New Horizon Counseling Center
Care Coordinator (Nassau)
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Hempstead, United States
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Healthcare
- Posted
Must have
- Bachelor's degree in Social Work, Human Services, Psychology, Public Health, or a related field.
- At least one year of direct human services experience working with individuals with serious mental illness, HIV/AIDS, disabilities, or other complex needs preferred.
- Strong communication, organization, documentation, and advocacy skills.
- Ability to build trusting relationships with individuals from diverse backgrounds.
- Ability to work independently while also collaborating effectively with a team.
- Reliable transportation and the ability to travel regularly throughout the community.
Nice to have
- Experience in Health Home, care management, behavioral health, case management, social services, housing, hospital discharge planning, or community-based services.
- Bilingual/multilingual skills.
- Experience working with Medicaid, SSI/SSD, SNAP, housing, or other public benefits.
Full description
🌟 NOW HIRING: HEALTH HOME CARE MANAGER
Full-Time | New Horizon Counseling Center | Starting Salary: $50,000/yearAre you passionate about helping people navigate healthcare, behavioral health, housing, and community resources?
New Horizon Counseling Center is seeking a Health Home Care Manager to join our team and help individuals with complex medical, behavioral health, and social needs successfully live in the community.
This is a hands-on, community-based position for someone who enjoys building relationships, advocating for clients, coordinating services, and helping people overcome barriers to care.
What You'll Do
As a Health Home Care Manager, you will work directly with clients to assess their needs, develop individualized care plans, coordinate services, and connect them with resources that support their health and stability.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Engage clients in the community through face-to-face outreach and regular contact.
- Complete initial and ongoing assessments to identify client strengths, needs, goals, and barriers.
- Develop and implement individualized care plans with clients and their providers.
- Coordinate appointments and follow-up care with primary care, behavioral health, hospitals, rehabilitation facilities, and other providers.
- Assist clients transitioning from hospitals, emergency departments, or rehabilitation programs back into the community.
- Identify and address gaps in care, including missed appointments, medication concerns, and unmet healthcare needs.
- Connect clients to resources addressing housing, food insecurity, transportation, benefits, employment, and other social determinants of health.
- Assist clients with accessing benefits and community resources such as SSI/SSD, SNAP, HEAP, Medicaid, housing programs, and other supportive services.
- Advocate for clients and help them navigate complicated healthcare and social service systems.
- Collaborate with providers, family members, community agencies, and other members of the client's care team.
- Maintain accurate and timely documentation, care plans, assessments, and required reports.
- Travel regularly throughout the community to meet with clients and providers
What We're Looking For
Required:
- Bachelor's degree in Social Work, Human Services, Psychology, Public Health, or a related field.
- At least one year of direct human services experience working with individuals with serious mental illness, HIV/AIDS, disabilities, or other complex needs preferred.