Community Coordinator

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Position Overview

SCOPE OF ROLE:

The Community Coordinator is committed to removing the client's barriers to care by identifying critical resources for our persons served, helping them navigate through health care services and systems, and promoting consumer health. The Community Coordinator provides housing, wellness, and stabilization services to the person’s served on the SUS ACT Teams. The Community Coordinator supports the Team Providers, Psychiatrist and Nurse Practitioners, by facilitating telehealth video calls between the providers and persons served to mental health care services. The Community Coordinator will also support the team by coordinating service needs, processing HRA applications, scheduling medical and mental health appointments, and assisting with other program requirements. The purpose of the Community Coordinator is to quickly and effectively assist person’s served with transition to housing, coordinate mental health needs with the health center as they graduate from ACT Services, and provide general support based on needs.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Facilitates telehealth video calls for team providers on a monthly and/or quarterly basis.
• Assist with tele-visits to ensure clients are trained to do telehealth
• Create a wellness action plan tailored to each consumer’s needs, working collaboratively with providers and other community-based organizations to ensure client receives comprehensive and coordinated care, regarding health, transition to outpatient programs, and connection to housing.
• Provide clients with ongoing follow-up, with regards to the graduation and housing goals
• Support the team by conducting telehealth and/or field visits needed- no more than 10-12 a month.
• Support team with 2-person visits for high risk clients.
• Support team with escorting clients to AOT appointments
• Seek out existing community medical and mental health resources and provide information and referrals for to clients as needed.
• Assist clients with medication review and understanding directives from team provider in order to address mental health conditions and decrease utilization of hospitals
• Coordinate transportation resources for medical appointments, escort to appointments and provide appointment reminders as needed.
• Support around recreational activities.
• Additional responsibilities may be added as position evolves.

Benefits Overview: We offer attractive compensation with comprehensive benefits including: Medical/Dental/Prescription/Vision/Life Insurance; 403(b); Credit Union; FSAs; Short-and-Long-Term Disability; Transportation Plan; Generous Paid Vacations and Holidays

Qualifications

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• HS Diploma/GED and/or Peer Certification required, Bachelors Degree in related field, Mental Health, Social Work, preferred
• Experience in the Mental Health service field preferred

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS

• Compassion, high quality care and dedication
• Strong collaborative, organizational and time management skills
• Demonstrate a person-centered values-based approach to services
• Demonstrate keen attention to detail
• Effective written and oral communication skills; ability to articulate and communicate messages for internal and external audiences
• Proficiency in MS Office and database software
• Willingness and ability to function as part of an interdisciplinary team 
• Communicates, plans, and coordinates with other team members the scheduling of meetings with consumers
• Participates actively in group planning, implementation, and processing as requested
• Fulfills scheduling requirements.
• Maintains patient confidentiality at all times
• Represents the organization in a positive and professional manner in the community.

Company Overview

S:US IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Join a team of employees who cares about the wellbeing of others. We’re proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing and development. From health and wellness resources to generous PTO, professional development, and more, explore all that we offer on our Benefits Page and see how S:US invests in you.

We believe in fostering a culture built on our core values:  respect, integrity, support, maximizing individual potential and continuous quality improvement. 

S:US is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. S:US is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities, including allowance of the use of services animals. To request reasonable accommodation or if you believe such a request was improperly handled or denied, contact the Leave Team at MyMedicalLeave@sus.org.

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