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Child & Family Services, Inc.

Care Navigator - Social Work

Child & Family Services, Inc., New Bedford, Massachusetts, us, 02746

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Pay Range This range is provided by Child & Family Services, Inc.. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience—talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base Pay Range $20.50/hr - $24.25/hr

Summary The Care Navigator provides behavioral health services, including access to same-day or next-day services. The Care Navigator acts as a liaison to connect clients and families with the appropriate services. Services may include outpatient therapy, recovery support services, and school-based services. Full-time / 40 hours per week.

$1 per hour Language Differential! (eligible languages include: Cape Verdean Creole, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, Spanish or ASL) Child & Family Services carefully considers a wide range of factors when determining compensation including, but not limited to, prior experience, education, certification(s), license(s), skills and expertise, location, internal equity and other factors that are job related and consistent with business need. Our goal is to support, reward and compensate the entire individual. Depending on role eligibility, your offer may include a bonus or other incentives. Therefore, final offer amounts may vary from the amount stated.

Job Responsibilities & Essential Functions

Facilitate walk-in process with clients

Complete pre-screening assessment with client

Identify client needs and determine service options with client

Use collaborative documentation

Schedule client intake and follow up appointments as appropriate

Make clinic referral and wait list phone calls

Make internal and external referrals as appropriate

Support transitions of care

Engage in care coordination across health and behavioral health services

Facilitate wellness and recovery of the whole person, including outreach and engagement, and after-care planning

Use evidence-based interventions, including motivational interviewing skills

Develop person-centered service plans as appropriate

Provide clients and families with advocacy, coaching, training, support, and psychoeducation

Provide crisis intervention strategies

Facilitate warm hand offs with Crisis Services as appropriate

Build and maintain professional relationships and connections with community resources and partners

Assist and support all functions of Open Access model as appropriate

Participate in all supervision and training activities as required by CFS, funding sources, and accreditation authorities

Maintain record-keeping as required by CFS, funding sources, and accreditation authorities

Provide clients with consistent, high-quality care through an array of evidence-based, culturally competent, person and family-centered treatment

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

Other Duties Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Seniority Level Entry level

Employment Type Full-time

Job Function Other, Information Technology, and Management

Industries Mental Health Care

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