Care Coordinator (Suffolk)

Care Coordinators are a member of an interdisciplinary team to provide care coordination to a caseload of severely mentally ill adults (as well as Children's Division) 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, Russian, Cantonese, Creole, Mandarin, Hindi or Bengali)

Benefits:

* Competitive Salary
* Medical/Dental
* 401k (with company match)
* Profit Sharing
* Employee Referral Program
* Lunch and Learn Workshops
* Supplemental Benefits
* Paid Time off
* Holidays

Pay
Job Type: Full-time; Salaries Start at $44,000 per year

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Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $44,000.00 - $48,000.00 per year

Benefits:
* 401(k) matching
* Dental insurance
* Health insurance
* Life insurance
* Paid sick time
* Paid time off
* Paid training
* Referral program
Schedule:
* 8 hour shift
* Day shift
* Monday to Friday
Work setting:
* Hybrid work

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Copiague, NY 11726