- Are you ready to make a real difference in people's lives? Join the Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD as a Care Coordinator. In this critical role, you'll conduct assessments, develop recovery plans, and provide services based on Trauma-Informed and Patient Centered Models. You'll coordinate services, monitor progress, and deliver interventions to support our patients on their recovery journey. If you're compassionate, experienced, and passionate about helping others, we want you on our team to be part of transforming mental health and IDD care.
Your Role in Action
As a Care Coordinator for this unit, you will be:
- The MCOT CC performs community-based crisis assessments to determine needed level of care.
- The MCOT CC provides crisis intervention to individuals to reduce symptoms, provide education and prevent admission to a more restrictive environment.
- The MCOT CC collaboratively creates a treatment plan with the consumer to outline treatment goals.
- The MCOT CC provides case management activities to assist consumers in gaining and coordinating access to necessary care and services in accordance with treatment plan goals.
- The MCOT CC monitors consumer progress with treatment goals and linkage to services.
- The MCOT CC educates family members so they may understand the individual’s mental health symptoms, treatment and assist with referring to community resources.
- The MCOT CC provides information on mental health, the importance of medications and treatment compliance, and other clinical related information to individual, family, community as needed.
- The MCOT CC completes electronic documentation each workday as outlined in MCOT Operating Guidelines. This documentation becomes part of the medical record for the
- The MCOT CC, when interacting with the community and colleagues, follows the key principles of a trauma informed approach (i.e. safety, trustworthiness and transparency, peer support, collaboration and mutuality, empowerment, voice and choice, cultural, historical, and gender issues).
- The MCOT CC performs related work as assigned and adapts to changing work requirements.
- The MCOT CC demonstrates ethical conduct in all professional activities.
- The MCOT CC complies with Agency policies and procedures and MCOT Operating Guidelines.
- The MCOT CC will work any assigned crisis days. Responsibilities include entering and contacting all new referrals, answering office telephone calls, and responding to Emergent and Urgent classified referrals.
- The MCOT CC is available to provide any assistance not listed above to the Agency, Program Director, Clinical Team Lead, or staff as requested and required.
What qualifications you will need:
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) from four-year accredited college or university with a major in a social, behavioral, or human service field, including but not limited to: psychology, social work, medicine, nursing, rehabilitation, counseling, sociology, human development, gerontology, and educational psychology, required.
Experience:
- Minimum of two year experience in the mental health field, preferred.
Other Key Qualifications
- Must maintain a valid Texas Driver's License and be insurable under Agency policy.
- Bilingual, preferred.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Basic understanding of mental illness, common signs and symptoms and able to identify difficulties with coping in community settings.
- Strong communication skills, listening and interpersonal skills above average, written documentation is clear, concise, well- constructed and grammatically correct.
- Able to work collaboratively with others in a teamwork environment.
- Effective time management and organizational skills. Able to execute standard word processing.
- Must be able to work autonomously in a fast-paced environment.
What else you should know:
- This posting is associated with position #2741
- Shift: Monday-Friday, 2PM-10PM
- $5,000 flat rate shift stipend
- This position will be located at 3200 Main St. Houston, TX 77002.
- With travel to consumer homes, flexible scheduling, and an on-call status, every day will be filled with new challenges and experiences. You'll provide services in various environments, interact with individuals facing emotional or physical challenges, and overcome any obstacles with empathy and communication skills. Join us and embark on a rewarding journey of making a positive impact on others' lives, let the adventure begin!
What we have to offer:
The HARRIS CENTER offers competitive salary, excellent benefits package, retirement plans with company matching, prior service credit towards generous PTO accrual, outstanding wellness programs and professional development. Employees can also take advantage of business casual dress code, corporate discounts, and gym memberships. New hire referral bonus, discounts are also available on an optional basis. These include mobile phone service, fitness centers and other wellness amenities.
About us:
The HARRIS CENTER is the state-designated Local Mental Health Authority and Local Intellectual and Developmental Disability (IDD) Authority serving Harris County, Texas. As the largest behavioral and developmental disability care center in Texas, The HARRIS CENTER provided care to over 79,000 people in fiscal year 2019 and has an annual budget of over $275 million. As part of its mission to transform the lives of people with behavioral health and IDD needs in the third largest county in the United States, The HARRIS CENTER provides a full continuum of services at 86 different sites across Harris County. In addition, services are provided in more than 42 different languages as well as sign language in order to better serve what is one of the most diverse and multi-cultural communities in the nation.
