Job Title: Community Care Navigator
Job Summary:
- We are looking for Community Care Navigator skills to provide overall responsibility and accountability for managing and coordinating all aspects of an assigned member’s care planning. The Community Care Navigator will track and arrange appointments, educate members, and coordinate other aspects of the member’s health and community services.
Salary: The salary for this role is $50,000 per year.
Location Address: 2090 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard, New York, NY 10027. Our office is easily accessible by public transportation.
Workplace Flexibility: Flexible - for roles that have days that can be partially remote, e.g., being able to draft notes at home after going to the office/community in the morning.
What You Will Be Doing:
- Complete all documentation - e.g., assessments, plans of care, encounters - within required time frames in the web-based health home portal.
- Provide core care management services.
- Provide care management services using motivational interviewing techniques to support consumers to address their problems by utilizing their strengths and abilities.
- Assuring that member has access to engages in and retain needed services as defined in the member’s Care Plan.
- Meet required levels of case management contacts, a minimum of 4 per month per member, 2 of the 4 contacts being face to face with member in person.
- Assist members by escorting them to appointments, e.g., medical, behavioral health, entitlements.
- Involve family and significant others in the consumer’s care planning.
- Respond to crisis situations as needed.
- Use available databases and their reporting functions to conduct job duties, such as GSI Health Coordinator, ePACES/eMedNY, Health Commerce System Medicaid Analytics Performance Portal.
- Keep abreast of current city, state, and federal regulations, laws, and initiatives pertaining to health home care management and Medicaid redesign; attend relevant training.
- Provide all services in a culturally sensitive, trauma-informed, and recovery-oriented manner.
- Some fieldwork required.
- Other duties as defined by the team leader or CASES executive staff.
What We Are Looking For:
- High School Diploma and CASAC certified; or
- Bachelor's degree with 4 years of social services experience; or
- Master's degree with 2 years of social services experience; or
- A NYS teacher’s certificate for which a bachelor’s degree is required; or
- NYS licensure and registration as a Registered Nurse and a bachelor’s degree.
- Strong knowledge of wellness, recovery, and self-help.
- Effective communication and written skills are essential.
- Proficiency with computer and databases.
Preferred but not required:
- Bilingual skills in Spanish highly preferred.
Employee Benefits:
CASES cares about employee wellbeing, and we offer a comprehensive benefits package to support you and your family, including:
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Vacation and Paid Time Off – starting at 25 days-off annually
- 12 Paid Holidays per year
- Retirement 403b Competitive matching up to 6%
- Employee Referral Program
- Visit www.cases.org/careers/ to learn more about benefits offered by the CASES
Although we would love to learn about the skills of every candidate, only selected candidates that are selected will receive a response. We encourage you to apply for any position you feel you are qualified for.
CASES is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment with CASES is based solely on qualifications and competence for a particular position without regard to race, color, ethnic or national origin, age, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or marital, military, or citizenship status. We also actively recruit individuals with prior involvement in the criminal legal system.
Compensation details: 50000-50000 Yearly Salary
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