Behavioral Health Care Coordination Specialist - ...

REPRESENTATIVE RESPONSIBILITIESThe BH Care Coordination Specialists will utilize high fidelity wrap around model and/or principals to provide community-based care coordination for children and families who are experiencing serious emotional disturbance (SED), trauma, cooccurring behavioral health disorders who are engaged with one or more child-serving systems (e.g., child welfare, intellectual and developmental disabilities, juvenile justice, education) experience.Key functions Engage newly referred youth and family in care coordination Conduct in-person meetings with client and care giver within required timeframes. Partner with family to develop Child and Family-Centered Care Plan (CFCCP) and to identify client family team. Facilitate Child and Family Team (CFT) meetings at least monthly or more frequently depending on need. Complete comprehensive assessments including Child and Adolescent Needs and Strength (CANS) assessment. Develop safety and crisis plan. Facilitate referrals and linkages, monitor care plan implementation. Manage 1915 Waiver funds ensuring prior authorization and ODM approval is obtained. Ensure documentation meets all requirements. Bill for care coordination activities. Discharge planning and transition planning activities.Caseloads: Intensive Care Coordination (ICC)-1:10 Moderate Care Coordination (MCC)- 1:20 Caseloads can be a mix of ICC and MCCBehavioral Health Care Coordination Specialists responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Engaging the youth and their family in forming their unique CFT, preparing them to be full partners in the assessment, planning, and implementation of their ISP Convening CFT meetings, ensuring that CFT meetings are convenient for the family Serving as the facilitator of the CFT, ensuring that the CFCCP development is a collaborative effort of all the Team members Serving as the point person for the CFT, remaining in contact with all members to ensure implementation and effectiveness of the CFCCP, monitoring the commitments of the team members and assisting with implementation issues Developing and implementing an individual crisis and safety plan as needed in conjunction with the youth and family Coordinating care with all providers and agencies with whom the family is involved, including youth's physical health providers and school personnel Ensuring effective referrals and linkages with appropriate assessments, supports, and service Ensuring that all services, supports, and care management processes respect the youth and family's rights to define their specific goals and choose their providers and resources, and monitoring to ensure that all supports, and services are family friendly and culturally competent Communicating ongoing CFCCP implementation progress and updated strategies to all Team members, obtaining their cooperation and approval Working with others to develop community resources to meet youth and families' needs as identified Ensuring good information management and documentation, including attendance of team members and their approval of the CFCCP are documented in the youth's EHR Ensuring that the written CFCCP is signed by the youth (as age appropriate), family/caregiver(s), and the Care Coordinator and placed in the youth's record within 2 weeks of the CFT meeting Ensuring that the CFCCP is provided to Aetna for quality review and initiating the authorization process for services as needed and within timeframe indicated by ODM.Additional Information Shifts are Mon-Friday 8 hour day shifts, times vary based upon family aApply here:

Created: 2026-02-23