Specialty Care Coordinator - Wellness Village Part Time

We need hope-bringers and changemakers - because the work we all do matters. Join a team that shows up for each other as much as we show up for our clients. At Gaudenzia, your purpose fuels progress - for yourself and others.

 

Gaudenzia's Mission: Gaudenzia's Mission is to promote long-term recovery by providing comprehensive treatment and support to people with substance use disorder, co-occurring mental health disorders, and related conditions, regardless of individual circumstances.

This individual's responsibility will be to design, develop, implement, supervise, and provide specialized training and services to clients in the program. In addition, this person may also handle an independent case load or assist other personnel in the counseling of clients to aid them in achieving adjustments to specific problems or situations of a difficult or complex nature.

 

Qualifications:

Education and Training: A minimum of an Associate Degree or full certification as an Addictions Counselor

Experience:

• Associates Degree: Five (5) years
• Bachelor's Degree: Three (3) years
• Master's Degree: Two (2) years
• Certified Addictions Counselor (CAC): Five (5) years

 

Your responsibilities in this role may include:

• Responsible for conducting intake interview and orientation to care coordination, with client prior to discharge from residential level of care
• Responsible for liaison with clinical staff for review and verification of recommended services, referral to clinically recommended level of care, and collateral contact information
• Completion of Recovery Plan in coordination with client and primary clinical counselor
• Responsible for identifying health care and recovery support needs with client and initiating referrals
• Responsible for assisting clients in getting to the next level of care (if applicable) by removing barriers, providing reminders, and conducting outreach when appropriate
• Responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with services and programs. These linkages will include but are not limited to treatment, health care, employment, legal, housing, child welfare, social services, peer-support providers, etc.
• Establish and maintain care coordination services and contact schedule
• Maintains client records and completes all other required documentation. Additional duties to support the existing team:
• Assisting residents in education around program offerings/supports and ways to access
• Reducing barriers to care by addressing logistical, financial, cultural, and systemic challenges
• Ensuring client medical, psychiatric, and outpatient needs are being met and referrals responded to within a timely manner
• Ensuring education of day to day symptom management, medication management, and comorbid conditions
• Coordinating timely access to appropriate RVWV and community providers based on clinical recommendations and resident disposition throughout treatment
• Ensuring resident community appointments are maintained
• Maintaining engagement during transitions
• Linking patients to recovery supports and community resources
• Conduct post-discharge follow-up
• Assist in reducing readmissions by providing interventions based upon post discharge follow up responses from residents Documentation, Quality & Compliance
• Maintain accurate EHR documentation
• Track access, engagement, and outcomes
• Comply with HIPAA and 42 CFR Part 2
• Participate in performance improvement and satisfaction initiatives

Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities

• Specialized training and experience in working with specific population
• Knowledge of the basic principles, practices, and procedures involved in an alcohol an, drug program
• Knowledge of drug and alcohol abusing subculture
• Knowledge of the physical and emotional characteristics and manifestations of alcohol and drug dependency
• Knowledge of individual and group behavior and the effective ways of working with them
• Knowledge of the continuum of care as it relate