Clinical Care Specialist - Walsenburg
Clinical Care Specialist - Walsenburg
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Health Solutionsis a premier wellness center focused on wholeperson care. With over 400 employees in Southern Colorado you would be joining a mighty team of support and administrative staff case managers clinicians physicians nurses and others in our efforts to improve the health and wellbeing of our community.
Were looking for a Clinical Care Specialistto join our Rural Services team in our Walsenburg clinic.
What Youd Be Doing
As aClinical Care Specialistwith Rural Services you would play a central role in helping individuals in the region of Huerfano and Las Animas counties access services and resources and take the next steps to wellness by providing foundational behavioral health counseling and skills development. You would use your professional case management skills to assist clients in developing daily living and other skills central to maintaining stability and overall wellness. You would use your skills in motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioral skills training to help motivate clients to achieve their treatment goals. You would interface with other members of the treatment team and collaborate with professionals within and outside our agency to assure that individuals in the Rural Service region of Huerfano and Las Animas counties receive the very best support and care available to manage their mental and physical health.
Specifically theClinical Care Specialist:
- Makes appropriate referrals to address mental health and substance use needs;
- May conduct client home visits;
- Helps ensure clients attend their scheduled appointments in the community and at Health Solutions;
- Provides behavioral health counseling group treatment and resource based case management
- Collaborates with other treatment providers to ensure a team based approach to treatment when applicable
- Identifies coping mechanisms and natural supports that may be available;
- Teaches and enhances client coping symptom management problemsolving independent living and socialization skills;
- Develops implements and reviews treatment plans with clients;
- Maintains competency and proficiency with our electronic health record system;
- Performs other jobrelated duties assigned by the director or his/her designee.
Physical requirements include the following:
- Requires sitting for prolonged periods of time
- Occasionally requires driving
- Occasionally lifts and carries items up to 20 pounds
- Requires working under stress in emergency situations
- Requires normal range of hearing and eyesight to record data electronically and communicate with clients
- Occasional exposure to communicable diseases and bodily fluids
- Requires occasional driving in adverse weather conditions
- Requires frequent use of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard and mouse
What Youll Like About Us
- Competitive pay. $22.29/hour
- Generous benefits package. For most positions includes paid holidays PTO EAP Subsidized YMCA Pueblo membership tuition reimbursement retirement 403(b) insurances Teladoc and FSA
- Employee recognition and celebrations
- Warm and friendly work environment in which staff respect and learn from one another
- Opportunities to serve our neighbors in Pueblo Huerfano and Las Animas counties
Qualifications
What Were Looking ForThe MustHaves
- Bachelors degree in social work psychology or a closely related field
- Computer proficiency
- Colorado drivers license a good driving record and access to transportation during work hours
What Wed Like to See in YouThe NicetoHaves
- Experience in connecting clients to community resources such as housing and food assistance programs
- Experience successfully working in multidisciplinary teams
- Experience working with adults with severe and persistent mental illness
- Experience providing case management services to adults
- Community systems navigation background
- Spanish language skills
- CAC training
- Experience working with those experiencing cooccurring disorders
Health Solutions expects all staff to
- Adapt to change in the workplace and use change as an opportunity for innovation and creativity;
- Take ownership of problems brainstorm problem resolutions and use sound judgment in selecting solutions to problems and demonstrate consistent follow through;
- Possess the job knowledge and skills to perform the fundamental job functions and assume greater responsibility over time regarding the scope of work;
- Inspire and model collaborative teamwork; and
- Demonstrate accommodation politeness helpfulness trust building appropriate boundaries and flexibility in customer service.
Closing Date: Open until filled EOE M/F
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
