Care Coordinator
Houston, TX Houston, TX Full-time Full-time From $47,431 a year From $47,431 a year 4 days ago 4 days ago 4 days ago Are you ready to make a real difference in people's lives? Join the Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD as a Care Coordinator.
In this critical role, you'll conduct assessments, develop recovery plans, and provide services based on Trauma-Informed and Patient Centered Models.
You'll coordinate services, monitor progress, and deliver interventions to support our patients on their recovery journey.
If you're compassionate, experienced, and passionate about helping others, we want you on our team to be part of transforming mental health and IDD care.
Your Role in Action As a Care Coordinator for this unit, you will be:
Conducting comprehensive clinical assessments to determine service needs and track progress towards treatment goals.
Collaborating with the treatment team to develop personalized recovery plans, ensuring they are authorized and signed by a Licensed Practitioner of the Healing Arts (LPHA) for consumers on your caseload.
Ensuring that all provided services meet eligibility criteria and comply with agency and regulatory guidelines.
Delivering skills training and psychosocial rehabilitation services to address severe and persistent mental illness and related challenges that hinder individuals' functioning.
Providing crisis interventions to alleviate symptoms and prevent the need for more restrictive environments.
Assisting consumers in accessing necessary care and services based on their individual needs.
Conducting training and education sessions on mental illness, medication importance, and related information according to the Harris Center's curriculum.
Monitoring consumer progress towards treatment goals and compliance with eligibility requirements.
Meeting productivity standards set forth in operational guidelines.
Demonstrating ethical conduct in all clinical and professional activities.
Adhering to agency policies, procedures, and documentation requirements set by accrediting/regulatory bodies and performance contracts.
What qualifications you will need:
Education:
Bachelor's degree (B.
A.
) from four-year accredited college or university with a major in a social, behavioral, or human service field, including but not limited to:
psychology, social work, medicine, nursing, rehabilitation, counseling, sociology, human development, gerontology, and educational psychology, required.
Experience:
Minimum of one year experience in the mental health field, preferred.
Other Key Qualifications Must maintain a valid Texas Driver's License and be insurable under Agency policy.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
Basic understanding of mental illness, common signs and symptoms and able to identify difficulties with coping in community settings.
Strong communication skills, listening and interpersonal skills above average, written documentation is clear, concise, well- constructed and grammatically correct.
Able to work collaboratively with others in a teamwork environment.
Effective time management and organizational skills.
Able to execute standard word processing.
Must be able to work autonomously in a fast paced environment.
What else you should know:
This posting is associated with position #90117 This position will be located at 2100 Shadowdale Dr Houston, TX 77043.
With travel to consumer homes, flexible scheduling, and an on-call status, every day will be filled with new challenges and experiences.
You'll provide services in various environments, interact with individuals facing emotional or physical challenges, and overcome any obstacles with empathy and communication skills.
Join us and embark on a rewarding journey of making a positive impact on others' lives, let the adventure begin! What we have to offer:
The HARRIS CENTER offers competitive salary, excellent benefits package, retirement plans with company matching, prior service credit towards generous PTO accrual, outstanding wellness programs and professional development.
Employees can also take advantage of business casual dress code, corporate discounts, and gym memberships.
New hire referral bonus, discounts are also available on an optional basis.
These include mobile phone service, fitness centers and other wellness amenities.
About us:
The HARRIS CENTER is the state-designated Local Mental Health Authority and Local Intellectual and Developmental Disability (IDD) Authority serving Harris County, Texas.
As the largest behavioral and developmental disability care center in Texas, The HARRIS CENTER provided care to over 79,000 people in fiscal year 2019 and has an annual budget of over $275 million.
As part of its mission to transform the lives of people with behavioral health and IDD needs in the third largest county in the United States, The HARRIS CENTER provides a full continuum of services at 86 different sites across Harris County.
In addition, services are provided in more than 42 different languages as well as sign language in order to better serve what is one of the most diverse and multi-cultural communities in the nation.
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Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
In this critical role, you'll conduct assessments, develop recovery plans, and provide services based on Trauma-Informed and Patient Centered Models.
You'll coordinate services, monitor progress, and deliver interventions to support our patients on their recovery journey.
If you're compassionate, experienced, and passionate about helping others, we want you on our team to be part of transforming mental health and IDD care.
Your Role in Action As a Care Coordinator for this unit, you will be:
Conducting comprehensive clinical assessments to determine service needs and track progress towards treatment goals.
Collaborating with the treatment team to develop personalized recovery plans, ensuring they are authorized and signed by a Licensed Practitioner of the Healing Arts (LPHA) for consumers on your caseload.
Ensuring that all provided services meet eligibility criteria and comply with agency and regulatory guidelines.
Delivering skills training and psychosocial rehabilitation services to address severe and persistent mental illness and related challenges that hinder individuals' functioning.
Providing crisis interventions to alleviate symptoms and prevent the need for more restrictive environments.
Assisting consumers in accessing necessary care and services based on their individual needs.
Conducting training and education sessions on mental illness, medication importance, and related information according to the Harris Center's curriculum.
Monitoring consumer progress towards treatment goals and compliance with eligibility requirements.
Meeting productivity standards set forth in operational guidelines.
Demonstrating ethical conduct in all clinical and professional activities.
Adhering to agency policies, procedures, and documentation requirements set by accrediting/regulatory bodies and performance contracts.
What qualifications you will need:
Education:
Bachelor's degree (B.
A.
) from four-year accredited college or university with a major in a social, behavioral, or human service field, including but not limited to:
psychology, social work, medicine, nursing, rehabilitation, counseling, sociology, human development, gerontology, and educational psychology, required.
Experience:
Minimum of one year experience in the mental health field, preferred.
Other Key Qualifications Must maintain a valid Texas Driver's License and be insurable under Agency policy.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
Basic understanding of mental illness, common signs and symptoms and able to identify difficulties with coping in community settings.
Strong communication skills, listening and interpersonal skills above average, written documentation is clear, concise, well- constructed and grammatically correct.
Able to work collaboratively with others in a teamwork environment.
Effective time management and organizational skills.
Able to execute standard word processing.
Must be able to work autonomously in a fast paced environment.
What else you should know:
This posting is associated with position #90117 This position will be located at 2100 Shadowdale Dr Houston, TX 77043.
With travel to consumer homes, flexible scheduling, and an on-call status, every day will be filled with new challenges and experiences.
You'll provide services in various environments, interact with individuals facing emotional or physical challenges, and overcome any obstacles with empathy and communication skills.
Join us and embark on a rewarding journey of making a positive impact on others' lives, let the adventure begin! What we have to offer:
The HARRIS CENTER offers competitive salary, excellent benefits package, retirement plans with company matching, prior service credit towards generous PTO accrual, outstanding wellness programs and professional development.
Employees can also take advantage of business casual dress code, corporate discounts, and gym memberships.
New hire referral bonus, discounts are also available on an optional basis.
These include mobile phone service, fitness centers and other wellness amenities.
About us:
The HARRIS CENTER is the state-designated Local Mental Health Authority and Local Intellectual and Developmental Disability (IDD) Authority serving Harris County, Texas.
As the largest behavioral and developmental disability care center in Texas, The HARRIS CENTER provided care to over 79,000 people in fiscal year 2019 and has an annual budget of over $275 million.
As part of its mission to transform the lives of people with behavioral health and IDD needs in the third largest county in the United States, The HARRIS CENTER provides a full continuum of services at 86 different sites across Harris County.
In addition, services are provided in more than 42 different languages as well as sign language in order to better serve what is one of the most diverse and multi-cultural communities in the nation.
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Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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