Health and Homeless Services Case Manager

Yakima Neighborhood Health Services

Yakima, WA

JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$27–$29 Per Hour
SKILLS
Behavioral Health, Case Management, Community and Social Services, Dentistry, Driver's License, English Language, Government, Health Science, Healthcare, Homeless Services, Internal Medicine, Multilingual, Nonprofit, Pediatrics, Pharmacy, Primary Care, Quality of Life, Service Delivery, Set Goals, Social Work, Spanish Language
LOCATION
Yakima, WA
POSTED
9 days ago

Location: Yakima, WA

Who We Are:

Established in 1975, Non-Profit Yakima Neighborhood Health Services serves patients in the areas of Behavioral Health, Family Dentistry, Internal Medicine, Women’s Health, Primary Care, Pediatrics, Vision Care and Pharmacy. Our mission is to improve the quality of life and equity in our communities by providing accessible and integrated health and social services, ending homelessness and offering unique learning opportunities for students of health professions.

Why Work at Yakima Neighborhood Health Services?

YNHS offers great compensation for this position, with a starting wage of $27-$29 an hour, along with high value benefits of employer provided medical, dental, vision, life, disability and retirement insurances. To support our team, we also provide ten paid holidays, flexible amounts of paid leave and/or cash-out options, and retention bonuses to reward commitment to our mission.

Our Ideal Candidate: We are looking for a candidate that has a passion to work with individuals who are homeless or in transitional housing The technical qualifications are:

  • Associate degree in behavioral or health sciences or related field.
  • Bilingual in English/Spanish preferred.
  • Two years of closely related work experience.
  • Knowledge of effective case management practices.
  • Knowledge of government benefits and community resources.
  • Experience in effective social service delivery.
  • Knowledge of addiction and mental health pathologies.
  • Ability to successfully pass a background check in relation to the position applied for.
  • Must have valid driver's license and car insurance.

Day to Day:

  • Identification and outreach to homeless persons to determine who is in need of services.
  • Provides case management support, including scheduled and unscheduled home visits.
  • Assessment of need to determine client limitations and strengths.
  • Work with agencies / organizations to maximize clients’ abilities to stabilize housing and improve self-sufficiency.
  • Develop service plan with clients to set goals (including self- management goals) and action steps toward self-sufficiency.
  • Provide assistance with securing food, shelter, clothing and referrals to other supportive services.
  • Provide assistance in accessing entitlements

About the Company

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Yakima Neighborhood Health Services

Yakima Neighborhood Health Services is a mission-driven organization.  We are proud of our mission, are true to it and will continue to be true to it in the years to come.  Staff at YNHS share in the goal to help the most underserved and most vulnerable in the Yakima Valley and to help students of health care professions.  It is what we do and who we are.

The Mission of Yakima Neighborhood Health Services is:

To provide affordable, accessible, quality health care,

promote learning opportunities for students of health professions

and end homelessness and improve quality of life in our communities

As part of our mission, our Board of Directors have adopted a statement of Organization Values.  They are:

Committment              Professionalism                 Quality/Excellence          Compassion

COMPANY SIZE
100 to 499 employees
INDUSTRY
Healthcare Services
FOUNDED
1975
WEBSITE
http://www.ynhs.org