Care Coordination
Care Coordination assists people in gaining access to needed medical, social, educational, and other services.
There are six main functions of Care Coordination services:
- Needs assessment: Talking with you to determine the biggest needs or barriers to being successful in treatment.
- Case planning: Working with you to decide what is the best way to help you reach your goals.
- Service arrangement: Coordinating with you and other providers to get you scheduled and seen by whatever service is needed.
- Social support: Identifying your personal support system to determine your social needs are being met or if referrals are needed to strengthen your supports.
- Reassessment and follow up: At a minimum of every six months staff who assess your progress towards treatment goals by meeting with you, the school, or any other providers helping with your recovery.
- Monitoring: Staff with talk with you about what services have been provided and if those services are meeting your needs.
- Adjustments will be made as needed.
How Might Care Coordination Help My Child/Me?
- Care Coordinators can assist will linking you to available educational services for you child.
- Care Coordinators can observe your child in the classroom, making recommendations to teachers, therapists, doctors, and other providers that may assist in better treatment outcomes.
- Care Coordinators can link you to community resources to assist you in meeting the needs of your family, such as food boxes, clothing, etc.
- Care Coordinators can educate you and your child on your child’s diagnosis, medications, and treatment options.
- Care Coordinators can work closely with the staff at Indian Rivers and other community agencies (i.e. schools, juvenile court, DHR, etc.)
- Care Coordinators can go to your house or school to provide services.
- Care Coordinators can teach your child basic living skills and other ways to manage symptoms.
Who Provides Care Coordination?
A qualified staff member from IRBH will be assigned to you or your child to reach your treatment goals. A Care Coordinator must have, at minimum, a Bachelor of Arts or Science degree, usually in a human services related field or social work program. Additionally, all Care Coordinators are certified by the Alabama Department of Mental Health with a Medicaid approved curriculum.
The Care Coordinators are a part of your treatment team. They will monitor how your child is responding to treatment and look for any continued or new symptoms and/or problem behaviors related to their diagnosis and give this information to the rest of the treatment team. The treatment team then will design treatment approaches to address any identified needs.