System Navigator & Housing Sacramento Area - Managed Care
Job description
Who We Serve:
Pacific Clinics serves children, transitional age youth, families, adults, and older adults. We offer a full range of mental and behavioral health services, foster care and social services, housing, continuing adult education and early childhood education programs to Medi-Cal eligible individuals and families. Our diverse staff provides culturally and linguistically relevant services in over 22 languages to our region’s culturally and ethnically diverse populations. We provide services in 18 counties across California.
Who We Are:
Pacific Clinics is California's largest community-based nonprofit provider of behavioral and mental health services and supports. Its team of more than 2,000 employees speak 22 languages and are dedicated to offering hope and unlocking the full potential of individuals and families through culturally-responsive, trauma-informed, research-based services for individuals and families from birth to older adults. The agency offers services in 18 counties including Alameda, Contra Costa, Fresno, Kings, Los Angeles, Madera, Orange, Placer, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Solano, Stanislaus, Stockton, Tulare and Ventura.
What We Offer
- Pay Range: $17.50 to $20.85 per hour. Actual offers will be determined by the candidate’s creditable years of experience in conjunction with internal equity considerations and based on the organization’s current compensation practices
- We Offer Medical, Dental & Vision benefits, retirement options, Flex Spending, EAP, and more!
- Employee engagement and advocacy opportunities to advance our justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion agenda across our Agency and throughout the communities we serve.
Desired candidate would have experience and passion for housing the unhoused!
California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal -known as CalAIM – is a far-reaching, multiyear plan to transform California's Medi-Cal program and to make it integrate more seamlessly with other social services. Led by California's Department of Health Care Services, the goal of CalAIM is to improve outcomes for the millions of Californians covered by Medi-Cal, especially those with the most complex needs. Come join our team, partnering with managed care health plans, and change the landscape of Behavioral Health and integrated care in our state!
JOB SUMMARY
Works within the vision, mission and philosophy of the agency. Exhibit behaviors consistent with the Service Principles. Demonstrates and develops supportive/coaching relationship with patients and their caregivers to help them navigate the system to support their well-being. This includes providing assistance (e.g., attending appointments, providing community linkages) and supporting education related to physical health, behavioral health, and social determinants of health. Supports whole-person care principles.
RESPONSIBILITIES and DUTIES
- Works actively with the program’s other team members to develop strategies for outreach
to consumers who tend to isolate themselves.
- In coordination with a multidisciplinary team, assist consumers in selecting services and/or
programs that will be useful in achieving their recovery and/or treatment goals.
- Demonstrates a commitment to consumer choice and empowerment.
- Demonstrates an ability to develop respectful interpersonal relationships with consumers
while maintaining appropriate boundaries.
- Assists and supports consumers with identifying, linking to and appropriately utilizing
healthcare resources including the member’s primary care physician as well as specialty care providers, dental care and vision care, if applicable.
- Assists and supports members with establishing benefits such as Supplemental Security
Income (SSI), Medi-Cal and other benefits for which they are eligible.
- Assists and supports members with identifying their housing needs and/or resources in the
community to meet these needs.
- Assists and supports members with linking to and participating in substance abuse
services both on-site, if available, as well as in the community.
- Assists and supports members with linking to and utilizing education and employment
- Assists consumers in learning social skills and independent living skills that facilitate
Integration including budgeting, transportation and grooming and hygiene.
- Supports consumer’s integration into the community through social and recreational
- Develop and facilitate peer support and self-help groups as appropriate to
recovery/treatment goals.
- Helps consumers and family members identify, understand and combat stigma and
discrimination associated with mental illness and develop strategies to reduce self-stigma.
- Increases awareness and provide linkage to self-help programs and consumer advocacy
organizations that promote recovery.
- Supports the vocational choices consumers make and assist them in overcoming barriers
to employment.
- Encourages and supports members’ skills and talents.
- Maintains billable services consistent with program needs and funding source
expectations, through documentation and other required paperwork.
- Participates in off-site presentations introducing the program to community partners and
potential new consumers.
