African American/Black Culture Mental Health Consultant, Choice Exceptional Needs Care Coordinator
We're seeking social workers and mental health professionals who represent the communities we serve and are dedicated to removing barriers to youth and families who experience intersectionality to join our team as the African American/Black Culture Mental Health Consultant, Choice Exceptional Needs Care Coordinator.
As a Choice Exceptional Needs Care Coordinator (ENCC) you will evaluate, investigate, determine and review extended care coordination needs for clients with complex needs including clients with specialized mental health care requirements, in order to promote the availability and quality of individualized community based services and supports, primarily housing.
In this position you will conduct clinical consultation and assessments to facilitate service coordination for individuals/adults with serious mental health problems, to limit institutionalized care and yet live in the least restrictive setting possible.
You will evaluate and determine the best specialty services and available resources with community providers, to meet the client's treatment plan.
This Position requires advanced knowledge of and experience working with the African-American/Black community, providing care coordination and/or case management services.
This would be demonstrated by knowledge of the traditions, values, and customs of the community being served as well as the ability to identify specific examples of experience (professional and lived) working directly with individuals and families who identify with the African American/Black community.
As the African American/Black Culture - Mental Health Consultant, Choice Exceptional Needs Care Coordinator, other duties will include:
Case Coordination Provide intensive care coordination, case coordination, and evaluations for clients with complex needs including clients with specialized mental health care needs to ensure that client needs are appropriately and adequately addressed by service providers.
Client specialized health-care addressed, may include complex medical needs, high health care needs, housing needs, special mental and physical healthcare needs and co-morbidities, multiple chronic conditions, behavioral health issues including chemical dependency, and those identified as requiring care coordination and specialized resources.
External partners may be discharge planners from state hospitals, residential treatment providers, case managers, substance use disorder treatment providers, acute care settings, community corrections, police, and other mental health providers.
Initiate, attend, and participate in regularly scheduled and urgent/ impromptu staffings to collaboratively problem solve any barriers to services/discharge planning.
Locate and assist with arranging specialty mental health services, as appropriate, upon request by client, physician or provider, to ensure that client needs are appropriately and adequately addressed.
Exchange risk assessments for clients with physicians or providers to increase the knowledge of overall risk of specific clients who have been identified with a mental health diagnosis to determine if specialty service is appropriate under the client's treatment plan.
Review authorization patterns for capacity and length of stay for housing or other needs.
Provide clinical recommendations to community partners regarding needs and recommendations for services needed.
Charting and Records Track client information and treatment needs, internal and external partner/provider decisions and recommendations, etc.
to report to managed or coordinated care organizations for funding or charge-back actions, grant requirements, etc.
Provide clinical recommendations to community partners regarding needs and recommendations for services needed.
Collect medical, mental health, and social information from treatment records and medical charts, make clinical observations and present findings and recommendations at internal and external stakeholder meetings.
Documentation and Communication Document all coordination efforts in the electronic health record (Evolv NX), including, but not limited to, communication with service/placement providers, member/provider contacts and meeting attendance/staffing.
Complete assessments based on clinical information to provide clinical input on level of need/placement, and gaps in care.
Additional Application Instructions Minimum Qualifications/Transferable Skills :
Education/Certification:
Must meet the standards of Qualified Mental Health Professional - C (QMHP-C) with the Mental Health & Addiction Certification Board of Oregon (MHACBO) - more information can be found at MHACBO website, QMHP-C and/or licensed Board of Oregon (LPC, LCSW, PhD, etc.
) (Required) AND Graduate degree in psychology or Graduate degree in social work or counseling or Graduate degree in a behavioral science field Recommended Skills Assessments Behavioral Medicine Care Coordination Case Management Clinical Works Community Mental Health Services Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
As a Choice Exceptional Needs Care Coordinator (ENCC) you will evaluate, investigate, determine and review extended care coordination needs for clients with complex needs including clients with specialized mental health care requirements, in order to promote the availability and quality of individualized community based services and supports, primarily housing.
In this position you will conduct clinical consultation and assessments to facilitate service coordination for individuals/adults with serious mental health problems, to limit institutionalized care and yet live in the least restrictive setting possible.
You will evaluate and determine the best specialty services and available resources with community providers, to meet the client's treatment plan.
This Position requires advanced knowledge of and experience working with the African-American/Black community, providing care coordination and/or case management services.
This would be demonstrated by knowledge of the traditions, values, and customs of the community being served as well as the ability to identify specific examples of experience (professional and lived) working directly with individuals and families who identify with the African American/Black community.
As the African American/Black Culture - Mental Health Consultant, Choice Exceptional Needs Care Coordinator, other duties will include:
Case Coordination Provide intensive care coordination, case coordination, and evaluations for clients with complex needs including clients with specialized mental health care needs to ensure that client needs are appropriately and adequately addressed by service providers.
Client specialized health-care addressed, may include complex medical needs, high health care needs, housing needs, special mental and physical healthcare needs and co-morbidities, multiple chronic conditions, behavioral health issues including chemical dependency, and those identified as requiring care coordination and specialized resources.
External partners may be discharge planners from state hospitals, residential treatment providers, case managers, substance use disorder treatment providers, acute care settings, community corrections, police, and other mental health providers.
Initiate, attend, and participate in regularly scheduled and urgent/ impromptu staffings to collaboratively problem solve any barriers to services/discharge planning.
Locate and assist with arranging specialty mental health services, as appropriate, upon request by client, physician or provider, to ensure that client needs are appropriately and adequately addressed.
Exchange risk assessments for clients with physicians or providers to increase the knowledge of overall risk of specific clients who have been identified with a mental health diagnosis to determine if specialty service is appropriate under the client's treatment plan.
Review authorization patterns for capacity and length of stay for housing or other needs.
Provide clinical recommendations to community partners regarding needs and recommendations for services needed.
Charting and Records Track client information and treatment needs, internal and external partner/provider decisions and recommendations, etc.
to report to managed or coordinated care organizations for funding or charge-back actions, grant requirements, etc.
Provide clinical recommendations to community partners regarding needs and recommendations for services needed.
Collect medical, mental health, and social information from treatment records and medical charts, make clinical observations and present findings and recommendations at internal and external stakeholder meetings.
Documentation and Communication Document all coordination efforts in the electronic health record (Evolv NX), including, but not limited to, communication with service/placement providers, member/provider contacts and meeting attendance/staffing.
Complete assessments based on clinical information to provide clinical input on level of need/placement, and gaps in care.
Additional Application Instructions Minimum Qualifications/Transferable Skills :
Education/Certification:
Must meet the standards of Qualified Mental Health Professional - C (QMHP-C) with the Mental Health & Addiction Certification Board of Oregon (MHACBO) - more information can be found at MHACBO website, QMHP-C and/or licensed Board of Oregon (LPC, LCSW, PhD, etc.
) (Required) AND Graduate degree in psychology or Graduate degree in social work or counseling or Graduate degree in a behavioral science field Recommended Skills Assessments Behavioral Medicine Care Coordination Case Management Clinical Works Community Mental Health Services Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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