A Large managed care organization has a CONTRACT and REMOTE full-time position for an experienced Behavioral Health /Mental Health Advocate /Dual Diagnosis Professional.

Licensed Master's degree in Psychology, or Social Work, or Counseling or Marriage or Family Counseling, or Licensed Ph.D., or an RN with 2 or more years of experience in behavioral health. Dual diagnosis experience.

Non-independently licensed staff for our contractor positions. This means we could consider LCSW candidates!

The goal of the Behavioral Health Advocate (BHA) role is to help individuals live their lives to the fullest by promoting recovery and resiliency via coordination and collaboration with multiple internal and external partners including consumers and their families/caregivers, medical, behavioral health, and clinical network teams. Behavioral Health Advocates work with complex and high-risk needs with a goal of engaging the consumer in the treatment process, decreasing their reliance on higher levels of care, helping them to access appropriate community services, and assisting them in improving community tenure.

Pay: $34.00 per hour

Hours: 8-5 pm M-F Contract goes to the end of the year ; Work from home

Qualifications:

• Licensed Master's degree in Psychology, OR
• Masters in Social Work, Counseling or Marriage or Family Counseling, Licensed Ph.D., OR
• RN with 2 or more years of experience in behavioral health OR 
• Non-independently licensed staff LCSW 
• 2+ years experience in a mental health setting with dual diagnosis
• Experience in an inpatient setting
• Dual diagnosis experience with mental health and substance abuse
• Experience in a community mental health setting
• coordination of benefits and utilization of multiple groups
• Managed care environment exp.
• Medicaid/Medicare population exp.
• Computer/typing proficiency to enter/retrieve data in electronic clinical records; experience with email, internet research, use of online calendars and other software applications.
• Access to high-speed internet from home 

DUTIES:
• Utilize advanced clinical skills to engage and motivate Consumers via a recovery, health and wellness-oriented approach
• Assist consumers and their families/caregivers with connections to appropriate psychiatric, medical, and psychosocial referrals and services
• Identify and remove barriers to procurement, delivery, participation in and success of services
• Provide supportive follow-up, monitoring and education as indicated, in-person and telephonically
• Partner with designated external providers, programs, entities to address the needs, gaps in care, and recovery goals of complex and high risk consumers
• Identify and address the needs of members who are consistently high utilizers of services through case conferences and informal communications
• Participate in standing meetings to review performance, identify areas of opportunity, and oversee course for improvements
• Partner with parents, family and natural community supports to enable children to receive services while remaining in their homes and communities
• Establish and foster positive relationships with medical team, participate in medical-behavioral integration activities and discussions
• Identify high-risk, co-morbid needs of consumers
• Accept referrals via designated processes, collaborate in evaluating available services, and coordinate necessary psychiatric and community referrals, as needed
• Contribute to treatment plan discussions; routinely attend clinical rounds and other meetings with medical partner or external entities, when applicable

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