CSA Intensive Care Coordinator

Child & Family Services, Inc.; New Bedford (MA); On-site; USD 28,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Child & Family Services, Inc. in New Bedford is seeking a Care Coordinator to coordinate all services and supports identified in the ICP, reporting to the Senior Care Coordinator and the CSA Program Director.

The role involves conducting home-based assessments, developing youth- and family-centered ICPs, coordinating with family members, schools, and state agencies, and preparing necessary reports. The agency emphasizes diversity and equity and notes a language differential for eligible

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive home-based assessments including CANS and other tools.
• Identify appropriate CPT members with the family.
• Develop and implement youth- and family-centered ICP with family and collaterals.
• Create risk management and safety plans with family involvement.
• Maintain regular contact with family, youth, and collaterals.
• Facilitate CPT meetings and coordinate timely communication.
• Identify and develop natural supports with the family.
• Assist with system navigation and provide family education and advocacy.
• Monitor ICP updates to reflect changing youth/family needs.
• Provide after-hours phone support for urgent crises and arrange visits as needed.
• Coordinate services with state agencies, schools, and primary care.

Job description

Summary

The Care Coordinator is responsible for coordinating all services and supports identified in the ICP. S/he is responsible to the Senior Care Coordinator and the CSA Program Director.

The Care Coordinator is responsible for coordinating all services and supports identified in the ICP. S/he is responsible to the Senior Care Coordinator and the CSA Program Director.

Child and Family Services recognizes the power in Diversity and believes that Equity is a Human Right.

$1 per hour Language Differential! (eligible languages include: Cape Verdean Creole, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, Spanish or ASL)

Child & Family Services carefully considers a wide range of factors when determining compensation including, but not limited to, prior experience, education, certification(s), license(s), skills and expertise, location, internal equity and other factors that are job related and consistent with business need. Our goal is to support, reward and compensate the entire individual. Depending on role eligibility, your offer may include a bonus or other incentives. Therefore, final offer amounts may vary from the amount stated.

Job Responsibilities & Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

• Conducting a comprehensive, home-based assessment inclusive of the CANS and other tools as determined necessary, which occurs in the youth’s home or another location.
• Identifying with the family-appropriate members of the CPT
• Developing and implement a youth- and family-centered ICP in collaboration with the family and collaterals
• Developing a risk management/safety plan in collaboration with the family and collaterals
• Maintaining regular contact with the family, youth (where appropriate), and other relevant persons in the youth’s life (collaterals)
• Facilitating CPT meetings
• Maintaining face-to-face contact with the youth and family, as determined by the youth and family and members of the CPT
• Identify and develop with the family natural supports
• Assisting with system navigation
• Providing family education, advocacy, and support
• Identifies and actively assists the youth and family to obtain and monitor the delivery of available services including medical, educational, social, therapeutic, or other services
• Monitoring, reviewing, and updating the ICP to reflect the changing needs of the youth and family
• Provide after-hours phone support to address urgent child or family crises. Arrange or provide home visit support services after-hours as needed to address urgent child or family crises.
• Maintain communicating with the ICP Team members and convene with ICP Team at least quarterly to review and revise the ICP.
• Coordinate services with state agencies, the school system, primary care, and other service providers as indicated on the ICP.
• Prepare all necessary reports and documentation of services, including authorizations, Individual Care Plans, and evaluation data.
• Performs other duties as required.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.