Job description
Position highlights:
- Excellent opportunity to serve our communities in line with MaineHealth’s vision of ‘working together so that our communities are the healthiest in America’
- Build experience for a future career in Behavioral Health, or have an incredible lifelong career serving patients in a direct and impactful way.
- Variety of services practiced with opportunity to learn and grow (more details here: Maine Behavioral Healthcare | MaineHealth)
- Excellent benefit package and competitive salary
Position summary:
- Help Patients navigate clinical pathways, connecting to resources internal and external to MaineHealth
- Identify and address barriers to care, in order to transition patients to primary care and self-care
- Work closely with teams at Maine Behavioral Health and Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHC) to ensure coordination and flow of services.
- Data entry to ensure that CCBHC reporting needs are met.
- 40 hour work week, office open M-F, varied hours between 7AM-7PM.
What we are looking for:
- A Bachelor’s degree in Social work, or related field
- Individuals who are positive, outgoing and customer relationship orientated.
- Individuals comfortable with technology and data
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to be self-directed in work, whilst maintaining a team focus.
- Comfortable advocating for patients with all levels of providers (including those with higher credentials)
Required Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs)
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Education: Bachelor in social work or related field preferred
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License/Certifications: None required
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Experience: Minimum of two years’ experience working with behavioral health consumers and families. Experience working in team based settings and collaborating with multiple providers preferred.
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Demonstrated competency in applying evidence based knowledge, theory, practices, principles, and processes
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Compassionate, articulate and patient.
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Knowledgeable about the breadth and accessibility of community resources.
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Strong communication, interpersonal and organizational skills.
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Ability to build and maintain solid interdepartmental relationships.
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Strong problem solving, critical thinking, and advocacy skills.
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Abillity to engage with external stakeholders, participate in community coalitions, and partner with police/corrections if needed
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Ability to identify potential crisis situations involving patients and/or families and to initiate appropriate action.
Location: MaineHealth · Admin Ambulatory
Schedule: Full Time, Day Shift, 40
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