CARE Coordinator

CARE Coordinator
Whitman College

WHITMAN COLLEGE

Located in the historic community of Walla Walla, Whitman's beautiful tree-lined campus is home to an intellectually dynamic, diverse, and supportive community of some 500 staff and faculty and 1,500 students. With an endowment exceeding $500 million, fiercely loyal alumni, exceptional students, and accomplished faculty and staff, Whitman College continues to build on its national reputation for academic excellence ranking as one of the top liberal arts colleges in the country.

POSITION SUMMARY

The CARE Coordinator provides goal-oriented and strengths-based assessment, intervention, and coordination of services to students experiencing academic, personal, or medical difficulties in order to assist them in removing barriers to success and increasing their holistic well-being. In this role, the CARE Coordinator is a key resource in making referrals to, participating in, and delivering interventions from campus CARE Team and the Counseling Center.

PRINICIPLE ACCOUNTABILITIES

1. Case Management Responsibilities:

• Provide outreach to students referred by CARE Team or the Counseling Center to schedule appointments.
• Evaluate students for holistic assessment of needs.
• Provide follow-up appointments as appropriate to coordinate action plan, referrals, and support.
• Connect students with the appropriate resources on and off campus.
• Communicate and collaborate with appropriate staff and resources.
• Document case notes in Titanium.
  
  

1. CARE Team Responsibilities:
   • Attend and participate in CARE Team meetings by having case notes prepared on current students, reviewing new referrals, and contributing to the discussion.
   • Makes referrals to the CARE Team as appropriate for students working directly with case management.
   • Supports the CARE Team by providing interventions to students.
     
     
2. Outreach and Awareness Responsibilities:
   • Creates marketing, awareness, and education campaigns to promote case management services.
   • Create and deliver educational presentations that are tailored to meet the needs of the audience.
   • Supervise and educate peer students to ensure they receive support and that their presentations are evidence based.
   • Coordinate with various campus offices to ensure coherent integration of messaging and duties.
     
     
3. Departmental Responsibilities
   • Complete special projects or other duties as assigned by supervisor.
   • Assist in compiling end-of- semester and end-of-year reports.
   • Assist in developing and implementing strategic planning.
   • Participate in assessment efforts related to case management effectiveness.
   • Participate in other committees as assigned.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Demonstrated knowledge, sensitivity and ability to work with students from diverse ethnic, cultural and socio-economic backgrounds including LGBT students and students with disabilities.
• Experience with organizational development and outreach.
• Ability to solve problems effectively and creatively.
• Demonstrated autonomy, effectiveness and sensitivity.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work as a member of a collaborative, multidisciplinary team.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Prior experience with providing interventions and creating treatment plans for clients
• Specialty skills/certification related to mental health and wellness that could be provided to the student community in a group format
• HECMA membership
• Multicultural competence and interest/expertise in outreach and preventative programming

APPLICATION REVIEW

Application review will begin February 10, 2021.

DESIRED START DATE

March 1, 2021

For full application instructions and position description, visit https://whitman.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=39




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