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About the Role
Care Coordinator/Case Manager for clients with substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health and medical issues. This position provides an opportunity to accrue MHC supervised hours towards licensure.
Responsibilities
- Engage and assess clients to identify their needs.
- Enroll eligible clients in a Health Home.
- Connect clients with community-based service providers.
- Assist clients in adhering to appointments to address specific needs (physical and behavioral health, financial, legal, transportation, unemployment).
- Interact with multidisciplinary providers to improve client health status and reduce emergency room visits and hospitalizations.
- Submit all related documentation accurately and timely.
Requirements
- Minimum of two years of experience providing mental health services, social services, or substance abuse-focused services to individuals with complex behavioral health conditions.
- Exceptional skills in engaging patients and families.
- Exceptional skills in assessment and coordination of resources within families and hospital and community networks for effective management of patient care.
- Exceptional organizational, collaborative, and psychosocial assessment and intervention skills.
- Interest in improving the quality of care by addressing barriers to primary and specialist care, preventable Emergency Department visits, and hospital admissions/readmissions.
- Proficiency in MS Office: Word, Excel, Outlook.
- Ability to learn hospital ambulatory scheduling systems, electronic medical records, and specific care coordination applications.
Skills
- Health Home Care Coordination
- MS Office: Word, Excel, Outlook
- Bilingual: English/Spanish
Location
- Bronx
- Manhattan
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Minimum of two years of experience
Education Level
- Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work, Psychology, Sociology, Community Health, or a related field
- Master's degree in Health and Human Services and CASAC preferred
Salary/Compensations
- $49,000 - $49,000 / year
About the Company
- LESC is an organization dedicated to improving the quality of care by addressing barriers to primary and specialist care, preventable Emergency Department visits and hospital admissions/readmissions.
Equal Opportunity
- EEO Minorities/Women/Disabled/Vet