Summary

The Care Navigator/Empower provides behavioral health services, including access to same-day or next-day services. The Care Navigator/Empower acts as a liaison to connect clients and families with the appropriate services. Services may include outpatient therapy, recovery support services, and school-based services. The Empower 60 : Wellness and Social Health program addresses the behavioral health and social needs of adults aged 60 in Plymouth, Carver, Kingston, and Duxbury. This initiative will reduce barriers to mental health care, combat social isolation, and improve access to essential resources impacting social determinants of health, like housing, food, and transportation.

Child and Family Services recognizes the power in Diversity and believes that Equity is a Human Right.

$1 per hour Language Differential! (eligible languages include: Cape Verdean Creole, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, Spanish or ASL)

Child & Family Services carefully considers a wide range of factors when determining compensation including, but not limited to, prior experience, education, certification(s), license(s), skills and expertise, location, internal equity and other factors that are job related and consistent with business need. Our goal is to support, reward and compensate the entire individual. Depending on role eligibility, your offer may include a bonus or other incentives. Therefore, final offer amounts may vary from the amount stated.

Job Responsibilities & Essential Functions

Care Navigator

• Facilitate walk-in process with clients
• Complete pre-screening assessment with client
• Identify client needs and determine service options with client
• Use collaborative documentation
• Schedule client intake and follow up appointments as appropriate
• Make clinic referral and wait list phone calls
• Make internal and external referrals as appropriate
• Support transitions of care
• Engage in care coordination across health and behavioral health services
• Facilitate wellness and recovery of the whole person, including outreach and engagement, and after-care planning
• Use evidence-based interventions, including motivational interviewing skills
• Develop person-centered service plans as appropriate
• Provide clients and families with advocacy, coaching, training, support, and psychoeducation
• Provide crisis intervention strategies
• Facilitate warm hand offs with Crisis Services as appropriate
• Build and maintain professional relationships and connections with community resources and partners
• Assist and support all functions of Open Access model as appropriate
• Participate in all supervision and training activities as required by CFS, funding sources, and accreditation authorities
• Maintain record-keeping as required by CFS, funding sources, and accreditation authorities
• Provide clients with consistent, high-quality care through an array of evidence-based, culturally competent, person and family-centered treatment

Empower 60 Wellness and Social Health Program

• Provide services in the community to reach 60 clients (as part of the Empower 60 Wellness and Social Health Program)
• Conduct comprehensive needs assessments and provide personalized care coordination
• Partner with local councils on aging, housing authorities, and food programs to ensure holistic, wraparound supports for clients
• Outreach to local nursing homes, assisted living facilities, rest homes, and elder centers
• Facilitate a monthly support group for 60 clients
• Become CAC trained and assist clients with navigating insurance benefits and health plan enrollment

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

Travel Required

Must have a valid driver’s license and reliable transportation that meets CFS Driver Policy. Travel is required to provide services in different settings and to attend agency meetings, events, and trainings

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience

Bachelor’s level degree in Social Work, Sociology, Psychology or a related human services field. Must have at least one year of experience working in an organization providing mental health or substance use services to youth, adults, and/or families. Must demonstrate cultural humility, with an understanding of ethnic, cultural, and/or linguistic considerations for populations serve. Bilingual individuals preferred to best support the needs of our clients and families within the community.

Cultural Competency Qualifications

• Awareness of personal attitudes, beliefs, biases, and assumptions about others 
• Knowledge of the various dimensions of diversity, including gender, race, and ethnicity 
• Acknowledging that people from other cultural groups may not share the same beliefs and practices or perceive experiences in the same way 
• Cultural knowledge of key populations that will be served to address disparities in service delivery
• Demonstrates positive attitudes towards cultural differences by showing respect and openness towards people whose social and cultural background is different from one's own 
• Demonstrates skills for communication and interaction across cultures, including the ability to recognize and manage personal behaviors, moods, and impulses to create an inclusive, equitable, and welcoming climate within the agency

Benefits:

• Benefit eligible at 20 hours per week
• Medical – Harvard Pilgrim/HealthPlans Inc.
• Dental – Delta Dental of MA
• Vision - EyeMed
• Wellworks for You (Employee Wellness)
• 2 weeks’ vacation accrued over 1st year, 3 weeks after 3 years, 4 weeks after 5 years and 5 weeks after 20 years
• 12 Sick Days, 10 Paid Holidays, and 2 Personal Days per year
• Tuition reimbursement – Up to $1,500 per calendar year
• Professional Licensure reimbursement (LICSW, LMHC)
• Flexible spending accounts – save on medical expenses and dependent care!
• 401K – CFS matches first 1% at 100%; 2%-6% of annual earnings are matched at 50%
• 100% Employer paid Life Insurance
• 100% Employer paid Long Term Disability and AD&D
• 24-hour travel assistance, mileage reimbursement, discounted Healthtrax gym membership, and employee appreciation events!

Child and Family Services, Inc. values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages applicants from the BIPOC, LGBTQ , AAPI, Hispanic, Latinx and Veteran communities to apply for employment. We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, gender, sex,( including gender identity, sexual orientation, and pregnancy) disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.