Care Coordinator (Merrionette Park)

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a human services or related field.
• 2+ years' experience in the mental health field.
• Bilingual in Spanish preferred.
• Experience working with diverse child and family populations with significant behavioral needs or social service needs, preferred.

Knowledge, skills, and abilities

• Experience working with diverse child and family populations with significant behavioral health needs; social service experience is preferred.
• Requires mobility to work across the region and attend meetings as necessary, with vehicle, valid driver’s license, and insurance
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including written, social media, giving community presentations and proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and Google tools.
• Punctual, reliable and dependable with the ability to work flexible hours (some evenings and weekends).
• Ability to work effectively with diverse individuals and groups.
• Self-starter that is detail-oriented and thinks creatively and strategically.
• Ability to produce high-quality work independently.
• Demonstrated commitment to social justice, community empowerment, and advocacy.

Travel/Mobility requirements

• Driving for work required with transportation of clients preferred in a personally owned vehicle required.

Additional requirements

• Satisfactorily pass all screenings and criminal background checks.

Physical requirements

While performing the essential duties of this job, the employee is required to sit and stand for sustained periods of time, frequently talk, hear, use hands and fingers to feel, handle, and operate objects or controls, and occasionally stand, bend, stretch, stoop, kneel and crouch. The employee is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as preparing and analyzing data and figures, transcribing, and viewing a computer terminal.

Metropolitan Family Services puts our people first with a top-of-the-line benefits package. Find out more by clicking here [https://www.metrofamily.org/careers/benefits/]!

Some highlights include

• Medical Coverage, Dental Coverage, and Vision Coverage.
• Metropolitan Family Services contributions of $2,000 to individual, and $4,000 to family, HSA accounts, pro-rated to your benefits start date.
• FREE General Medicine and Behavioral Health Teladoc services provided to all team members.
• Ascensus 401K plan services with a 4% employer match, vested at 100% on day one of eligibility.

And so much more! Make sure you click here [https://www.metrofamily.org/careers/benefits/] to see the full suite of benefits offered!

More about us

Metropolitan is Illinois' first comprehensive human services agency and reaches more than 122,970 individuals and families in Chicago, Evanston/Skokie, the southwest suburbs, and DuPage County with services promoting education, economic stability, emotional wellness, and empowerment.