Community Resource Coordinator / in Bernalillo

About the role

The Community Resource Coordinator is responsible for coordinating discharge planning, reentry, and reintegration services for individuals releasing from the facility. This position works in collaboration with a multidisciplinary treatment team to identify needs, develop transition plans, coordinate referrals, and support continuity of care upon release.

Responsibilities

• Interviews inmates to provide preliminary discharge plans
• Identifies who needs outside resources upon release
• Electronically documents all interventions and patient response in patient's medical record
• Affords assistance in matching referrals to needed services
• Affords assistance in filling out required/relevant paperwork
• Provides patients with information needed for aftercare services
• Serves as liaison between County Alcohol, Drug, and Mental Health Office, County Public Defender's Office, and the Jail Mental and Medical units
• Participates in case management meetings with on-site mental health providers
• Participates in Quality Management meetings, Quality Management Peer Review activities, and staff training
• Responsible for discharge planning for MAT patients in accordance with the policy and procedures
• Plans, develops, and recommends priorities, goals, and long-range objectives pertaining to the management and direction of the detention facility
• Collects and analyzes program and community data to assess community strengths and needs
• Identifies participants and identifies community partners to meet the needs of patients and maximize the use of available community resources
• Responsible for providing individual and/or group treatment for identified MAT patients who are scheduled to be released into the community
• Affords assistance with individual or group reentry/reintegration programming for identified individuals, within scope of role and under appropriate clinical oversight when applicable.
• Affords assistance with developing program brochures and other related program marketing items
• Performs other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Associate's degree in a health-related, human services, criminal justice, social work, psychology, counseling, or related field preferred.
• Bachelor's or master's degree in social work, counseling, psychology, criminal justice, human services, or related field preferred.
• Two to five years of case management, social services, correctional, behavioral health, substance use, or reentry experience required.
• Correctional, Detention, Jail, Or Community Reentry Experience Required.
• Experience working with justice-involved individuals, high-needs populations, behavioral health, substance use, or community-based service coordination experience required.
• A combination of education and experience will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
• Preferred Credentials:
• Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor certification preferred.
• Certified Peer Support Worker certification preferred.
• Additional training in motivational interviewing, trauma-informed care, evidence-based reentry practices, MAT/MOUD, CBT-based programming, or case management preferred.

Qualifications

• Clear and effective verbal and written communication with all coworkers, supervisors, jail administration, and patients
• Excellent verbal and written comprehension
• Excellent deductive reasoning and problem-solving abilities
• Excellent organizational skills
• Ability to use a computer and use/learn a variety of software, including site-specific computer programs
• Ability to respect the dignity and confidentiality of inmates

Skills

• Clear and effective verbal and written communication with all coworkers, supervisors, jail administration, and patients
• Excellent verbal and written comprehension
• Excellent deductive reasoning and problem-solving abilities
• Excellent organizational skills
• Ability to use a computer and use/learn a variety of software, including site-specific computer programs
• Ability to respect the dignity and confidentiality of inmates

Benefits

N/A

Pay

N/A

Schedule

M-F, 8:00a - 4:00p