Hope Navigator

Swope Health • Kansas City, MO

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About The Position

Swope Health is seeking a compassionate and mission-driven Hope Navigator to support a team of caregivers in providing quality care and support to our patients and families. The Hope Navigator monitors and drives referrals to services, appointments, meetings, treatment goals to ensure care is being coordinated and families are engaged. You will play a vital role in helping meet the needs of the youth and families, aiding them in achieving their goals If you have a passion for community-based care, join Swope Health and help shape the future of equitable, patient-centered healthcare in our region.

Requirements

• Minimum of 2 years or professional working with serious and persistent mental illness (SPMI) with adults and with seriously emotionally disturbed (SEO) children, preferably one year in a community mental health setting.
• Proficient knowledge of health and human services and community resources.
• Experience treating serious emotional disturbance (SEO) with children. Preferably, with one year in a community mental health setting.
• Strong interpersonal skills, excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong consumer advocacy skills with an empowerment philosophy.

Nice To Haves

• Preferred : Master's Degree in either Psychology, Social Work, or Counseling and a license in the State of Missouri.
• Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), (PLPC) or (LCSW).

Responsibilities

• Providing one-on-one or group services with a rehabilitation/habilitation and recovery/resiliency focus implements service and support strategies that take place in the most inclusive, most responsive, most accessible, and least restrictive setting possible; and that safely promote child and family integration into home and community life.
• Teaching and modeling for individuals how to cope and manage psychiatric, developmental, or substance use issues while encouraging the use of natural resources/supports.
• Supporting individuals in their efforts to find and maintain housing, employment, and/or function appropriately in a family, school, and the community.
• Ensure continuous engagement with families through informal, formal, and community support services relationships
• Assisting individuals to achieve the goals and objectives on their individualized treatment plan
• Implement the wraparound process with clients and create a wraparound plan to identify, build on, and enhance the capabilities, knowledge, skills, and assets of the child and family, their community, and other team members.
• Actively seeks out and encourages the full participation of team members drawn from family members’ networks of interpersonal and community relationships.

Benefits

• Medical benefits (including a Health Savings Account option), dental and vision
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• Company-paid benefits such as life insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Account
• Paid Days Off beginning at 15 days annually.
• Nine annual company-paid holidays; One annual paid personal day

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level