Service Coordinator

Center for Human Services - Missouri; Earth City (MO); Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Center for Human Services (CHS) in St Louis, MO seeks a dedicated Service Coordinator to help individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities achieve independence through personalized planning and community connections. This full-time, hybrid/remote role emphasizes collaboration with families, guardians, and care teams.

Responsibilities include managing a varied caseload, developing action plans, initiating referrals, and coordinating resources with local programs to ensure timely,

Responsibilities

• Manages caseloads to improve quality of support through regular planning with individuals and teams.
• Develops community relationships and links resources by matching needs with community resources and referrals.
• Monitors service quality and timeliness through ongoing reviews and meetings.

Job description

Applicant must live in the service area to be considered**

Full-time

St Louis, MO

St Louis County

(Hybrid/Remote)

Applicant must live in the service area to be considered**

Compensation above the base rate may be offered based on relevant experience.

About Us

The Center for Human Services (CHS) has provided exceptional opportunities for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities since 1955. Currently, CHS provides programs and services to assist individuals with disabilities, low income, at-risk children, and their families to meet their goals, and experience their best lives while living, working, playing, and becoming a part of their communities. As an organization, we are leaders in excellence, we have a steadfast commitment to solutions, we respect all differences, abilities, and similarities in our employees and clients, and we advocate autonomy!

Summary

Service coordinators help people meet their personal needs and goals in obtaining the greatest degree of independence and inclusion possible in everyday community life. They help people with developmental disabilities and their families identify and obtain needed services and supports. They also advocate for, monitor, and evaluate services along with the individuals, their families, or guardians.

• Manages a caseload of varying ages, disabilities, and case complexity to improve the quality of support and services by establishing strong, trusting relationships through regular contact and planning with the individual and their team to identify needs and creating an action plan to assist the person in meeting those needs.
• Develops community relationships and support systems and if appropriate, links resources by matching the unique support needs of individuals and families (identified in the plan) with resources in the community. Linking may involve researching existing resources, developing new resources, making referrals to collaborating agencies with information and follow-up support, preparing Utilization Review requests, service authorizations, and coordinating federal, state, county, and community programs to achieve necessary supports.
• Ensures quality enhancement by monitoring and assessing the quality, timeliness and effectiveness of services and support received through an ongoing review process. Monitoring occurs via phone or email contact as well as through in person meetings. In person meetings are completed Monthly, Quarterly, and Annually. These meetings can occur in a variety of settings including but not limited to individual’s homes,