About the Role
At WellLife Network, every role plays a vital part in empowering people to live their best lives. As part of one of New York’s largest nonprofit health and human services organizations, you’ll join a team dedicated to compassion, inclusion, and excellence — helping individuals and families thrive every day.
Responsibilities
- Conduct outreach activities through various methods and engage individuals with chronic medical conditions, mental health issues, and/or substance use disorders, often co-occurring.
- Conduct initial and ongoing comprehensive assessments to determine strengths and identified needs.
- Prepare and revise care plans to reflect client needs and personal goals with a focus on maintaining health and wellness.
- Maintain contact with clients at least monthly, and more often as needed, providing telephonic as well as face to face outreach, engagement, and comprehensive service planning in the field.
- Advocate for and support clients to ensure access to resources necessary to support wellness/self-management and decrease frequency of emergency room visits and inpatient hospital admissions.
- Monitor and coordinate all care for clients, including access and maintenance of medical insurance, linkage to treatment providers and community resources.
- Collaborate with community providers at least monthly as part of a multi-disciplinary team to ensure goal-directed care planning.
- Conduct crisis intervention when needed and follow up accordingly.
- Maintain detailed, timely, and accurate record keeping in an electronic medical record.
- Coordinate with supervisor, office manager, and health home outreach team in a timely manner to ensure accurate caseload status (including enrollments, closures, and screen outs).
- Complete all required monthly documentation as required to ensure continuity of engaged clients’ medical insurance and to ensure appropriate and accurate billing.
- Work as part of a care management team, attend and participate in weekly team meeting to provide feedback and share resource information relating to client needs, issues and concerns.
- Be responsible for reporting/coordinating daily office and field schedules with other members of the team and supervisor.
- Offer resources and serve as a consultant to all team members on medical/psychosocial/substance use issues as well as social service needs.
- Attend periodic trainings to enhance skill level and learn about wellness self-management and best practice skills.
- Participate in bi-weekly individual supervision to address concerns/issues and improve skill development.
- Be responsible for agency vehicles, including upkeep, documentation, and gas card when assigned.
- Be responsible for agency cell phone, laptop, and associated items.
- Follow program guidelines as outlined in the personnel manual.
- Report to the program administration any issues and/or concerns on a regular/as needed basis while working in the field.
- Maintain confidentiality at all times.
- Participate in activities of other staff members in their absence or during periods of staff shortage.
- Represent the agency at meetings, trainings not otherwise specified.
- Work flexible schedule as work schedule and locations are subject to change.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and two years’ experience in Human Services required.
- New York State driver’s license and access to a vehicle required.
Skills
- Compassion
- Inclusion
- Excellence
- Outreach
- Assessment
- Care Planning
- Client Engagement
- Advocacy
- Resource Navigation
- Care Coordination
- Crisis Intervention
- Record Keeping
- Team Collaboration
- Consultation
- Training
- Supervision
Location
- Smithtown, NY
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 2 years experience in Human Services
Education Level
- 4 Year Degree
- Bachelor's degree
Salary/Compensations
- $27.27 - $27.27 Hourly
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401k retirement plan with matching
- Paid time off
- Holidays
- Personal days
- Free and low-cost gym and wellness access and support
- Ongoing professional development
- Career advancement opportunities
- Tuition assistance
- Mentorship
- Leadership training
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility
- Flexible spending accounts
- Summer Fridays
- Gym passes
- Life insurance options
About the Company
- WellLife Network is one of New York’s largest nonprofit health and human services organizations.
- The organization is dedicated to compassion, inclusion, and excellence.
- WellLife Network helps individuals and families thrive every day.
Equal Opportunity
- WellLife Network is a qualifying employer for Public Service Loan Forgiveness.
