Community Care Advocate

Spring Health; Fort Johnson (NY); On-site; USD 39,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

Spring Health in New York is seeking a Community Care Advocate to connect employees to social determinants of health resources and workplace support. This onsite role will coordinate referrals for work-life, financial, legal, and basic needs while guiding access to mental health services and benefits.

The position requires a Bachelor’s degree in a related field with strong Spanish preferred; you will document outcomes, collaborate with internal teams, and promote the community care advocate

Qualifications

• Spanish proficiency strongly preferred.
• Experience with diverse populations and backgrounds in social work.
• Excellent listening, written and verbal communication skills.
• Tech-savvy; comfortable using various computer platforms in a tech-enabled environment.

Responsibilities

• Identify and refer for work-life, financial & legal, and basic needs support.
• Link employees to local and national resources via one-on-one consultation and referrals.
• Collaborate with internal care teams on emergency funding referrals.
• Advise on navigating mental health resources and available workplace benefits.
• Assist in linking employees to mental health treatment options and guide through applications.
• Document and track metrics/outcomes of referrals (reason, demographics, referrals, outcomes).
• Represent Spring Health and support program parameters and goals.
• Communicate needs to Spring Health partners through routine meetings.

Skills

Spanish proficiency

Strong communication

Multitasking

Diversity & inclusion

Tech-savvy

Crisis resource linking

Empathy and client focus

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Job description

Spring Health is a global mental health company on a mission to eliminate every barrier to mental health. We're building a world where getting support is simple, personal, and built around the person, so care can continue through every job, move, health plan, and life stage.

Our AI-native platform helps us deliver personalized support across self-guided tools, coaching, therapy, medication management, and specialty care. With outcomes independently validated by JAMA Network Open and the Validation Institute, Spring Health reaches more than 170 million people worldwide through leading employers, health plans, and partners.

As an AI-native company, we believe technology should expand the reach, quality, and humanity of care. Every Spring Health team member is expected to use AI tools thoughtfully, apply human judgment to AI outputs, and keep building AI fluency in ways that support their role and our mission.

Community Care Advocate

The Community Care Advocate serves aretail customer by connecting employees tocommunity and company resources to meet social determinants of health and needs of theemployee.

What you’ll be doing:

This is an onsite role: Monday 9a-9p, Tues-Thu 11:30-8, Friday 12-5 in zip code 12010

• Identify and make referrals for work-life, financial & legal, and basic needs support.
• Link employees to appropriate local and national resources via one-on-one consultationand referral list(s), which may include basic needs (housing, food, transportation, etc.),financial, legal, daily living and other worklife support resources and provide supportthroughout applications and follow-ups as needed.
• Work with customer internal care teams on behalf of those employees in need ofemergency funding and resource referrals.
• Offer consultation related to navigating mental health resources (local and national) andavailable workplace benefits, such as onsite Mental Health Coaches, work life articlesand guidebooks to the team members of the customer
• Assist in actively linking employees to appropriate mental health treatment options (i.eSpring Health, behavioral health through medical insurance, emergent behavioral healthservices, and community resources) and provide support throughout applications andfollow-ups as needed.
• Documenting and tracking of metrics/outcomes that include but not limited to; reason forsocial work involvement (resource need type), demographics of employees (asavailable), referrals placed (where, when) and success of referrals (connection rate,outcome of referral).
• Represent Spring Health and help to support/reinforce program parameters and goals.
• Communicate with local points of contact and cascade any needs to Spring Healthpartners through routine meetings and touchpoints.
• Submit reporting documentation of all client and organizational activities on a routine andtimely basis.
• Proactively develop relationships with key customer contacts and attend customermeetings as requested/appropriate.
• Proactively promote the community care advocate service offering to employees.

What we expect from you:

A Bachelor’s degree in a related fieldProficiency in Spanish strongly preferred

• Experience working with diverse populations and backgrounds within the social workindustry.
• Experience and a depth of knowledge with connecting individuals to resources locallyand outside of your local communities.
• Ability to balance the needs of multiple stakeholders.
• Flexibility and creativity when approaching workplace challenges.
• Excellent listening, written and verbal communication skills.
• Skilled in embracing diversity and inclusion amongst teams and clients.
• Motivated to go above and beyond for members to provide a high-touch experience.
• Tech-savvy: must be comfortable using various computer platforms and working in atech enabled environment.
• Experience helping organizations manage evolving workforce environments and normsis a plus.
• Experience connecting individuals to resources quickly in times of crisis is a plus.
• Experience assisting individuals through burnout, managing work-life balance, dealingwith trauma and/or traumatic events is a plus.
• Experience working with lower income populations who experience challenges such asfood insecurity and housing instability is a plus.

The target salary range for this position is $28-$34/hour. Individual pay may vary from the target range and is determined by a number of factors including experience, location, internal pay equity, and other relevant business considerations. We review all employee pay and compensation programs annually at minimum to ensure competitive and fair pay.

Not sure if you meet every requirement? Research shows that women and people from historically underrepresented communities often hesitate to apply for roles unless they meet every qualification compared to other similarly-qualified candidates. At Spring Health, we are committed to fostering a workplace where everyone feels valued, empowered, and supported to Thrive . If this role excites you, we encourage you to apply.

Spring Health is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable legal requirements. Spring Health is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.