Care Coordinator - Brunswick CCBHC

Summary

Care Coordinators provide support to individuals accessing the Community Behavioral Health Clinic [CCBHC], through supporting intake/access to care and ongoing monitoring of care and needs. Care coordinators manage ongoing coordination of care for a caseload of individuals to include facilitating ongoing collaboration among providers and linkage to needed services.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Responsible for the coordination of care of individuals in the Community Behavioral Health Clinic [CCBHC].
• Facilitate ongoing collaboration and communication between providers.
• Supports the intake/access processes through completion of risk screening and behavioral health/SUD screenings with individuals.
• Links individuals with needed resources and services and regularly ensures services are meeting needs.
• Completes timely and accurate documentation of all contacts and activities utilizing an Electronic Health Record.
• Completes comprehensive surveys with individuals at intake, discharge and every six months while in care.
• Tracks and administers surveys as well as data entry.
• Coordinates vaccinations for Hepatitis A and B series for clients, as indicated by screening procedures.
• Support individuals in completion of applications for applicable benefits to include Mainecare, non-emergency transportation resources, and other social services.
• Utilize supervisory supports appropriately and participates in all team/program meetings.
• Other duties as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

• Demonstrates professionalism and collaboration with others.
• Receive and understand professional feedback from supervisors and colleagues and implement supervisory suggestions for performance improvement.
• Recognize signs of increasing clinical or situational risk and of escalating behavior and utilize de-escalation and safety implementation techniques effectively.
• Recognize variables underlying stressful situations, discern methods to diffuse or contain them and quickly implement the most effective intervention.
• Manage multi-task situations and conflicting demands, cope with stressful situations, prioritize projects and responsibilities, and meet critical deadlines.
• Maintain current knowledge in present practice area, i.e., attendance at required hours of organization educational programs and utilizes clinical supervision as a learning experience.
• Use listening skills, flexible collaboration and a consistent problem-solving focus in working to resolve differences with colleagues, peers and clients.
• Communicate ideas and opinions in a clear and constructive manner, both verbally and in writing.
• Intermediate computer skills required.

EDUCATION

• Bachelor's degree, or MHRT-C certification in lieu of degree.