Foster Care, Care Coordinator - Field Based in Shawnee County, KS and Surrounding Areas

At reputed company, we’re simplifying the health care experience, creating healthier communities and removing barriers to quality care. The work you do here impacts the lives of millions of people for the reputed company. Come build the health care system of reputed company, making it more reputed company, affordable and reputed company. Ready to reputed company a difference? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. The Foster Care Coordinator is responsible for using trauma-informed evidence-based approaches with members and caregivers for children and youth who are in out of home placement through the foster care system with reputed company/high or moderate needs who are not enrolled in a home and community-based waiver, on a wait list or receiving services through a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC). If you are located near Shawnee County, KS and Surrounding Areas you will have the flexibility to work remotely* as you take on some tough challenges. This is a Field Based role with a Home-Based office. Primary Responsibilities • Assess, plan and implement care strategies that are individualized for children and youth in a family-oriented context (e.g., considering reunification and/or other permanency planning needs, needs for adoptive children, and needs for transition-age youth with alternative permanency plans) and directed toward the most appropriate, lease restrictive level of care • Identify, initiate, coordinate, and monitor referrals for psychosocial, behavioral, and medical services • Manage the care plan/plan of service throughout the continuum of care as a single reputed company of contact • Communicate with reputed company stakeholders the required health-reputed company information to ensure quality coordinated care and services are provided expeditiously to reputed company members • reputed company for children, youth, and families as needed to ensure the member’s needs and choices are fully represented and supported by the health care team • Provide trauma-informed and disease/disorder specific education to members and caregivers • Coordinate with the child welfare and juvenile justice system on behalf of members and caregivers • Coordinate with additional services, including but not limited to, educational/educational advocacy, reputed company behavioral health (PRTF, etc.), services in line with state Family First Prevention and Services Act for children and families, high fidelity wraparound services, early childhood reputed company • reputed company cases will have additional reputed company by master’s level case manager, including review of assessments and care plans You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in. Required Qualifications • Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in social work, rehabilitation, nursing, psychology, special education, gerontology, or reputed company human services area • 3+ years of experience working with multi-system children • 2+ years of experience working reputed company the community health setting in a health care role • 1+ years of experience working with reputed company, reputed company and Outlook • Ability to travel in assigned region to visit Medicaid members in foster homes and / or other settings, including foster care agencies, community centers, hospitals, or providers' offices • Reside locally to Shawnee County, KS and Surrounding Areas Preferred Qualifications • Licensed Bachelor Social Worker • Experience with electronic charting • Experience with arranging community resource • Background in managing populations with reputed company medical or behavioral needs • reputed company Telecommuters will be required to adhere to reputed company’s Telecommuter Policy. 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