Care Coordinator (QP), Foster Care

Ctshealth; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

CTSHealth seeks a Qualified Professional for Foster Care services in the Charlotte area. The role involves oversight of therapy and compliance for children in foster care, along with case management duties. Strong candidates will have a relevant degree and experience in the mental health field, with a commitment to improving children's lives through compassionate care.

Benefits

Paid Vacation Time and Holidays

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401K Match

Short-Term Disability Insurance

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years’ full-time experience with the population being served (MH/DD/SA).
• Possess no substantiated findings of abuse or neglect listed on NC Health Care Registry.
• Qualified Mental Professional status required.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the provision of Family Foster Care & Therapeutic Foster Care services.
• Ensure adherence to client rights and agency policies.
• Monitor quality service delivery and provide case management.

Skills

Compliance Monitoring

Case Management

Crisis Management

Education

4-year bachelor’s degree in a human services field

Job description

Description

At CTSHealth, our vision is to improve the quality of life for children who have experienced unfortunate situations beyond their control. We employ hard-working, dedicated, caring team members who are committed to excellence and empowering children and families through therapy, education, and prevention-based care.

Qualified Professional, Foster Care

Gastonia/Charlotte, NC

Full-time

What will you do?

The primary purpose of this position is to oversee the provision of Family Foster Care & Therapeutic Foster Care Level I & II services to consumers. The clinical supervision and training of Level I & II providers, monitoring for appropriate service delivery, ensuring outcome-based services, and monitoring for compliance with service requirements. This process is facilitated by using the System of Care approach for consumers up to age 21. Servicing care may combine the duties of the social worker or case coordination and licensing social worker.

• Ensure Client Rights are being adhered to for all consumers.
• Abide by and implement all the policies, procedures, regulations, and standards that govern the agency.
• Represent CTS Inc. professionally in the community with all other agencies (i.e. schools, court system, mental health, department of social services, etc.)
• Responsible for attending to all the rules and regulations of the agency, state, and federal statues, and attending rules of quality improvement, medical records, finance, etc. of the agency (including delivery of service to consumers under best practice models).
• Monitor quality service delivery that is in-line with best practices for delivery of services to child populations while providing consumer choice.
• Provide case management to ensure proper assessments are conducted for each consumer and that the consumer is at the proper level of care due to assessments and behaviors,
• Monitor the mental and physical health needs of the clients and report any report that concerns to supervisor.
• Assure all required Medicaid record rules and deadlines are met (i.e. application for services, service notes, service plans, consents, diagnostic assessments, and all items associated with continuity of care).
• Approve services and coordinate these approved services with all treatment team members (i.e. consumer, family, DSS, DJJ, school systems and other health care professionals).
• Conduct and attend child family teams. Cooperatively service, deliver, and develop individual goal plan and interventions.
• Assure all service plan requirements are met.
• Complete and update PCPs as needed with a minimum of yearly updates.
• Complete SAR requests for level I & II therapeutic consumer authorizations by submitting through Alpha System),
• Maintain 100% Authorizations with no gaps in service for all Level I and II therapeutic Consumers.
• Provide 24-hour on-call support for crisis for case manager’s case load, monitoring, and recruitment, participate in staffing both clinical and administrative and provide training to therapeutic families.

What’s in it for you? (Great Benefits for Full-Time employees)

• Paid Vacation Time and Holidays!
• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• 401K Match
• Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Pay Rate?

$45,000 - $55,000

Requirements

What qualifications do you need?

• Completion of a 4-year bachelor’s degree in a human services field and a minimum or 2 years’ FT experience with population being served MH/DD/SA.
• Possess no substantiated findings of abuse or neglect listed on NC Health Care Registry, and no criminal convictions.
• Qualified Mental Professional status required.
• Maintain a Valid North Carolina Driver’s License. This position requires driving around the greater Charlotte area.