CF Care Coordinator. Job in Lake Charles LilyLifestyle Jobs

Overview Child First is an early childhood home visiting model that supports families to build strong nurturing relationships, heal trauma and chronic stress, and promote developmental success. Summary The Care Coordinator partners with a Mental Health and Developmental Clinician to support families referred to Child First. The Care Coordinator works collaboratively with the family to connect the child and family with desired, community-based services and supports while maintaining Child First’s reflective, relationship-based stance. The Care Coordinator also enhances caregiver executive functioning skills and engages the caregiver-child dyad in activities to strengthen the relationship, thereby decreasing toxic stress in the home environment. Position Type Full-time Non-Exempt Key Job Responsibilities Provide community resource expertise to the Child First team and families, including identifying and collaborating with community-based service providers and supports. Engage with the Child First family and the Clinician in the collaborative family assessment process (using data from interviews, observations, interactions, and standardized measures to identify family strengths, needs, and challenges). Promote family stabilization by working collaboratively with family to identify and support needs (both urgent and long-term), integrating service needs into the Child and Family Plan of Care, and addressing barriers to services as they arise. Enhance caregiver executive functioning skills (e.g., planning, organizing, managing time, focusing attention, regulating emotions, reflecting on progress) as needed and in consultation with the Clinician and Clinical Supervisor. Maintain a reflective stance when engaging with the caregiver to understand their motivation, needs, and possible barriers to new services and supports. Use videotaping to enhance both therapeutic work with families and reflective supervision. Provide the family with interactive, growth-promoting play experiences. Engage in weekly individual, team, and group reflective clinical supervision with Clinical Supervisor. Engage actively in all aspects of the Child First Learning Collaborative, including in-person or live-remote training, distance learning curriculum, and specialty training. Track completion of all assessments and enter them in the appropriate database. Keep all appropriate documentation for clinical accountability and reimbursement. Maintain schedule and complete tasks to achieve home visiting Benchmarks and meet Accreditation standards. Participate in other clinical and administrative activities as appropriate. Competencies Knowledge of early childhood development, parent education, parent-child relationships, and individual, family, and community-level risk factors (e.g., poverty, homelessness, maternal depression, domestic violence, substance abuse, teen parenthood). Knowledge of and experience with community-based services and supports in the service area; experience is highly valued. Experience working in home and community-based settings with diverse cultures and ethnicities preferred. Able to speak a second language (Spanish, Portuguese, Creole, or other); highly valued. Able to communicate well verbally and in writing. Comfortable with computers and experienced with Word and Excel. Reliable vehicle and appropriate insurance for home visits. Supervisory Responsibility No Required Education and Experience Bachelor’s degree in child development, psychology, nursing, human services, or a related field preferred. A minimum of three years working with culturally diverse families and young children under the age of six years. #J-18808-Ljbffr