Mental Health Coordinator, Juvenile Justice

Mental Health Coordinator
Juvenile Justice, Monroe County Department of Human Services
Rochester, NY - On-Site
FULL-TIME Nonexempt : 40 hours per week

Coordinated Care Services Inc (CCSI) seeks a talented Juvenile Justice Mental Health Coordinator to contribute their expertise in providing essential business services to our provider organizations and customers. Under the guidance of Monroe County Department of Human Services, Monroe County Office of Mental Health, and Monroe County Office of Probation, the Juvenile Justice Mental Health Coordinators would be providing identification, assessment, consultation, and education of individuals who may benefit from community services. The Juvenile Justice Mental Health Coordinators are promoters of cross-system collaboration ensuring that the department of probation and the Juvenile Justice/Family Courts have all relevant behavioral health and documented developmental issues when determining the case outcome. The Juvenile Justice Mental Health Coordinator is an employee of Coordinated Care Services Inc (CCSI) and is contracted to work with the Family Services Division of the Monroe County Office of Probation-Community Corrections and Family Court.

CCSI is partnering with Monroe County Department of Human Services to hire a Juvenile Justice Mental Health Coordinator. This position is employed by CCSI and working on behalf of Monroe County.

In this role, you will be [add verb tense or additional action words to give context to duties]

• Assist staff in identifying youth who may require/benefit from mental health consultation and/or assessment/evaluation
• Assist staff in defining and articulating requests for information
• Help to distinguish level of assistance/intervention based on identified needs
• Gather and review relevant records and information to help inform decision-making and make recommendations
• Ensure that Probation and Family Court receive useful, relevant, timely, accurate and culturally sensitive clinical information
• Provide review of previously/currently accessed services to assist in identifying unmet service needs and make recommendations for future intervention
• Provide mental health assessment services for youth where appropriate
• Provide written reports to both Probation and to Family Court where appropriate
• Coordinate referral process to contracted mental health consultants and the Socio-Legal Center, ensuring a timely, useful and quality product
• Facilitate linkage and referral to appropriate services/supports that can address identified needs in a timely manner
• Assist Family Court Judges and Probation officers in understanding and interpreting mental health reports
• Attend court hearings as appropriate
• Foster and support trauma-informed practices in the Juvenile Justice system
• Provide education, training, consultation and technical assistance on clinical and behavioral health related issues to Office of Probation-Community Corrections staff and Family Court
• Provide information and education for community mental health providers on Juvenile Justice processes that affect their clients
• Collaborate with Children’s SPOA to ensure timely access to appropriate SPOA services
• Connect with the Children’s Detention Center to support effective linkages and supports for detained youth
• Assist with the implementation of the CAPS specialized caseload
• Provide needed support with administration of MAYSI behavioral health screening tool to youth connected with probation
• Enter data and maintains database of all youth referred for consultation and other services
• Identify needs, gaps and service delivery issues in the behavioral health system and reports such to MCOMH
• Serve as liaison between MC Office of Mental Health, public mental health system, Office of Probation-Community Corrections and Family Court; builds effective linkages and relationships among and between those entities, promoting cross system collaboration
• Other duties as assigned.

• Masters in Social Worker (MSW) or Masters in Mental Health Counseling required
• Licensed or licensed eligible preferred- LMSW, LCSW, LMHC or other licensed mental health professional
• Two years clinical experience in children’s mental health or equivalent education and work experience (see CCSI's equivalency chart).

Additional Requirements

• Satisfactory completion of all required background screenings.
• Ability to work flexible hours as needed.
• Respect the confidential nature of all CCSI and CCSI customer information you are exposed to in the course of your work performance. Staff working directly with protected health information /electronically stored protected health information, personally identifiable information, and other patient/consumer/customer data, will abide by the specific procedures and policies outlined by CCSI’s Code of Conduct and CCSI’s Privacy and Security Policies, New York State regulations and Federal regulations.

We Are CCSI!

CCSI employs more than 500 talented, dedicated professionals who provide program management services, consulting, and operational support needed by local departments of mental health and social services, state agencies, community-based organizations, and school districts across New York State and beyond! Our mission, simply put, we help people and communities.

CCSI’s vision is to be an exceptional place for individuals to grow and build a career, while expanding our capacity to invest in communities. We do this by prioritizing employee voice and equity to ensure we protect employees from harm; provide connection and community; enable work-life harmony; foster mattering at work; and creating opportunities for growth and development.

We Can Offer You

• Market competitive compensation.
• An award-winning Wellness@Work and employee benefits program.
• An organization that is committed to racial equity and anti-racist practices.
• Continuous professional development opportunities.
• A voice in shaping CCSI’s ever-evolving diverse company culture.

CCSI does not accept inquiries from third-party recruiters or search agencies.

Coordinated Care Services, Inc (CCSI) provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.