VETERANS CARE COORDINATOR (Personal Services)
Veterans Care Coordinator
Location: Garden City
Full Time
GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES & ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
- Coordinate with team and community services as needed to ensure that both current diseases, as well as preventative and health promotion needs are addressed as part of the holistic, whole-person, culturally-sensitive health home approach
- Serve as Principle Behavioral Health Provider/Liaison for Veterans and Veteran family in Compass services
- Familiarity with Veterans Organizations for referral and Care Coordination
- Work with Compass Peer Support staff on ensuring we meet the needs of those in service
- Identify and engage people in services in benefits of care coordination
- Be the system navigator and point of contact for people in service and families and a point of direct access for asking questions and raising concerns
- Navigate people toward social service benefits for which they qualify due to health status
- Assist people in service in scheduling needed appointments and encouraging active participation in all aspects of their healthcare needs
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Age 21+ years old and have a BA/BS degree with an emphasis on Mental Health/human services or equivalent experience. Experience with Case Management or Targeted Case Management preferred
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
- Excellent communication skills for engagement with people in services and our community partners
- High degree of professionalism and philosophy of treating the whole person is necessary
- Preference given to someone who has served in the Military or is family member or Veteran for the Veteran aspect of this position
