NC Start Clinical Coordinator

Do you have a passion for making a real difference in the lives of people living with mental health challenges and disabilities? At Easterseals PORT Health, we’re seeking a compassionate and dedicated full-time Clinical Coordinator to join our NC START Team. As a valued member of our collaborative and supportive team, you will work together to transform the lives of individuals by providing crisis interventions and support to children and adults.

What You’ll Do

As a Clinical Coordinator, you will care will and make a huge difference in the lives of the people you will be helping. You may expect to implement the START model, a systemic and positive crisis prevention/intervention model, for individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities and co-occurring mental illness in the region.  You will also be collaborating with support teams to develop and refine cross-systems crisis prevention and intervention plans for START recipients along with strong communication skills and a passion for continued growth and development will be important functions of this opportunity.

How You’ll Benefit 

Being part of our team means we value and encourage your personal growth and development. You’ll earn a competitive annual salary $60,000 plus enjoy a 40-hour a week, Monday-Friday, 8:30a-4:30p with rotating on-call responsibility (24 or 72-hr shifts). We offer competitive benefits to benefits -eligible positions.

Our benefits include:

  • Paid time off and paid holidays
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision Health Benefits + an optional Flexible Health Spending Account (FSA)
  • Life Insurance, Disability Insurance and more
  • 403(b) Retirement Plan
  • Employee Assistance Program and Legal services, as needed
  • Lots of Merchant Discounts to improve your purchasing power!
  • Mileage reimbursement for work related travel!
  • Supervision for licensure!
  • We are a Public Student Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) qualifier!

What We’re Looking For

To join our team as a Clinical Coordinator, you must has a passion for helping others, possess top-tier verbal, and written communication skills. You must also be willing to provide services in various community locations within the region as needed, rotate crisis line coverage for 1-3 days at a time, have a passion for helping others, and be able to link clients to community resources. We also require:

  • Minimum of Master’s degree from an accredited university in Social Work, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Rehabilitation Counseling, Psychology, or other closely-related field and license-eligible in your field (license preferred)
  • Experience with individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities, mental health diagnoses, or both, particularly those with significant behavioral needs
  • Knowledge of systems of care impacting adults and children with co-occurring I/DD and MH conditions
  • At least one year of working with children and adolescents
  • Flexibility to travel to our Durham location for Onboarding and twice a month throughout employment
  • A valid driver’s license, current auto insurance and a good driving record

If you are a kind, compassionate professional looking to make a significant impact, we invite you to apply for this position and join our mission of enhancing lives and our community. Apply now via our website: www.eastersealsucp.com OR by sending your resume to recruiter@eastersealsucp.com

About Easterseals PORT Health

Easterseals PORT Health is a trustworthy, compassionate partner providing exceptional disability, behavioral health and addiction treatment services to help our neighbors live their best lives. Our diverse and inclusive 2,600-member team provides meaningful support to 40,200 kids, adults and families in 11,000 home, facility and community locations across North Carolina and Virginia.

Our working environment supports employee and client health with a ‘no tobacco’ use policy (tobacco free and smoke free) in all offices, client facilities, properties, and agency vehicles.

We believe that by leveraging the unique strengths and perspectives of our workforce, we can advance our just cause, while building a healthy, sustainable organization. That’s why we listen, seek to understand & act to make ESPH an Inclusive, Diverse, Equitable, Authentic & Learning (IDEAL) organization.

Applicants of all abilities are encouraged to apply!