Blended Service Coordinator

Position: Blended Service Coordinator

Hourly Rate: $22.50-$27.84

Schedule: Monday through Friday 9a-5p with some weekend on-call availability

Location: Greater Pittsburgh Area

Service Coordinators play a critical role in fulfilling the mission of TCV by providing professional assessment coordination of mental health services and supports service planning linkage referral and advocacy services required for a safe and healthy community life based on the individuals level of needs. The incumbent works as a member of a treatment/service team in order to promote individuals mental health recovery. We are looking for people who believe in a strengths-based approach and use positive practices to help guide their everyday activities. The Service Coordinator position is designed to:

• Advocate for and with the individual being served to ensure responsiveness from natural community geriatric and specialized services/supports. Advocacy includes providing information removing barriers creating options and resolving problems.
• Maintain an accurate and timely record of Service Coordination activity by completing service documents within 24 hours. Reviewing charts for compliance with regulations and preparing for formal audits.
• Ensure that individuals being served needs are met through the utilization of natural supports (family friends) community and geriatric services and specialized services (MH/MR supported employment OVR D&A). Assists individual and family to identify link access and coordinate such resources.
• Provide on-site support for all in-patient MH commitments by ensuring all alternatives to hospitalization have been considered first then advocating for admission.
• Provide culturally competent services with consideration for the individuals racial religious sex sexual orientation age and ethnic background and identification.
• Attend training programs provided through the State County and TCV to assure that the incumbent is up to date on new approaches best practices and recovery-oriented services. (37.5 hours of annual training is required.)
• Ensure the frequency of contact with the individual being served is based on the individuals needs but at the very least once a month. Provide a full range of Service Coordination services to a designated caseload.

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EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree with major course work (min. 12 credit hours) in Social Work Psychology Criminal Justice Pastoral Counseling Counseling Psychology Rehabilitation Counseling Sociology Education with a certificate in Special Education or Nursing with a Registered Nurse License. All degrees must come from an accredited college or university.
• Minimum of 1 year of experience in human services community based preferred and working knowledge of human services paperwork and regulation guidelines.
• Act 33/34 (PA State Criminal and Child Abuse) Clearances and FBI Clearance.
• Valid PA drivers license and driving history of three (3) years with MVR required.

What Devereux TCV offers YOU:

• Competitive wages and comprehensive benefits package including medical prescription dental and vision.
• Generous paid time off (PTO) and paid sick leave
• 403 (b) retirement plan.
• Employee Assistance wellness and work/life balance programs.
• Extensive opportunities for training development and professional growth.
• Dynamic and supportive working environment.
• Our Devereux ASCEND program is a unique and comprehensive career accelerator program exclusively designed to give behavioral health team members the career guidance one-on-one coaching skills and financial assistance they need to reach their full potential.

Devereux/TCV has a zero-tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. We foster a culture of reporting abuse and will cooperate with the authorities to the fullest extent possible.

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Company Overview

Devereux is one of the nations largest nonprofit organizations providing services insight and leadership in the evolving field of behavioral healthcare. Founded in 1912 Devereux operates a comprehensive national network of clinical therapeutic educational and employment programs that positively impact the lives of 10000 children adults and their families every year.

Our Mission: Devereux changes lives by unlocking and nurturing human potential for people living with emotional behavioral or cognitive differences.

With nearly 6500 employees working in programs across the country Devereux is a trusted partner for families schools and communities serving individuals in the areas of autism intellectual and developmental disabilities specialty mental health education and foster care.

Our Culture Our Expectations

At Devereux Servant Leadership is embedded throughout our culture and every aspect of our organizational framework. Our mission-driven people-first mindset is at the heart of the compassionate and high-quality programming we provide every day for the individuals and families we serve and other key stakeholders. Devereux offers challenging and exciting work and our team environment creates an empowering positive and rewarding atmosphere. To be successful at Devereux you will: put the needs of others first feel called to serve and called to lead. As a member of our team you will be a significant part of our commitment to providing a welcoming and supportive work environment across all programs and services and within all policies and employee practices.

We believe a workplace rooted in inclusivity offering a sense of belonging to all those who walk through our doors is fundamental to delivering the highest quality healthcare services. Through open dialogue and the creation of brave spaces we will engage in work that gives each of us a chance to change the world one person one family one community at a time.

What Devereux Offers You

In addition to a competitive salary Devereux provides a comprehensive health and welfare program to eligible full-time employees family members and domestic partners. Eligible employees are eligible to start benefits after 30 days of addition we offer;

• Medical (including telemedicine via phone web app) dental prescription drug preventative care and mental health services.

• Student loan debt assistance tuition reimbursement and continuing education assistance.

• Generous time-off (start accruing 1st day) 403(b) retirement plan with matching benefit and voluntary/employee paid supplemental life and accident coverage.

• Employee assistance / work-life balance program.

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