Mental Health Coordinator

STATEMENT OF THE JOB:

Under the direction of the Lead Mental Health Coordinator or designee, the Mental Health Coordinator (MHC) is responsible for providing trauma-informed rehabilitative mental health support services to youth residing within the residential program. The MHC supports emotional and behavioral stabilization through therapeutic skill reinforcement, independent living instruction, case management support, group facilitation, and milieu-based interventions.

The MHC works collaboratively with therapists, residential staff, educational staff, county representatives, and family members to reinforce treatment goals and support youth functioning across home, school, and community environments.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide rehabilitative mental health support services and skill-building interventions to assigned youth.
• Reinforce therapeutic coping skills and behavioral interventions identified within treatment plans.
• Meet individually with youth to support emotional regulation, communication skills, distress tolerance, behavioral stabilization, and functional improvement.
• Facilitate psychoeducational and rehabilitative groups, including independent living skills groups.
• Support youth in developing age-appropriate independent functioning skills including budgeting, hygiene, cooking, communication, transportation, employment readiness, and community integration.
• Maintain primary responsibility for an assigned residential house caseload of approximately six (6) youth.
• May provide services to assigned day students as needed.
• Collaborate with the assigned house therapist to reinforce treatment goals and therapeutic interventions within the residential milieu.
• Meet weekly with the assigned therapist to review youth progress, behavioral concerns, treatment updates, risk concerns, and preparation for ICC, CFT, IEP, discharge planning, and related meetings.
• Participate in multidisciplinary meetings including ICCs, CFTs, IEPs, placement meetings, and clinical staffing as assigned.
• Provide case management support and coordinate communication among treatment team members, caregivers, social workers, probation officers, schools, and community providers.
• Support youth during periods of emotional dysregulation utilizing trauma-informed de-escalation techniques.
• Maintain accurate and timely documentation in the electronic health record system.
• Complete all required documentation within agency timelines and in accordance with Medi-Cal and STRTP standards.
• Ensure all billable services are appropriately documented and linked to treatment goals and functional impairments.
• Maintain regular communication with residential staff regarding behavioral interventions and youth support needs.
• Serve as a therapeutic support resource within the assigned residential house.
• Attend required trainings, supervision, and staff meetings.
• Perform other duties as assigned.