Treatment Coordinator

Pressley Ridge's Treatment Foster Care Program in Newark, DE has a current opening for a Treatment Coordinator. The position provides leadership in partnering with families and appropriate others in the community to assure that the therapeutic needs of a designated caseload of troubled 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

Supervision Training and Support

• Assist and support in training activities for Treatment Foster Care (TFC) parents
• Directly supervise all activities of treatment parents related to the treatment and care of TFC youth through regular home visits and phone calls
• Provide in-home training as needed for TFC parents
• Complete a formal TFC Parent Evaluation including creation and monitoring of a professional development plan for each family
• Provide 24-hour emergency “on-call” service to TFC families according to designated schedule
• Assist in the arrangement of respite services

Documentation and Compliance

• Maintain documentation of in-home and other ongoing training activities
• Prepare written summaries, Individual Service Plans and quarterly updates, discharge summaries, and program contract regarding youth and families
• Ensure completion of and collect TFC parent documentation, including LODES, Medication Logs, Respite logs, copies of medical information, and any other required documentation

Treatment Planning and Service Delivery

• Assess each child’s needs in all life domains and develop measurable and objective treatment plan goals
• Provide ongoing advocacy and support for the child’s educational needs
• Initiate and coordinate psychiatric, psychological, and other supportive therapeutic services when appropriate
• Monitor the progress of the child’s goals and modify the treatment plan as needed
• Provide overall leadership and coordination of the treatment team

Safety & Well Being

• Assure that all policies, procedures and standards relating to child safety and well being are followed
• Make regular contact with each youth to assess safety and well being
• Assure that TFC parents follow procedures for child illness and provision of routine healthcare
• Develop an individual safety plan for each child and assist other staff, in crisis intervention to protect youth, staff, and property when transporting youth, maintain safe driving procedures
• Adhere to mandated child abuse reporting laws

Working with Biological Family

• To maximize the likelihood of a positive relationship between TFC youth and their biological families
• Assess and identify the needs of the birth family to achieve their family service plan goals
• Empower birth families through systems education and advocacy training
• Involve the biological family in all aspects of treatment planning including regular updates on youth’s progress
• Coordinate regular contact between the child and his/her biological family as appropriate

Communication & Community Resources

• assure continued communication between the programs, the child’s family, relevant community agency and case aides
• Develop each youth’s treatment team including formal and informal supports as identified by the youth, family, and guardian
• Maintain regular contact and open lines of communication with youth’s treatment team and any other significant community persons
• Represent agency regarding court involvement of the youth
• Link youth and family to appropriate pro-social activities that foster success and healthy development
• Respond to all complaints/concerns from TFC parents in a timely supportive manner

Permanency Planning

• assure the development, implementation and monitoring of effective treatment services in transitional living for youth targeted
• Confirm youth have completed an independent living assessment for life skills
• Submit assessment to the appropriate individuals for scoring
• Supervise any program aides that are assigned to the youth to assist in the implementation of the treatment and service plan
• Work 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

Professional Development

• Actively participate in individual and/or group supervision and staff meetings
• Attend and participate in all required and other professional trainings
• Independently seek out resources and learning opportunities to foster ongoing professional growth

  Working Conditions

  • Physical Demands. Requires vision, speech, and hearing and a moderate to high level of physical activity including; sitting, standing, walking lifting and carrying as required. Must be able to meet the demands and complete Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI).
  • Environmental Factors. Indoors/Outdoors: school, community, residence, office
  • Working Hours. A non-traditional work schedule as defined by service needs and crisis “on call”

This position requires a LBSW .

Clearances. State Police/FBI clearance per state regulation; Child and Adult Abuse Registry clearance

Valid drivers license and current insurance

Experience

• 2 year(s): supervised experience with children and/or families

Education

• Bachelors or better in Human Services or related field

Licenses & Certifications

• LBSW

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor���s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)