Community Care Advocate

Spring Health•New York City, NY

9h•Onsite

About The Position

The Community Care Advocate serves a retail customer by connecting employees to community and company resources to meet social determinants of health and needs of the employee. This is an onsite role: Mon-Friday 8:30-5p in zip codes 11239, 11354, and 11432. Spring Health's mission is to revolutionize mental healthcare by removing every barrier that prevents people from getting the help they need, when they need it. Their clinically validated technology, Precision Mental Healthcare, empowers them to deliver the right care at the right time—whether it’s therapy, coaching, medication, or beyond—tailored to each individual’s needs. They proudly partner with over 450 companies, from startups to multinational Fortune 500 corporations, as a leading provider of mental health service, providing care for 10 million people. Their clients include brands like Microsoft, Target, and Delta Airlines. With their innovative platform, they’ve been able to generate a net positive ROI for employers and are the only company in their category to earn external validation of net savings for customers. They have raised capital from prominent investors including Generation Investment, Kinnevik, Tiger Global, Northzone, RRE Ventures, and many more. With their latest Series E Funding, their current valuation has reached $3.3 billion.

Requirements

A Bachelor’s degree in a related field
Proficiency in Spanish
Experience working with diverse populations and backgrounds within the social work industry.
Experience and a depth of knowledge with connecting individuals to resources locally and outside of your local communities.
Ability to balance the needs of multiple stakeholders.
Flexibility and creativity when approaching workplace challenges.
Excellent listening, written and verbal communication skills.
Skilled in embracing diversity and inclusion amongst teams and clients.
Motivated to go above and beyond for members to provide a high-touch experience.
Tech-savvy: must be comfortable using various computer platforms and working in a tech enabled environment.

Nice To Haves

Experience helping organizations manage evolving workforce environments and norms is a plus.
Experience connecting individuals to resources quickly in times of crisis is a plus.
Expereince assisting individuals through burnout, managing work-life balance, dealing with trauma and/or traumatic events is a plus.
Experience working with lower income populations who experience challenges such as food insecurity and housing instability is a plus.

Responsibilities

Identify and make referrals for work-life, financial & legal, and basic needs support
Link employees to appropriate local and national resources via one-on-one consultation and referral list(s), which may include basic needs (housing, food, transportation, etc.), financial, legal, daily living and other worklife support resources and provide support throughout applications and follow-ups as needed
Work with customer internal care teams on behalf of those employees in need of emergency funding and resource referrals.
Offer consultation related to navigating mental health resources (local and national) and available workplace benefits, such as onsite Mental Health Coaches, work life articles and guidebooks to the team members of the customer
Assist in actively linking employees to appropriate mental health treatment options (i.e Spring Health, behavioral health through medical insurance, emergent behavioral health services, and community resources) and provide support throughout applications and follow-ups as needed.
Documenting and tracking of metrics/outcomes that include but not limited to; reason for social work involvement (resource need type), demographics of employees (as available), referrals placed (where, when) and success of referrals (connection rate, outcome of referral).
Represent Spring Health and help to support/reinforce program parameters and goals.
Communicate with local points of contact and cascade any needs to Spring Health partners through routine meetings and touchpoints.
Submit reporting documentation of all client and organizational activities on a routine and timely basis.
Proactively develop relationships with key customer contacts and attend customer meetings as requested/appropriate.
Proactively promote the community care advocate service offering to employees.