CHILDREN'S CARE COORDINATOR

If you are unable to complete this application due to a disability, contact this employer to ask for an accommodation or an alternative application process. CHILDREN'S CARE COORDINATOR Full Time Hempstead, NY, US 15 days ago Requisition ID: 3033 Salary Range: $22.00 To $25.00 Annually

OUR VISION

To continue as an eminent healthcare provider on Long Island, dedicating ourselves to providing exceptional health care for all our patients and to transform both the lives of the individual, and the community, for the better, one person at a time.

OUR MISSION

To provide access to equitable, optimal healthcare by improving the overall wellness of all individuals in our communities and delivering high quality comprehensive patient centered care.

OUR VALUE PROPOSITION

To provide whole person care that will ensure that all patients have access to primary, specialty and social health care to achieve and maintain optimal wellness at a transparent and affordable cost. The Harmony Healthcare Long Island is a non-profit healthcare organization with 7 health centers, providing primary care and preventative medicine in the following locations in Nassau County: Roosevelt, Elmont, Hempstead, Freeport, Oceanside, and New Cassel/Westbury. In addition, the Harmony Healthcare Long Island has 4 school-based health centers, WIC offices (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) in 3 locations, and a Health Home Care Coordination program. As federally qualified health centers, we serve the individuals in our communities, providing enhanced services, expanded hours and reduced prescription pricing, while raising the level of care. We treat patients regardless of income, residency or immigration status. The Harmony Healthcare Long Island offers a stable employment opportunity with a growing company, and competitive base compensation along with health and dental insurance, paid time off, 401-K with company match, paid holidays, employee discounts and much more. REPORTS TO: Manager of Children’s Care Coordination The following statements reflect the general duties, responsibilities and competencies considered necessary to perform the essential functions of the job and should not be considered as a detailed description of all the work requirements of this position.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Provide direct care services to select clients including outreach, assessment, care planning, care coordination, and crisis intervention through monthly face to face visits and delivery of core services based on the child’s needs. Address the medical, social, developmental, behavioral, educational and financial needs of children and their families to achieve optimal healthy development for children. Strengthen link to providers and care settings by facilitating the arrangement of appointments, referral forms, transportations, reminders and follow-up. Meet the needs of children and youth while enhancing the family’s caregiving capabilities. Serves children by helping to ensure that they receive screening, diagnosis and/or treatment as recommended by a health care practitioner. Help ensure that children are raised in a healthy, safe, and nurturing environment utilizing a strength-based approach. Identify ways to strengthen parent-child relationships. Collaborate with all providers working with the children to ensure that their needs are being met. Conduct the initial CANS-NY assessment and subsequent assessments to drive the plan of care. Establish a plan of care and a schedule of contacts with the family based on the child’s individual situation. Ensures that all necessary case notes and written reports are completed in a timely, accurate and concise manner in accordance with established policies and procedures and time frames. Establish and maintain satisfactory relations with HH partners and other community Agency personnel as a cooperative venture on behalf of the clients. Maintain appropriate documents, records and statistics; write reports, as needed, in an organized, timely and accurate manner. Adhere to policy and procedures related to HIPAA, child abuse reporting, OMIG, and all other agency and funding sources. Performs other duties as directed and necessary.

QUALIFICATIONS:

BSW or related Bachelor’s level degree and 3 years’ experience working with children with special needs or MSW or related Master’s level degree and 2 year experience working with children with special needs. A minimum of two (2) years of experience working with severely disabled populations. Ability to coordinate responsibilities. Excellent organizational and time management skills required. Working knowledge of computer software and electronic health record systems. Demonstrated competency in written, verbal and computational skills to present and document records in accordance with program standards. Demonstrated competency in development and implementation of the interdisciplinary planning process. Excellent interpersonal skills required. You must have the ability and willingness to regularly travel, in some instances with clients in Agency vehicles, to many locations using various modes of reliable and safe transportation. If working in Nassau or Suffolk Counties, a valid Tri-state (New York, New Jersey or Connecticut) driver's license is required. Schedule : Full time, Monday through Friday, including evening hours. Schedule will vary depending on the families’ needs

SALARY: $22.00-25.00

MORE INFORMATION: This is a non- exempt position. #J-18808-Ljbffr Harmony Health Care Long Island