- Attends and participates in staff meetings on a regular basis to provide input towards
program development and staff training.
- Attends and participates in scheduled supervision to provide or receive input towards
program development and staff training.
- Exhibits a non-judgmental approach to effective listening maintaining, respectful eye
contact and an appropriate level of engagement.
- Reports to work on time and maintains reliable and regular attendance.
- Models the agency’s mission and core values in all communication and correspondence.
- Communicates effectively in a culturally competent manner with a diverse member
population and promotes favorable interaction with managers, co-workers and others.
- Provides caregivers or other support system with information about the agency,process
and procedures, and the various roles to assist them.
- Use their voice to direct treatment.
- Participates in continuous learning process as it relates to engaging consumers.
- Required to meet applicable productivity and documentation requirements.
- Assists with the design and implementation of internal and external trainings about the
caregiver/support system.
- Holds staff accountable to service delivery principles related to the consumer/family voice,
choice, access, pace and process, through sharing personal experience, engaging in team
meetings and consultations with staff internally and externally.
- Models and coaches effective coping techniques for consumers, caregivers/support system.
OTHER JOB AND RESPONSIBILITES
- Practices self-care, remains aware that others may be contending with stress, and treats other with grace.
- Performs other related responsibilities, as assigned, to support specific department/business needs.
AGENCY CORE COMPETENCIES
Continuous Quality Improvement and Continuous Learning
- Focuses on quality of work and accomplishes tasks by considering all of the areas involved.
- Understands the level of quality expected in the job.
- Continuously builds and leverages technical and professional expertise.
- Establishes and adheres to procedures to improve work and skills.
- Innovation and Change Management
Ethics and values
- Adheres to the principles of ethical practices and values.
- Acts with integrity and is widely trusted.
- Is seen as a direct, truthful individual.
- Can present the unvarnished truth in an appropriate and helpful manner.
- Maintains confidentiality.
- Admits mistakes.
- Demonstrates the following values:
Innovation
Communication
Service Excellence
These are the principle we adhere to in our work with each other, those we serve, and the communities in which they live;
- Strengths-based
- Family Centered
- Individualized
- Community-based
- Team-based
- Culturally Competent
- Collaborative and Integrative
- Natural Supports
- Persistence
- Flexible and Accessible
- Outcomes Driven
- Needs Driven
- Customer Service
JOB SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES
- Conflict Resolution
- Documents Clearly and Accurately
- Encouraging Customer Focus
- Learning on the Fly
- Time Management
QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential dutysatisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Minimum Education and/or Experience
- High school diploma or GED preferred but is not required.
- Completion of Mental Health Worker Training Course is highly desirable.
- Position is reserved for an individual who has lived or knows someone with lived-experience with mental illness or the mental health system.
Highly Desirable Qualifications
- Self-identified as a person with lived (or family) experience with mental illness and the mental health system.
- Ability to identify recovery principles and explain their recovery process.
OTHER SPECIFIC REQUIRMENTS
- Must possess a valid California driver's license and maintain an insurable driving record
under the agency’s liability policy (if driving two or more times per week on company business) OR if driving is not required, demonstrated ability to use public transportation, if applicable. - National Provider Identifier (NPI) registered as a Mental Health Worker
- Must know or quickly acquire extensive knowledge of local community resources.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
While performing the duties of this job the employee is frequently required to stand or sit. The employee is required to use hands to produce records and/or documentation in manual or electronic format. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 5 pounds and occasionally move or lift up to 10 pounds. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Level Of Contact With Children
May/will have supervised contact with children.
May/will have unsupervised contact with children
Will not have unsupervised contact with children.
Requires full background check and TB exam.
Requires physical.
Current First Aid/CPR Certification.
Driving Privileges
May be called upon to drive on agency business. Needs acceptable MVR and appropriate insurance coverage.
Required to drive agency vehicle. Must have clean MVR, appropriate insurance coverage, and attend agency driver training.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts and outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Training
Needs to successfully complete all required agency’s training indicated for this position
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