Support and Service Coordinator - Children’s Long Term Support Program (CLTS) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin at Wisconsin Community Services

Essential Functions:

• Coordinates and facilitates services with the child and family to meet the developmental, emotional, and physical needs of the enrolled youth in CLTS.

• Provide family centered, trauma informed, strength based, culturally intelligent services through monthly collateral contact, direct contact with the family a minimum of every three months, face-to-face contact at least every six months (with the child or youth), and at least one of the face-to-face contacts is required annually to take place at the child and family’s place of residence.

• Provide services in the community focused on promoting inclusion and access in the community and youth’s home.

• Assisting to establish and maintain all aspects of program functional and financial eligibility.

• Assessing and periodically reassessing the child’s or youth’s health, safety, and functional capacity.

• Identifying vulnerable and high-risk children and ensuring heightened care coordination, collaborating with other agencies when applicable.

• Providing crisis and critical incident intervention and resolution.

• Mandated reporter responsibilities include making reports of mental health, safety, or well-being of a child or youth to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.

• Develop and execute family centered service plans to meet the individualized needs of the youth and family.

• Authorizing support and services provided through the CLTS Program.

• Managing the coordination of benefits for the supports and services in the service plan to ensure high quality services/

• Provide advocacy and resources to the child or youth and their family and/or advocates to independently obtain access to services and support, regardless of funding source.

• Provide transitional support for the CLTS Program enrollment and disenrollment.

• Complete all required training including CLTS specific training and shadowing, functional screen training, and mandated reporter training.

• Compiling and maintaining required documentation. Completes all paperwork in a strength based and youth/family centered manner.

• Follow all SSC policies and procedures outlined by Milwaukee County Children Youth and Family Services.

Other Duties and Responsibilities:

• Attend required training and participate in staffing, weekly/monthly meetings, and consultations, as needed.

• Assist with child and family coverage for co-workers as needed or directed.

• Other job-related duties may be necessary to carry out the responsibilities of the position.