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Who We Serve

Pacific Clinics serves children, transitional age youth, families, adults, and older adults. We offer a full range of mental and behavioral health services, foster care and social services, housing, continuing adult education and early childhood education programs to Medi-Cal eligible individuals and families throughout Alameda, Contra Costa, Fresno, Kings, Los Angeles, Madera, Orange, Placer, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Solano, Stanislaus, Stockton, Tulare and Ventura Counties.

What We Offer

• Pay Range: $26.44-$30.57 per hour. Compensation may vary based on skills, experience, education, and location.

• Shift: 8:30am to 5pm.

• We Offer Medical, Dental & Vision benefits, retirement options, Flex Spending, EAP, and more!

• Employee engagement and advocacy opportunities to advance our justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion agenda across our Agency and throughout the communities we serve.

JOB SUMMARY

Works within the vision, mission and philosophy of the agency. Exhibit behaviors consistent with the Service Principles. Demonstrates and develops supportive/coaching relationship with patients and their caregivers to help them navigate the system to support their well-being. This includes providing assistance (e.g., attending appointments, providing community linkages) and supporting education related to physical health, behavioral health, and social determinants of health. Supports whole-person care principles.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

• Works actively with the program's other team members to develop strategies for outreach to consumers who tend to isolate themselves.

• In coordination with a multidisciplinary team, assist consumers in selecting services and/or programs that will be useful in achieving their recovery and/or treatment goals.

• Demonstrates a commitment to consumer choice and empowerment.

• Demonstrates an ability to develop respectful interpersonal relationships with consumers while maintaining appropriate boundaries.

• Assists and supports consumers with identifying, linking to and appropriately utilizing healthcare resources including the member's primary care physician as well as specialty care providers, dental care and vision care, if applicable.

• Assists and supports members with establishing benefits such as Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Medi-Cal and other benefits for which they are eligible.

• Assists and supports members with identifying their housing needs and/or resources in the community to meet these needs.

• Assists and supports members with linking to and participating in substance abuse services both on-site, if available, as well as in the community.

• Assists and supports members with linking to and utilizing education and employment services.

• Assists consumers in learning social skills and independent living skills that facilitate community. Integration including budgeting, transportation and grooming and hygiene.

• Supports consumer's integration into the community through social and recreational activities.

• Develop and facilitate peer support and self-help groups as appropriate to recovery/treatment goals.

• Helps consumers and family members identify, understand and combat stigma and discrimination associated with mental illness and develop strategies to reduce self-stigma.

• Increases awareness and provide linkage to self-help programs and consumer advocacy organizations that promote recovery.

• Supports the vocational choices consumers make and assist them in overcoming barriers to employment.

• Encourages and supports members' skills and talents.

• Maintains billable services consistent with program needs and funding source expectations, through documentation and other required paperwork.

• Participates in off-site presentations introducing the program to community partners and potential new consumers.

• Attends and participates in staff meetings on a regular basis to provide input towards program development and staff training.

• Attends and participates in scheduled supervision to provide or receive input towards program development and staff training.

• Exhibits a non-judgmental approach to effective listening maintaining, respectful eye contact and an appropriate level of engagement.

• Reports to work on time and maintains reliable and regular attendance.

• Models the agency's mission and core values in all communication and correspondence.

• Communicates effectively in a culturally competent manner with a diverse member population and promotes favorable interaction with managers, co-workers and others.

• Provides caregivers or other support system with information about the agency, process and procedures, and the various roles to assist them.

• Use their voice to direct treatment.

• Participates in continuous learning process as it relates to engaging consumers.

• Required to meet applicable productivity and documentation requirements.

• Assists with the design and implementation of internal and external trainings about the caregiver/support system.

• Holds staff accountable to service delivery principles related to the consumer/family voice, choice, access, pace and process, through sharing personal experience, engaging in team meetings and consultations with staff internally and externally.

• Models and coaches effective coping techniques for consumers, caregivers/support system.

OTHER JOB AND RESPONSIBILITES

• Practices self-care remains aware that others may be contending with stress and treats other with grace.

• Performs other related responsibilities, as assigned, to support specific department/business needs.

JOB SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES

• Conflict Resolution

• Documents Clearly and Accurately

• Encouraging Customer Focus

• Learning on the Fly

• Time Management

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

MINIMUM EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

• High school diploma or GED preferred but is not required.

• Completion of Mental Health Worker Training Course is highly desirable.

• Position is reserved for an individual who has lived or knows someone with lived experience with mental illness or the mental health system.

HIGHLY DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS

• Self-identified as a person with lived (or family) experience with mental illness and the mental health system.

• Ability to identify recovery principles and explain their recovery process.

OTHER SPECIFIC REQUIRMENTS

• Must possess a valid California driver's license and maintain an insurable driving record under the agency's liability policy (if driving two or more times per week on company business) OR if driving is not required, demonstrated ability to use public transportation, if applicable.

• National Provider Identifier (NPI) registered as a Mental Health Worke