Job Description
Job Description
RiseWell Community Services is looking to hire a Full-Time Care Coordinator for the Care Coordination Health Homes, serving Long Island region and reporting to the program supervisor.
Our Care Coordination teams help individuals with serious mental illness, chronic medical conditions, or substance abuse disorders. We connect participants with behavioral health specialists, primary medical care, housing services, vocational support, and entitlements. Our goal is to make sure the participant stays on top of appointments and receives the vital care needed for a healthy life.
QUALIFICATIONS :
High School education or equivalent or CASAC with at least 2 years of experience serving people with mental illness, developmental disabilities, alcoholism or substance abuse. Bachelor’s degree preferred. Clean, valid NYS Driver’s License preferred. Fingerprinting, criminal record check, approval from NYS Office of Mental Health.
JOB FUNCTION :
Provide care coordination and health promotion to individuals with severe mental illness and / or have 2 or more chronic health conditions . This will include linkage to behavioral, medical, residential, social, financial, and vocational resources; collateral contacts with both behavioral and medical treatment follow up with referral and treatment appointments, and education of health promotion and preventive care. The care manager will communicate with the treating clinicians to discuss enrollee’s care needs, conflicting treatments, change in condition, etc. which may necessitate treatment change (i.e., written orders and / or prescriptions).
BENEFITS INCLUDE :
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER :
RiseWell Community Services provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
ABOUT US :
Founded in 1972, RiseWell Community Services (RiseWell) is an innovative, multi-service, community-based social wellness agency. We are a major provider of health and wellness services, senior and children’s care, addiction recovery services, as well as affordable housing and support. RiseWell continues to serve thousands of community members across Suffolk, Nassau, Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx, and Manhattan.
RiseWell has developed innovative, successful programs that are designed to meet the needs of vulnerable populations, such as individuals in recovery, those living with chronic medical conditions, adult home residents, the homeless, low-income seniors and at-risk children
For more information about RiseWell Community Services, please visit www.risewell.org.
Care Coordinator • Medford, NY, US