Individuals served by NHS may receive service coordination to ensure their support needs
are being addressed. Service Coordinators are responsible for the planning,
implementation and coordination of services an individual receives. At NHS we don’t
place an individual in a program, we build a program around the individual.
This allows the individual the freedom to experience life fully, to pursue their unique
and personal visions, and ultimately to grow through the experience.
Service Coordinators act as an advocate for the individual served, to ensure
that their voice is heard throughout the process. NHS believes that individuals need to
direct their own lives, make their own choices, and manage the outcomes of those choices.
NHS believes in giving up as much control as possible to the individual,
all the while supporting them through daily life.
Service Coordinators also monitor the services an individual receives.
This built-in safeguard makes sure that services provided are meeting
an individual’s support needs, that the individual is receiving the necessary
supports to achieve life goals, and the freedom to explore interests and pursuits.
Service Coordinators are an integral part of the core team
surrounding an individual. Each individual may have many people on their team,
and the Service Coordinator acts as a liaison/facilitator for the team.
