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Behavioral Health Care Coordination Specialist I/II Job in Cincinnati, Ohio US

Behavioral Health Care Coordination Specialist I/II

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center - Cincinnati, OH

Posted: 12/2/2025 - Expires: 1/1/2026

Job ID: 292945454

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JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

* Care Delivery- Developing and implementing an individual crisis and safety plan as needed in conjunction with the youth and family. Facilitate referrals and linkages, monitor care plan implementation. Manage 1915(c) Waiver funds ensuring prior authorization and ODM approval is obtained. Ensuring effective referrals and linkages with appropriate assessments, support, and services. Ensuring that all services, supports, and care management processes respect the youth and family's rights to define their specific goals and choose their providers and resources, and monitoring to ensure that all supports and services are family friendly and culturally competent. Facilitates member outreaches, assessments, and meetings in person and in the community or virtually dependent upon guardian/member preference. Operates at a ratio of Intensive Care Coordination (ICC)-1:10Moderate Care Coordination (MCC)- 1:20. Caseloads can be a mix of ICC and MCC, if warranted. In addition to BHCCS I responsibilities frequently integrates comprehensive and evidence-based strategies into CFT meetings. Demonstrates deeper knowledge of behavioral health management skills.
* Plan of care- Implement/document patient response to individualized care plans which may include completing behavioral assessments. Implement/document patient response to individualized care plans. Participate in regular team planning meetings as appropriate or needed. Engage newly referred youth and family in care coordination. Partner with family to develop Child and Family-Centered Care Plan (CFCCP) and to identify client family team. Facilitate Child and Family Team (CFT) meetings at least monthly or more frequently depending on need. Complete comprehensive assessments including Child and Adolescent Needs and Strength (CANS) assessments. Engaging the youth and their family in forming their unique CFT, preparing them to be full partners in the assessment, planning, and implementation of their care plan. Convening CFT meetings, ensuring that CFT meetings are convenient for the family. In addition to BHCCS I responsibilities, consistently implements trauma informed care principles and culturally responsive approach to care delivery. Care planning reflects consistent adherence to the wraparound model of care in addition to reflecting a higher level of innovation and resourcefulness.
* Therapeutic Relationships/Communication- In addition to BHCCS I responsibilities, coach and develop new staff, demonstrate enhanced quality in care planning and relationship management with both family, CFT members, and community partners. Engages with system of care peers to ensure adherence to the model. Serving as the facilitator of the CFT, ensuring that the CFCCP development is a collaborative effort of all the Team members. Serving as the point person for the CFT, remaining in contact with all members to ensure implementation and effectiveness of the CFCCP, monitoring the commitments of the team members and assisting with implementation issues. Coordinating care with all providers and agencies with whom the family is involved, including youth's physical health providers and school personnel. Communicating ongoing CFCCP implementation progress and updated strategies to all Team members, obtaining their cooperation and approval. Working with others to develop community resources to meet youth and families' needs as identified. Utilizing culturally competent and trauma informed care principals. In addition to BHCCS I responsibilities, demonstrates higher engagement with patients and family. Demonstrates ability to increase participants in CFTs and moderate level of CFT facilitation skills in adherence with the wraparound model of care.
* Documentation and Data Management- Completes patient care plan documentation accurately and in a timely fashion as established by the department or patient care needs. Bill for ca

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Job Summary

Employment Type:
Full Time Employee
Job type:
Regular Employment
Skill Based Partner:
No
Education Level:
High school graduate
Work Days:
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
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