Care Coordinator - 20 Hours Weekly

at  Wellpath

You Matter:

• Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved
• Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture
• Excellent career growth opportunities

NOW IS YOUR MOMENT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF THE UNDERSERVED.

If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society’s most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals. Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most. For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.
Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan.
We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.
How you make a difference:
The Care Coordinator is a key member of a collaborative care team that provides treatment services to patients with mental health and behavioral disorders. They work closely with the patient’s psychiatrist, Competency Intervention Specialist, and mental health providers to develop and implement treatment plans that are tailored to the patient’s needs. The role involves providing case management services, crisis intervention, counseling, and skills training to promote effective psychiatric rehabilitation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate closely with the patient’s treatment team to coordinate mental health care.
• Monitor patients for changes in symptoms and treatment side effects and provide brief interventions using evidence-based techniques.
• Facilitate patient engagement in mental health care and assist in implementing treatment plan changes for patients not improving as expected.
• Responsible for coordinating activities related to trainings, trainers, and trainees and integrating PERT principles into the milieu.
• Apply sensitivity to cultural diversity issues, critical thinking, and sound judgment to different situations while paying close attention to details and working under stress.

Qualifications & Requirements:

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in behavioral sciences, social work or psychology; Bachelor’s degree in a non-behavioral health field of study with significant course work in behavioral science plus a case management certificate from a certified and accredited program with a professional school of behavioral science; May substitute a Master’s degree in social work, substance abuse, education, counseling, psychology or other related field if no prior experience in mental health.

Experience

• Minimum of one (1) year of related work experience.
• Knowledge of the DSM, the chronically mentally ill, and community resources.
• Must be able to communicate effectively with all levels within the facility, in addition to a variety of outside customers with varying interests

Licenses/Certifications

• Will require application as an Agency Affiliated Counselor within seven (7) days of employment.

Additional Details : 20 Hours Weekly
We are an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer:
We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
We encourage you to apply! If you are excited about a role but your experience doesn’t seem to align perfectly with every element of the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this, or one of our many other roles.
Deadline to apply to this position is contingent upon applicant volume. Those positions located in Colorado will have a specific deadline posted in the job description

• Collaborate closely with the patient’s treatment team to coordinate mental health care.
• Monitor patients for changes in symptoms and treatment side effects and provide brief interventions using evidence-based techniques.
• Facilitate patient engagement in mental health care and assist in implementing treatment plan changes for patients not improving as expected.
• Responsible for coordinating activities related to trainings, trainers, and trainees and integrating PERT principles into the milieu.
• Apply sensitivity to cultural diversity issues, critical thinking, and sound judgment to different situations while paying close attention to details and working under stress