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New Horizon Counseling Center Care Coordinator (Queens) in Far Rockaway, New York

The Care Coordinator functions as a member of an interdisciplinary team to provide care coordination to a caseload of severely mentally ill adults with multiple medical co morbidities and/or co-occurring substance abuse disorders. Advocate for and support the client, engage with community agencies/health care providers and others on his/her behalf to ensure access to services needed to increase wellness self-management and reduce emergency room visits and/ or hospitalizations.

Responsibilities:
  • Provide clinical support to the Team by providing consultation, education information around conditions, interventions, resources to maintain focus on outcomes and best practices.

  • Conduct initial and ongoing assessments of clients to document strengths, needs, goals and resources.

  • Maintain documents, records, and other related reports in an organized, timely and accurate manner as per policy and procedure.

  • Provide face-to-face outreach, engagement and service planning in the field.

  • Act as a linkage to community services including medical, behavioral, residential, entitlement and any other needed services per interdisciplinary care plan.

  • Provide crisis intervention and follow-up.

  • May be assigned other tasks and duties reasonably related to the job responsibilities.

    Requirements:

    Bachelor's Degree in one of the following fields:

Social Work, Psychology, Education, Rehabilitation, Occupational Therapy, Counseling, Community Mental Health, Sociology, Physical or Recreational therapy. Degrees in other related areas may be considered.

Experience:
  • One (1) year of related human services experience required in providing direct services to clients diagnosed with severe mental illness, HIV/AIDS or other disabilities, in order to link them to a broad range of services essential to successfully living in the community.

  • You must have the ability and willingness to regularly travel, in some instances with clients in Agency vehicle to many locations using various modes of reliable and safe transportation

  • You must have excellent interpersonal and time management skills.

Preferred:

  • Knowledge of Medicaid, Social Security, and other entitlements

  • Bilingual (Spanish)

    Benefits:

  • Competitive Salary

  • Medical/Dental

  • 401k (with company match)

  • Profit Sharing

  • Employee Referral Program

  • Lunch and Learn Workshops

  • Supplemental Benefits

  • Paid Time off

  • Holiday Pay

    Job Type: Full-time

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