WISe Care Coordinator

Excelsior Wellness; Spokane (WA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement with employer match

Employer-paid life insurance

Generous PTO

11 paid holidays

Free access to learning platforms

Licensing fees covered

Professional development

Job summary

Excelsior Wellness Center is seeking a Care Coordinator to join a multidisciplinary team and engage families toward therapeutic goals. You will coordinate cross-system care plans, advocate for family needs, and help maintain family unity while navigating community resources.

The role emphasizes collaboration with clinicians, peer specialists, and education professionals to support youth and families and improve outcomes across systems.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma required; BA in counseling or related field preferred.
• Registered Agency Affiliated Counselor Credential or ability to become registered within 60 days required.
• Comprehensive knowledge of community resources and public systems.
• Minimum three years of working with youth and families.
• Community Health Worker certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide direction in development and implementation of cross-system care plans to help youth and families remain safely at home.
• Advocate for families to preserve family unity and improve safety and satisfaction.
• Coordinate cross-agency communication and planning as needed.
• Provide transportation support and accompany students/families to activities, school, court and visits.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Multitasking

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in counseling or related field

High School Diploma required

License/certification - Counselor (registered or ability to register within 60 days)

Job description

Excelsior Wellness Center, a subsidiary of Excelsior Wellness,serves a broad and diverse base of individuals and families with the primary aim of identifying goals and making positive steps toward accomplishing them. In our community, we are advocates and hold fast to the belief that children and families have the potential to be safer, stronger, and more satisfied in the lives they lead.

The Care Coordinator works on a professional team including a behavioral health clinician, youth and family peer specialists, and other education and healthcare professionals to engage and support families as they reach their therapeutic goals. This position facilitates communication among team members to engage a variety of community partners, the client, and family. The Care Coordinator will advocate for their needs to support the family remaining together and to improve the safety and satisfaction in their lives. This role provides direction in the development and implementation of cross-system care plans that are designed to help the youth and family remain home and better navigate or end multi-system involvement.

To Qualify:

• High School Diploma required, BA in counseling or related field preferred.
• Registered Agency Affiliated Counselor Credential or ability to become registered within 60 days required.
• Comprehensive knowledge of community resources and public systems.
• Minimum three years of working with youth and families.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
• Community Health Worker certification preferred.
• Must have strong multitasking and organizational skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and make ethical and safe decisions.
• Ability to manage individual stress and perform essential job functions in a safe and professional manner.
• Must be at minimum 21 years of age.
• Ability to pass criminal background check.
• Valid driver's license and acceptable driving record, per organizational standards.
  • New employees with out-of-state licenses must obtain a Washington State Driver's License within 30 days of employment*

Core Responsibilities Include:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential responsibilities.

• This position description is not intended to be all-inclusive, and the employee will also perform other reasonably related business duties, across other Excelsior subsidiaries, as assigned.
• Provides the direction in the development and implementation of community resource programs to achieve desired outcomes for students.
• Understands and actively promotes WISe programs throughout the county, identifying ways in which efforts aimed at improving outcomes for students can be coordinated.
• Recognizes barriers that occur in a system of care and develop and implement practices necessary to sustain system of care improvements.
• Assesses opportunities and barriers to achieve WISe services across all systems
• Develops long and short-term goals and objectives for the development and implementation of WISe program services across all systems of care.
• Seeks opportunities to effectively communicate with the public and private child and family serving agencies to share information about the program.
• Serves as liaison between all child and family serving agencies and the WISe treatment team.
• Coordinates cross-agency communication and planning issues as needed.
• Provides transportation when taking students/families to activities, shopping centers, school, court, family visits, etc.; Drives company vehicles when available in transporting students/families.

Benefits:

Excelsior Integrated Care Center offers comprehensive medical (Providence + Cigna), dental (Lincoln), and vision (VSP) insurance packages.

• Employee insurance packages range from a $0 to $75 monthly premium.
• Medical coverage responsible deductibles ranges from $250 to $500/Annually
• Excelsior Wellness employees typically save $1,200 to $8,700 annually on premiums and $1,250 to $6,000 on deductible expenses compared to other regional employers.

On average, Excelsior Wellness employees can save $1200 to $8700 annually on premiums and an impressive $1250 to $6000 on deductible expenses compared to other businesses in our area.

But our commitment to your well-being doesn't stop there. We provide a range of additional benefits, including retirement with employer match, employer-paid life insurance, generous PTO, 11 paid holidays, free access to learning platforms, employer-paid licensing fees applicable to your role, professional development courses, and more.

At Excelsior Wellness, we believe in giving our employees the best resources to succeed both in and out of the workplace. Our employee benefits package is just one piece of that puzzle.

Visit our website at www.excelsiorwellness.org to learn more about our organization.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.