rules, funding requirements and COA standards in a timely manner.
• Conducts referrals and follow-up to ensure client linkage, engagement in and satisfaction with services.
• Conducts regular face‑to‑face and virtual contacts with children, parents, and others for their caseload.
• Reviews and assesses the family’s progress made toward connection and engagement in services.
• Maintains consistent communication with families regarding clients’ functioning in the home, school and any service agencies in order to maintain continuity of care.
• Establishes and maintains relationships with community resource providers, particularly emphasizing facilitation of the referral process and providing continuity of care to the families on the caseload.
• Establishes and maintains relationships with children and families including awareness of and attention to achievement of improved functioning, satisfaction with services, and overall safety of clients.
• Attends and actively participates in weekly supervision including follow-up with supervision recommendations.
• Collaborates with and helps to guide the Family Peer Support Specialist.
• Maintains electronic and paper client files according to company policy, established timeframes and applicable regulations.
• Accurately completes case notes on a continual basis which are factual, up to date and descriptive. All case notes are entered into the required data system according to current policy and contractual outcomes.
• Attends individual case staffings, community meetings and discharge planning.
• Maintains regular contact with referral sources and other stakeholders including the funder, the school system, the Department of Juvenile Justice, and the families of clients being served.
• Works with community stakeholders to identify service gaps and opportunities to improve service delivery in the community.
• Attends all required Camelot trainings and team meetings.

Qualifications

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Master's degree preferred in a Human Service discipline from four-year accredited college or university and experience working with children/adolescents related to their therapeutic/treatment needs and in compliance with State or contractual requirements.