Youth Care Coordinator

SummitStone Health Partners has an exciting opportunity for a Youth Care Coordinator to join us and experience a level of caring and a spirit of teamwork that is uncommon in behavioral health today. We provide much-needed services for people at their most vulnerable times, often overlooked and underserved. We know we must support our teams passionately and with dignity to succeed in our purpose. 

We welcome and actively seek applicants (people) of different backgrounds, identities and experiences. SummitStone is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment, honoring each individual's whole-self by embracing differences in race, ethnicity, ability, age, gender, sexual orientation, spiritual beliefs, socioeconomic status, language and the inherent intersections of many different identities. We invite everyone to share our journey and are proudly an equal opportunity employer.

• Location: Fort Collins, Colorado
• Status: Full-time, 40 hrs./week
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Responsible for providing care coordination services to engage individuals requiring behavioral and healthcare services. Care Coordinators will aid children and families toward ongoing treatment and recovery through education, outreach, and connecting clients to services. They will work in collaboration with the client, other SummitStone teams, and required health systems to provide support, link to resources, and fill treatment gaps as needed for youth and their families. Clients may be transitioning from emergency departments, other health services, primary care settings, emergency response services, acute care systems, crisis response teams and behavioral healthcare teams. Care Coordinators will work collaboratively with SHP staff, Colorado Opioid Synergy Larimer and Weld (CO-SLAW) network, Community Health Centers, and a team of care providers to increase continuity of care for individuals seeking services across systems of care. 

This Care Coordination position will work directly with the Fort Collins Community Health Clinic in assisting clients with MAT and behavioral health services.

Essential Duties:

• Effectively connect with and educate youth and their parents and guardians surrounding mental health and substance use needs and resources
• Coordinate and communicate care across providers and with the client & their guardians surrounding goals and resources
• Ability to work with youth who have been identified as struggling with truancy, mental health and substance use
• Support youth in individual and group settings
• Ability to work alongside and in collaboration with school district teams (counseling team, teachers, student resource groups, and community resources including but not limited to Matthews House, Center for Family Outreach, SummitStone Health Partners, the North Colorado Health Alliance, Juvenile Justice, human services systems and more).
• Work with youth in the community and provide wrap around care coordination services
• Ability to work with middle and high school youth.
• Ability to provide to students tier 1, tier 2, and tier 3 support
  • Tier 1: Universal Interventions – available to all students in classroom or school
  • Tier 2: Individualized Interventions – Subset of students receive interventions targeting specific needs.
  • Tier 3: Intensive interventions - subset of students receiving intensive interventions.

We have an impressive range of benefits, programs, and perks that we offer: Based on working 20/hrs. or more per week.

Generous PTO and leave times

• Flextime Scheduling
• Bereavement and Medical Leave
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Voting Time Off
• Extended Leave Bank (ELB)
• Family Leave

Financial benefits

• 403(b) Retirement Plan
• Travel Reimbursement
• Cafeteria 125 Plan
• Loan forgiveness program

Health, Medical, and Wellness Benefits

• Medical Insurance
• Dental & Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance and Long-Term Disability (LTD)
• Malpractice Insurance

• Required: At least 1 year relevant experience in the Mental Health Field, Substance Use Disorder Field, or program of application; experience with mild to severe mental illness and substance use disorders; experience navigating systems of care. Valid Colorado driver's license.
• Bachelors degree is required.
• Preferred: Bachelors (BA/BS) Degree in psychology, social work or related field from accredited College or University. CAS, CAT, CAC III or LAC.

Please note: The Care Coordinator will be required to obtain their CAT within their first 12 months of hire, or obtain their CAS within their first 18 months of hire.  

• Knowledge of diversity and inclusion with the relevant ability to engage, communicate, interact, and work effectively and cooperatively with people of different backgrounds, identities, and culturally diverse communities
• Ability to maintain honesty and integrity in all aspects of the job
• Ability and willingness to adhere to attendance requirements, including regular and punctual employee presence

 Based on a 40-hr. work week.

• Bachelor Degree - $17.06/HR to $23.89/HR

Join us today. To learn more about SummitStone health, or to apply on our site, visit us at www.summitstonehealth.org/careers/