IFCC Intensive Case Coordinator Job Lynwood area,California USA,Social Work

Under the direction of the Intensive Services Program Manager, the Case Coordinator ensures the youth/family have a strong leading voice in the planning of services and establishment of goals. He/she will oversee that services are delivered as needed and are family driven, flexible, individualized, community-based and include a collaborative cross-system teaming approach. He/she will serve as the main contact for children, families, and service providers ensuring input and feedback from both the family and service providers with the goal of maintaining and improving quality of service.

He/she will ensure team-oriented, family-involved crisis intervention and stabilization for youth and their families.

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent
Bachelors Degree in Social Work, Psychology or other human services field.

Experience

Must have at least 2 years experience (3 years experience without a Bachelors degree) working with high risk children/youth in either Child welfare, probation or mental health systems.

Duties

The Intensive Case Coordinator is responsible for organizing, mediating and documenting the Child and Family Team meetings and assisting families with the CFT process when necessary. Mediate responsible and responsive discussion regarding flex fund requests with youth and family as necessary. Track progress on action steps throughout the treatment process.

Demonstrate the ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team. This includes working with the family members and their identified natural supports, as well as assigned agency team and staff from DMH, DCFS, Department of Probation, psychiatrists and other interagency and intra-agency staff to provide consistent services and.

Completes required SCHARP check request forms for processing Flex Funds, forwards to supervisor for review and approval.

Develops client Safety and Crisis plans as needed in collaboration with the Child and Family Team. Works with the Team to coordinate and monitor treatment progress and Safety Plans to ensure services are coordinated and pertinent to the child and family s needs, desires, goals and objectives.

Maintain contact with family members and significant other support persons of clients as appropriate. Involve significant support persons at the request of the youth and family receiving mental health services.

Maintain a UOS log daily for all services rendered, documenting all services to be billed to LACDMH. Service codes and time billed must be consistent on the UOS log and progress note. Documentation is to be completed and submitted within 48 hours of direct service contact. Under no circumstances should billing sheet be submitted for data entw without the progress note being completed.

Involve child/youth and their families in all aspects of the services they receive as partners, providing them with choices and with opportunities for empowerment whenever possible.

Ensure child/youth and their families are involved in establishing goals in the areas of living arrangements, social relationships, constructive use of leisure time, productive activity, and dental and medical health care.

Attends and participates in all pertinent SCHARP, DCFS, DMH and/or Department of Probation meetings for each client as necessary.

Be available to respond by phone and in person as necessary to crisis calls as needed based on an on-call rotational schedule.

Other programmatic and administrative duties as assigned.

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