Care Coordinator (Bilingual) Details

Care Coordinator (Bilingual)

United Community & Family Services Inc - Norwich, CT

Employment Type : Full-Time

Description:
For over 140 years, UCFS has embraced life and faced challenges that were a reflection of the community we serve. We continue to focus our resources on areas of greatest need; build partnerships when demand is beyond our capacity to fulfill alone and have had a lasting impact on thousands of lives that entrust us to provide quality and compassionate care. UCFS is a nonprofit with the mission to be Eastern CT’s best choice for patient-centered health care. Joining UCFS means you will be part of the premier community-based organization with dedicated to providing health and human services to individuals and families. You will be part of a group of dedicated professionals committed to improving the health and well-being of the community.
UCFS is currently seeking a bilingual (Spanish) Care Coordinator for out Community Behavioral Health Services department to provide support services to families with high risk children, regarding behavioral or emotional problems, parenting issues, and life stressors by developing and implementing bio-psycho-social assessments and services plans by performing the following duties:

• Provide outreach and engagement to client upon referral to the program by conducting an initial phone intake process with the family, collecting basic information and presenting information to team to determine eligibility.
• Complete an assessment of the family including both strengths and areas of need through home visits and BERS and Ohio scales to develop a care plan.
• Provide weekly face to face direct service hours to client including support, advocacy, referrals and assistance with the development of positive parenting, safety planning, basic life skills and parenting a child with special needs.
• Develop a list of interested parties identified by the family to participate in Child Specific Team meetings-run by the care coordinator-multiple times throughout involvement with the family and follow through with recommendations made at the Child Specific Team meetings.
• Maintain and build community relations, through education and advocacy and participating in external meetings such as the System of Care meeting.
• Ensure that the Wraparound process is family driven and that families experience ongoing participation in and ownership of their care plans.
• Participate in case reviews and supervision and attends all regularly scheduled team meetings and trainings.
• Maintain up-to-date case records on each client family, including weekly contact reports, service agreements, evaluations and termination summaries.

• Bachelor's Degree with a minimum of 1-year of prior experience or training in social services; or Associates Degree with a minimum of 3-years of experience or training in social services.
• Experience working with children and families with significant behavioral health needs.
• Ability to provide a strength based, client centered approach to the delivery of service.
• Bilingual (Spanish) required.

UCFS offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k) plan with an employer contribution, and company-paid life and disability insurance. We also offer competitive salaries, generous paid time off, flexible schedules, National Health Services Corp. Loan Repayment, and Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.

UCFS is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.