Treatment Coordinator - Treatment Foster Care

Position Summary

The Treatment Coordinator provides leadership in partnering with families and appropriate others in the community to assure that the therapeutic needs of a designated caseload of children are adequately addressed. In each case, the Treatment Coordinator will assure that the services delivered both to the target child / adolescent and to the family are individualized, appropriate to need, child centered, family focused, culturally competent, strengths based, and goal driven.

Essential Roles and Responsibilities

Clinical and Support

• Assesses and identifies the needs of the birth family to achieve their family service plan goals.
• Empowers birth families through systems education and advocacy training.
• Involves the biological family in all aspects of treatment planning including regular updates on youth’s progress.
• Coordinates regular contact between the child and his / her biological family as appropriate.
• Works in collaboration with other service providers to develop and implement intervention procedures in the homes working toward achievement of the permanency plan coordinate all community resources pertaining to discharge placement

arrange aftercare follow up if indicated.

Supervision

Leadership

Professional Development

Qualifications

Education / Credentials / Licensure :

Clearances : State Police

FBI

Child Abuse Clearances

CPSL Mandated Reporter-Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse training per state regulation.

Working Conditions

Physical Demands :

Mental Demands :

Environmental Factors :

Working Hours :

Non-traditional schedule / hours. Flexibility to meet children / family and program needs.

Participates in on-call rotation.