Whole Person Care Community Services Coordinator

Description

POSITION:

The Ambulatory Care Division of the Ventura County Health Care Agency (HCA) is currently looking to fill nine (9) Community Services Coordinator positions in the Whole Person Care team. The Whole Person Care team implements the CalAIM Enhanced Care Management and Community Supports programs which works to improve care for people with the most complex needs including people with behavioral health needs such as serious mental illness, emotional disturbance, and/or substance use disorder; seniors and people living with disabilities, people experiencing homelessness who also have complex physical or behavioral health needs, people transitioning from jail or prison back to the community, children and youth with complex medical conditions and/or in foster care.

CalAIM Community Supports substitutes new clinical and non-clinical services for traditionally covered services like care in a nursing home or hospital to meet needs in new, more patient-focused ways. Local investments include housing supports, short-term recovery supports, and independent living supports.

Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, the Community Services Coordinator provides intensive, person-centered, field-based care management services including assessments, informed consent for services; conducts care planning, goal setting, and motivational interviewing, helps to navigate health, behavioral health, and social services, coordinates with other providers, and documents notes, and services provided in the electronic health record.

EDUCATION/BILINGUAL INCENTIVES: Incumbents may be eligible for educational incentive of 2.5%, 3.5%, or 5% based on completion of an Associate's, Bachelor's, or Master's degree that is not required for the classification. Incumbents may also be eligible for bilingual incentive depending upon operational need and certification of skill.

NEW HIRE/RETENTION/REFERRAL INCENTIVES: New hires may be eligible for a one-time New Hire Incentive of $1,500, subject to the applicable section of the SEIU 721 MOA 2022-2025, Article 38.

PAYROLL TITLE: Community Services Coordinator

AGENCY/DEPARTMENT: Health Care Agency

• Ambulatory Care

The eligible list established from this recruitment may be used to fill current and future Regular (including Temporary and Fixed-term), Intermittent, and Extra Help vacancies for this position only; there are currently nine (9) full-time Regular vacancies in Health Care Agency

• Ambulatory Care.

Community Services Coordinator is represented by the Services Employees International Union (SEIU) and is not eligible for overtime compensation.

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE:

OPENING DATE:September 28, 2023

CLOSING DATE: Continuous until business needs have been met. (Previously: October 11, 2023, at 5:00p.m.)