Youth care worker Jobs in Thornton, CO

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Job Description : Job Description

Position Summary : Provides social worker support to Colorado Community Health Alliance (CCHA) initiatives and the Primary Care Provider's efforts in providing a medical home for Health First Colorado members. Focuses on patient self-management by providing coaching, health education, home visits, follow-up and support services as well as communicate patient information and care treatment plans back to primary care medical providers. Serves as a link between Health First Colorado members, community support services, health systems and providers in order to navigate through the medical home system of care to optimize member health outcomes. Partnering with Quality and other teams regarding department and network initiatives.

COMPETENCIES / Role-Specific Functions :

COMMUNICATION

Communicates well both verbally and in writing, creates accurate and punctual reports, delivers presentations, shares information and ideas with others, has good listening skills.

• Functions as a liaison and advocate for Health First Colorado members between referring providers, specialty physicians, referral / care coordinators or other relevant staff and community resources to include care conferences and updates to their care team.

PROBLEM SOLVING

Breaks down problems into smaller components, understands underlying issues, can simplify and process complex issues, understands the difference between critical details and unimportant facts.

PRODUCTIVITY

Manages a fair workload, volunteers for additional work, prioritizes tasks, develops good work procedures, manages time well, handles information flow.

SELF DEVELOPMENT

Seeks out and accepts feedback, is a proactive learner, takes on tough assignments to improve skills, keeps knowledge and skills up-to-date, turns mistakes into learning opportunities.

CUSTOMER FOCUS

Builds customer confidence, is committed to increasing customer satisfaction, sets achievable customer expectations, assumes responsibility for solving customer problems, ensures commitments to customers are met, solicits opinions and ideas from customers, responds to customers.

JOB KNOWLEDGE

Understands duties and responsibilities, has necessary job knowledge, has necessary technical skills, understands company mission / values, keeps job knowledge current, is in command of critical issues.

Qualifications (Education / Experience / Knowledge / Skills) :

Physical Demands 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. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance. The employee must regularly lift and / or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus.

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. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Salary Range :

63,502.40- $90,719.20