Moderate Care Coordinator (Canton Area)
Company: JCESC VLA
Location: Canton
Posted on: February 24, 2026
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Job Description:
Job Description Job Description Salary: 42,000 to 57,0000
starting salary Moderate Care Coordinator Job Description Position
Title: Moderate Care Coordinator (Tier 2) Reports to: JCESC Care
Coordinator Supervisor Works in collaboration with: Child and
Family Team (CFT), other care coordinators and
agencies/partnerships to provide Tier 2 services. Term: Full-time
position with health care and retirement benefits Salary Range:
$40,000- $57,000 Work Location: Blended home office and regional
offices with locations in Steubenville and Canton Ohio. Service
counties include Belmont, Columbiana, Harrison, Jefferson, Monroe,
Stark and Tuscarawas. Travel: Ability to travel within the assigned
region, to multiple offices, and home locations with personal
vehicle. Most possess reliable transportation valid/active drivers
License and proof of insurance. Training: Provided upon employment
Position Summary: Provide timely holistic care coordination to
children enrolled in OhioRISE, with appropriate expertise to
coordinate behavioral, medical, and pharmacy health services,
including for children with dual diagnoses (BH/IDD). Will use a
wraparound-informed model for members with moderate behavioral
health needs. Key Responsibilities and Activities: Use clinical,
operational, and technical expertise to manage and provide MCC care
coordination. Manage 1915 (c) home and community-based waiver
service coordination within federal requirements. Work
cooperatively with the CFT and share responsibility for developing,
implementing, monitoring, and evaluation a single child and
family-centered plan. Actively grow and leverage partnerships with
other (non-health) child-serving systems. Conduct outreach to the
childs family within one business day of referral to MCC. Complete
and submit child and family-centered care plans (initial, changes,
transitions) to the OhioRISE plan for review and approval according
to standards. Respond to member needs twenty-four hours a day.
Approach to Tier 2 Care Coordination Provide structured service
planning and care coordination based on wraparound principles, as
established by the National Wraparound Initiative including: An
initial home-based, comprehensive assessment resulting in the
development of the child and family-centered care plan. A CANS
assessment once every 180 calendar days or whenever there is a
significant change in the members behavioral health needs or
circumstances. Convening and facilitating the child and family
team. Developing a crisis safety plan. Reviewing the child and
family-centered care plan every thirty days or whenever there is a
significant change in the members needs or circumstances.
Monitoring the child and family centered care plan. Performing
referrals and linkages to appropriate services along the continuum
of care. Ratio of one MCC to no more than twenty-five OhioRISE
members receiving MCC services. Education and qualifications:
Minimum of 3 years experience in childrens mental health, child
welfare, developmental disabilities, juvenile justice, or a related
public sector human services or behavioral health care field,
providing community-based services to children and youth, and their
family/caregivers. Background and experience in one or more of the
following areas of expertise: family systems, community systems and
resources, case management, child and family counseling/therapy,
child protection, or child development. Be clinically and
culturally competent/responsive with training and experience
necessary to manage complex cases in the community across
child-serving systems. Have the qualifications and experience
needed to work with children and families who are experiencing SED,
trauma, co-occurring behavioral health disorders and who are
engaged with one or more child-serving systems (e.g., child
welfare, juvenile justice, education) MCC care coordinators will
complete the high-fidelity wraparound training program provided by
an independent validation entity recognized by ODM. Care
coordinators will successfully complete skill and competency-based
training to provide MCC. Complete the state-required training
program provided by the COE. Abilities Required: Knowledge of human
resources, personnel practices and human relations. Ability to work
well with individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences. In
addition, the care coordinator should be: Trustworthy,
confidential, accessible, objective, not biased. Interested in own
professional growth. Working Conditions: travel to service
coordination family locations. 260 day contract with benefits
Keywords: JCESC VLA, Pittsburgh , Moderate Care Coordinator (Canton Area), Healthcare , Canton, Pennsylvania
