Payment Recovery Specialist, Out of State Billing, Remote

Centauri Health Solutions; Idaho; Remote; USD 68,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization dedicated to mental health support through the Mobile Crisis Outreach Program. As a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor, you will play a vital role in responding to individuals in crisis, ensuring their safety, and providing essential support. This dynamic position involves collaboration with various agencies, including police and hospitals, to deliver timely interventions. You will work flexible shifts, making a real difference in the community. If you're passionate about mental health and crisis intervention, this is an exciting opportunity to contribute to meaningful change.

Qualifications

• Must be certified as CADC II or III in California.
• Requires 2+ years of experience in crisis intervention.

Responsibilities

• Provide in-person support for mental health crises.
• Coordinate care with hospitals and transport services.

Skills

Crisis stabilization

Safety planning

Assessment for danger

Care coordination

Physical intervention

Education

Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor Level II or III

2+ years of experience

Tools

Agency vehicle

Job description

Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor Level II or III - Mobile Crisis Outreach Program Beaumont

835 Highland Springs Ave, Beaumont, CA 92223, USA Req #11565

Monday, November 11, 2024

JOB SUMMARY: Sycamores is partnering with the 988 mental health crisis hotline to provide support to people experiencing a mental health crisis. The 988 hotline will provide initial phone support to all callers and triage calls to the Sycamores Mobile Crisis Outreach Program for in-person support. The Mobile Crisis Outreach Team responds 7 days a week from 7:30pm to 8:30am, broken down by flexible shifts. The Mobile Crisis Outreach Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor II or III (CADC), will respond, in person, to provide timely support including crisis stabilization, safety planning, assessment for danger to self/others, and gravely disabled write 51/50 holds as needed and provide follow-up support. Utilizing the Mobile Crisis Outreach Program vehicle to respond to calls, this role co-responds with a Mobile Crisis Outreach Program Peer Support Specialist and is an integral part of the Sycamores larger Mobile Crisis Outreach Program including close partnership with the 988 call center, Riverside County Dispatch Center, police, sheriff, psychiatric hospitals, and ambulance transport companies.

The Mobile Crisis Outreach Department evaluates the individual experiencing a “mental health crisis” out in the field and takes measures to ensure the individual's safety (i.e., Evaluates if the individual requires involuntary hospitalization to ensure their safety). The Mobile Crisis Outreach Program CADC II or III takes the lead on care coordination and works collaboratively with the Mobile Crisis Outreach Program Peer Support Specialist to coordinate care i.e., locate hospitals, ambulances, housing, etc.). The Mobile Crisis Outreach Program responds to an individual’s need for in-person evaluation for safety within specified geographical area (i.e., Desert, Mid-County, and Western Regions).

Starting Pay Range:

$68,640 - $74,000 per year for Full-Time employment (starting pay will be based on previous work experience and educational background.)

Shift Schedule:

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

• Certified in the State of California as Level II or Level III Alcohol and Drug counselor required.
• Must be Certified as a CADC II or CADC III under the California Consortium of Addiction Programs and Professionals (CCAPP).
• Must maintain relevant Certification as a condition of employment.
• 2 + years of successful certification and experience preferred.
• Attend and satisfactorily complete all trainings required by the Agency, federal, state and/or local regulations.
• RUBHS experience preferred.
• Valid California Driver License and a driving record acceptable to the Agency’s insurance carrier.
• Ability to use agency vehicle with appropriate insurance for all transporting consumers and adhering to federal, state and local motor vehicle safety standards when transporting children.
• Maintains all required licenses and certifications.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• The ability to physically manage and/or de-escalate consumers/residents.
• Frequent driving to various work site locations.
• Frequent/continuous intermittent standing/walking, occasional/intermittent sitting.
• Continuous use of bilateral upper extremities in fine motor activities requiring fingering, grasping, squeezing, gripping, and forward reaching between waist and chest level.
• Reaching at or above shoulder level may be necessary.
• Bending, squatting, kneeling, pushing/pulling, twisting, and climbing.
• Occasional/intermittent lifting and carrying objects/equipment weighing up to 25 pounds.
• Continuous use of near vision, hearing, and verbal communication skills in handling telephone calls, interacting with consumers and co-workers and performing job duties.
• Requires physical presence in the office during shift when not in the field.
• Ability to practice physical intervention for safety of consumers according to training and policy.
• Ability to operate a motor vehicle.
• Frequent driving in the community with consumers.
• Filling up gas tank of agency van, as needed.

All candidates who are presented with a conditional offer of employment must satisfy a pre-employment background check, drug, and health screen.

Sycamores is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state, or local protected class.

Further, Sycamores is a Fair Chance employer and complies with California Government Code Section 12952, Employment Discrimination: Conviction History.

Due to the direct contact, we have with vulnerable populations, services we perform in the community, relevant CDPH orders, and CDC guidance, Sycamores mandates COVID-19 vaccinations. Accordingly, employees are required to (i) have a COVID-19 vaccine and their booster shot if booster eligible which is authorized for emergency use by the US Food and Drug Administration or the World Health Organization by the first day of work OR (ii) obtain a reasonable accommodation due to a disability or sincerely held religious belief. To request an accommodation, please notify Sheila Domingue at [e-mail]. All offers of employment are conditioned on satisfying one of the above. No inquiries of vaccination status will be made until after a conditional offer of employment has been extended. Sycamores prohibits discrimination on the basis of a protected characteristic, including disability, perceived disability, or religion. Sycamores will not retaliate against any employee or candidate for requesting a reasonable accommodation pursuant to this policy.