Exciting opportunity for a Bachelor’s-level individual to work for Mid-Fairfield Community Care Center in Norwalk, CT to provide care coordination services to children and families in the greater Norwalk Area! Care coordinators will work closely with therapists to provide comprehensive care to families with children age 0-5 in need of mental health and/or care coordination support. Position may be with Spanish-speaking children/families or a combination of Spanish and English-speaking children/families.

The Care Coordinator will take the lead in connecting the child and family with desired, community-based services and supports while maintaining a reflective, relationship-based stance. The Care Coordinator will also enhance caregiver executive functioning skills and engage in interactive play with young children in the home. By connecting to family resources, the Care Coordinator can both decrease the “toxic” stress in the home environment and enhance opportunities for optimal child development.

The Bilingual Care Coordinator will provide services in the home, early care setting, and/or in the community, based on the needs of the family. The Care Coordinator will work with a Master’s-level therapist who will provide therapeutic support to families. This is an excellent opportunity for individuals to learn more about the mental health field and work with therapists, psychiatrists, and other community health partners.

Salary & Benefits

• Salary range $44,000-50,000 based on credentials, experience and skills. Additional compensation offered exceeding quarterly quota expectations
• Excellent benefits package includes generous vacation policy, employee health, dental, and vision insurance, and 403(b) plans.
• Tuition reimbursement, continuing education and training offered.

Schedule

Position is a full time, 40 hour position, Monday through Friday. Schedule is flexible but availability to work two evenings until 7:00 pm weekly is required.

Principal Responsibilities

• Provide community resource expertise to Child First team and families, including identifying and collaborating with community-based service providers and supports.
• Engage with the Child First family and the Clinician in collaborative family assessment process (i.e., use data from interviews, observations, interactions, and standardized measures to identify family strengths, needs, and challenges).
• Promote family stabilization by identifying all needed and desired services, integrating services needs into the Child and Family Plan of Care, and addressing barriers to services as they arise.
• Avert crisis situations by assisting Child First family in times of urgent need (e.g., eviction).
• Enhance caregiver executive functioning skills (e.g., planning, organizing, managing time, focusing attention, regulating emotions, reflecting on progress) as needed and in consultation with the Clinician and Clinical Director.
• Maintain a reflective lens when engaging with the caregiver, in order to understand his/her motivation, needs, and possible barriers to new services and supports.
• Embrace use of videotaping to enhance both therapeutic work with families and reflective clinical supervision.
• Provide identified child and/or other children in the family with an interactive, growth-promoting play experience.
• Engage in weekly individual, Team, and group reflective clinical supervision with Clinical Director.
• Engage actively in all aspects of the Child First Learning Collaborative, including in-person trainings, distance learning curriculum, and specialty trainings.
• Track completion of all assessments and enter into the appropriate database.
• Keep all appropriate documentation for clinical accountability and reimbursement.
• Develop and maintain relationships with community agencies and professionals who can meet the needs of clients.
• Attend any necessary community or and statewide meetings to represent/advocate for the children and families being served.
• Ability to offer evening appointments two nights per week (latest appointment start time of 6:00 pm)

Qualifications and Skills

• BA/ BS degree or higher in child development, psychology, nursing, human services, or related field.
• A minimum of three years working with culturally diverse families and young children under the age of six years.
• Capacity for self-reflection, and eagerness to participate in reflective clinical supervision.
• Knowledge of early childhood development, parent education, parent-child relationships, and individual, family, and community-level risk factors (e.g., poverty, homelessness, maternal depression, domestic violence, substance abuse, teen parenthood).
• Provide community resource expertise to families, including identifying and collaborating with community-based service providers and supports.
• Familiarity with mental health diagnosis, treatment and service systems.
• Verbal and written fluency in English and Spanish is required.
• Computer skills, including MS Office; familiarity with electronic health record systems a plus.
• Ability to travel to family's homes and/or within the community

To learn more about the Mid-Fairfield Community Care Center, please visit our website at www.mfccc.org

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $46,000.00 - $51,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 403(b)
• 403(b) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Mileage reimbursement
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person