Southwest Behavioral & Health Services

Mesa, Arizona, United States

Integrated High Needs Coordinator

Posted over 1 month ago

Job Description

Southwest Behavioral & Health Services is a large and growing, non-profit community-based provider of behavioral health services with locations throughout the Phoenix metropolitan area, rural Maricopa County, Gila, Pinal, Mohave, Coconino, and Yavapai Counties. We are a well-established voice in the community with more than 115 sites, over one thousand employees, and 40 years experience.

Join Southwest Behavioral & Health for exceptional growth opportunities driven by our promote-from-within philosophy. We provide an EXCELLENT compensation and benefits package, including immediate participation in our 403(b) program with 40% company match after 1 year of service. Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) includes 3 weeks of time-off your 1st year and increased vacation accruals after 2, 5 and 10 years of service! We offer low cost medical insurance and offer 100% company-paid dental, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, and Life coverage for employees. Other great benefits include 10 paid holidays, vision, licensure/certification reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, prescription drug discounts, chiropractic services, 100% paid Employee Assistance Program, and much more!

We are seeking an Integrated High Needs Coordinator for our Mesa Outpatient Clinic! This is a full-time position with benefits at 40 hours a week.

The Integrated High Needs Coordinator I functions as a member of an interdisciplinary team to provide integrated case management to a caseload of clients with multiple medical and /or co-occurring substance abuse disorders and/or medically ill individuals. Advocates for and supports the client, engages with community agencies/health care providers and others on his or her behalf to ensure access to services needed to increase wellness self-management and reduce emergency room visits and/or hospitalizations. Provides clinical support to the Team by providing consultation, education, information around psychosocial and/or substance abuse conditions, interventions and resources to maintain focus on outcomes and best practices.

Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Facilitates CFT meetings for assigned families. Facilitates the development of ISPs using information gained from the comprehensive assessment, the SNCD and input from all team members involved.
  • Provides information, education and support to youth/ families and team members concerning issues of creative treatment planning, coordination of care and the development of informal and community supports.
  • Ensures team meets as frequently as necessary in the familys preferred natural setting to meet their needs.
  • Develops, implements, and revises as necessary, a relevant safety/support plan for the family.
  • Ensures appropriate clinical involvement on teams.
  • Provides information to CFT members concerning community resources and linkages to other services.
  • Assists youth and families in securing needed services.
  • Maintains accurate, thorough and current documentation of contact with youth/families, treatment progress and services received/provided.
  • Maintains effective communication with clients, Primary Care Services, mental health providers, family, collateral resources, and other agency staff on behalf of clients.
  • Ensures complete and accurate progress notes of all serious incidents and changes in behavior.
  • Notifies supervisor of actual or potential challenges with clients; i.e. non-compliance, decompensation, and crisis.
  • Ensures confidentiality of verbal and written youth/family information, in accordance with HIPAA standards.
  • Good academic and working knowledge of DSM, community resources, psychotropic medications, crisis intervention, and evidence based practices, intervention techniques, and ability to apply to possibly unstable, treatment resistant adult/adolescent/child of various ethnic cultures for co-occurring disorders (GMH/SA/SMI).
  • Adheres to the legal/ethical/professional guidelines adopted by the SBH.
  • After hours, on-call rotation as needed.

Education & Qualifications:

  • Minimum requirement consists of a 21-year age
  • High school diploma or GED and five years of full time integrated/behavioral health work experience.
  • Bachelors degree in a related field and minimum 1 year of full-time integrated/behavioral health experience preferred.
  • Required to maintain a valid and current Arizona drivers license and pass motor vehicle screening for insurance purposes in order to transport clients, based upon need/requirements of the clinic and/or program.
  • Must have fingerprint clearance issued by the Arizona Department of Public Safety or be eligible to receive within eight (8) weeks of hire.

SB&H is a drug-free workplace, drug screening required. EOE

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