Job Description
Job Description
The Care Coordinator provides family-centered planning facilitation, develops plans of care driven by the strengths and needs of the child, youth, and family/primary caregiver, obtains targeted support services, and monitors the provision and outcomes of plan so that the child or youth and family can be successful at home, at school, and in the community. To be effective, the coordinators will work with children/youth in their homes and communities, incorporate the entire family and their natural supports in planning process, focus on the child’s and family’s strengths, and demonstrate cultural and linguistic competence.
Essential Job Functions
· Maintains a caseload of 12 in weekly face-to face wraparound planning and team meetings.
· Engage family in New Hampshire Wraparound process to identify their unmet needs, functional strengths and individual supports that are vital to improving the daily functioning.
· Develops and supports a family based Plan of Care in accordance with New Hampshire Wraparound Manual and Curriculum.
· Coordinates and monitors service between agencies to meet the identified individual needs.
· Assists youth and family in identifying natural supports and community based opportunities and activities (sports, arts, clubs, and volunteerism) that nurture strengths, skills, and resilience, and provide support for youth and family to be fully engaged in their community.
· Establishes a trusting relationship with the child/youth client and family.
· Schedules, coordinates and facilitates family team wraparound meetings.
· Adheres to the New Hampshire Wraparound Model to maintain the highest fidelity in service to those values and principles.
· Enters all appropriate case specific information into the data system.
· Adheres to ethical, required reporting, and confidentiality standards as required by state laws and New Hampshire Wraparound standards.
Qualifications/Education/Training
· A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree from a recognized college or university in related field.
· A minimum of two years’ experience, preferably in health care, social services, behavioral health care, social work, human services, or education, with care management experience.
· A high school diploma or equivalency; and a) was a participant in, or is a direct caregiver, or was a direct caregiver of an individual who received services from the public child and family-serving system; and b) meets the training and certification requirements for the care coordinator.
Other Duties and Responsibilities
· Adheres to County and program policies and procedures.
· Extensive regional travel required. Occasional statewide travel and attendance at out-of-state Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration conference required.
· Must maintain valid drivers license, current NH vehicle registration and inspection as well as insurance with a minimum of $50,000/$100,000 for bodily injury & property damage liability.
Company DescriptionCheshire County is value and service driven. Cheshire County will be known as an innovative and progressive leader providing cost effective county services that are required by statute. Others will benchmark against Cheshire County as an example of the best in local government as we partner to meet the unique or unmet needs of county residents. The citizens and Board of Commissioners will be proud of the staff and have a firm belief in the reliability, truth and strength of the organization.
Cheshire County, New Hampshire covers 23 towns and 729 square miles in the southwestern corner of the state. The Connecticut and Ashuelot (Ash-WHEEL-ot) rivers run through the county and the second most hiked mountain in the world, (only behind Mt Fuji in Japan) Mt. Monadnock (3,165ft) is found in Cheshire County. The July 1, 2021 estimated population of Cheshire County is 77,329. The County seat is Keene, NH.
Company Description
Cheshire County is value and service driven. Cheshire County will be known as an innovative and progressive leader providing cost effective county services that are required by statute. Others will benchmark against Cheshire County as an example of the best in local government as we partner to meet the unique or unmet needs of county residents. The citizens and Board of Commissioners will be proud of the staff and have a firm belief in the reliability, truth and strength of the organization.\r\nCheshire County, New Hampshire covers 23 towns and 729 square miles in the southwestern corner of the state. The Connecticut and Ashuelot (Ash-WHEEL-ot) rivers run through the county and the second most hiked mountain in the world, (only behind Mt Fuji in Japan) Mt. Monadnock (3,165ft) is found in Cheshire County. The July 1, 2021 estimated population of Cheshire County is 77,329. The County seat is Keene, NH.