Community Health Worker - Behavioral Health (5074)

LIFELONG MEDICAL CARE•Berkeley, CA

14d•$23 - $23•Onsite

About The Position

The Community Health Worker must be able to provide direct care services to a diverse patient population. This position reports to the Associate Behavioral Health Director or Center Director. This position is represented by SEIU-UHW. Salaries and benefits are set by a collective bargaining agreement (CBA), and an employee in this position must remain a member in good standing of SEIU-UHW, as defined in the CBA.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work, Health or Human Services field or equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
Administrative experience in health or social service setting.
Knowledge of East Bay health and social service resources.
Previous work providing services to persons with mental health disorders, substance use disorders, physical health conditions and/or disabilities, and/or who are experiencing homelessness.
Proficient in Microsoft Office with ability to manage databases.

Nice To Haves

Experience and sensitivity working with people who are low-income, have histories of trauma, have mental health and/or substance use disorders, and/or who are HIV positive.
Epic experience.

Responsibilities

Facilitates and manages patient referrals to therapy and psychiatry.
Contacts, screens, triages, and connects patients to both internal and external behavioral health resources.
Maintains and shares in-house waitlist if appropriate.
Maintains mental health provider schedules with a focus on optimizing productivity.
Fills provider schedules and manages templates.
Conducts warm hand offs of patients from medical providers to facilitate integration of care, to connect high risk/high priority patients to behavioral health services, and/or for patients who have a positive screening for unhealthy alcohol use.
Assists in establishing and maintaining smooth functioning of the site’s Behavioral Health Team.
Actively participates in behavioral health meetings.
Supports behavioral health patient panels by making reminder calls, tracking patient attendance, and following up on no-shows to support and improve continuity of treatment.
Supports behavioral health providers in having patients complete screening questionnaires and other paperwork.
Tracks patients’ progress and alerts providers to need for outreach and for enhanced services.
Assists in coordinating and supporting behavioral health patient groups.
Ensures appropriate consent and parental involvement for pediatric patients in behavioral health (at sites serving pediatric patients).
Provides basic support to patients in connection to patient portal and video telehealth visits.
Contacts community agencies and maintains updated resource lists of BH resources in the community.
Responsible for data collection, entry and generation of reports.
Participates in special projects under the direction of supervisor.