Community Resource Coordinator

Schedule:  M-F, 8:00a-4:00p

Position Overview

The Community Resource Coordinator is responsible for coordinating discharge planning, reentry, and reintegration services for individuals releasing from the facility. This position works in collaboration with a multidisciplinary treatment team to identify needs, develop transition plans, coordinate referrals, and support continuity of care upon release. The position assists individuals with linkage to community-based services, behavioral health and substance use supports, MAT-related discharge planning, housing resources, identification documents, benefits, transportation, and other stabilization needs. This role will assist with reentry-focused programming and groups, depending on facility needs and program capacity.

 

Essential Job Duties

✓ Interviews inmates to provide preliminary discharge plans

✓ Identifies who needs outside resources upon release

✓ Electronically documents all interventions and patient response in patient's medical record

✓ Assists in matching referrals to needed services

✓ Assists in filling out required/relevant paperwork

✓ Provides patients with information needed for aftercare services

✓ Serves as liaison between County Alcohol, Drug, and Mental Health Office, County Public Defender's Office, and the Jail Mental and Medical units

✓ Participates in case management meetings with on-site mental health providers

✓ Participates in Quality Management meetings, Quality Management Peer Review activities, and staff training

✓ Responsible for discharge planning for MAT patients in accordance with the policy and procedures

✓ Plans, develops, and recommends priorities, goals, and long-range objectives pertaining to the

management and direction of the detention facility

✓ Collects and analyzes program and community data to assess community strengths and needs

✓ Identifies participants and identifies community partners to meet the needs of patients and maximize the use of available community resources

✓ Responsible for providing individual and/or group treatment for identified MAT patients who are scheduled to be released into the community

✓ Assist with individual or group reentry/reintegration programming for identified individuals, within scope of role and under appropriate clinical oversight when applicable.

✓ Assists with developing program brochures and other related program marketing items

✓ Performs other duties as assigned

 

Minimum Education and Experience

✓ Associate's degree in a health-related, human services, criminal justice, social work, psychology, counseling, or related field preferred.

✓ Bachelor's or master's degree in social work, counseling, psychology, criminal justice, human services, or related field preferred.

✓ Two to five years of case management, social services, correctional, behavioral health, substance use, or reentry experience required.

✓ Correctional, detention, jail, or community reentry experience required.

✓ Experience working with justice-involved individuals, high-needs populations, behavioral health, substance use, or community-based service coordination experience required.

✓ A combination of education and experience will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

 

Preferred Credentials

✓ Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor certification preferred.

✓ Certified Peer Support Worker certification preferred.

✓ Additional training in motivational interviewing, trauma-informed care, evidence-based reentry practices, MAT/MOUD, CBT-based programming, or case management preferred.

 

Additional Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

 

Competencies

✓ Clear and effective verbal and written communication with all coworkers, supervisors, jail administration, and patients

✓ Excellent verbal and written comprehension

✓ Excellent deductive reasoning and problem-solving abilities

✓ Excellent organizational skills

✓ Ability to use a computer and use/learn a variety of software, including site-specific computer programs

✓ Ability to respect the dignity and confidentiality of inmates

 

Employment Requirements

✓ Must maintain all certifications, educational requirements, licensing, etc. for this position

✓ Must have current CPR/BLS certification

✓ Must have current TB test (taken within one year)

✓ Must adhere to all facility policies and procedures as well as the policies and procedures listed in the Employee Handbook

✓ Willing to assist coworkers in the job duties and work overtime if required; may act as a resource to other coworkers

✓ Maintains confidentiality, dignity, and security of health records and protected health information in compliance with HIPAA requirements

 

Security Requirements

✓ Must undergo security training and orientation on facility safety policies and procedures

 

Physical/Mental Requirements

This position routinely requires (but is not limited to) the following:

✓ Ability to both remain stationary and move/traverse throughout the facility, including up and down flights of stairs

✓ Ability to position oneself in different spaces

✓ Ability to convey and discern information in a conversation, frequently communicate with patients; must be able to exchange accurate information.

✓ Ability to identify and detect objects and assess situations from a variety of distances

✓ Ability to stay calm in stressful and demanding situations

 

Work Environment

Work is performed inside a correctional facility. Employees are exposed to some level of risk and/or harm by inmates including exposure to blood borne pathogens. Employee is expected to work in accordance with all security rules and regulations to minimize the risk of danger and/or harm to themselves or other employees.

 

Other

Employee must comply with all current and future State, Federal, and Local laws and regulations, court orders, Administrative Directives and standards and policies and procedures of the site where assigned, including those of professional organizations such as ACA, NCCHC, etc. Employee must treat every other member of the CorrHealth team, all correctional personnel, all inmates and third parties in the facility with the proper dignity and respect. Actions or communications that are inappropriate or degrading will not be tolerated.

Must be able to pass a background check and pre-employment drug test (as applicable).