Whitney Young Health (WYH), in partnership with Capital Region Health Connections, is committed to providing comprehensive community-based case management services to adults with chronic medical conditions and co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders, through Health Home Care Coordination across Albany and Rensselaer counties.
If you possess a desire to provide quality community based linkages, referrals and service planning for individuals with chronic medical conditions and co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders, consider joining the WYH team as a Health Home Care Coordinator.
Using a patient-centered approach, Health Home Care Coordinators assist individuals enrolled in the program manage their conditions to achieve optimal health outcomes by developing individualized care plans designed to link individuals to necessary services; such as, housing, health care services, mental health and substance use providers, social services (food, entitlement benefits, transportation), community programs, and more.
The ideal candidate for this position possesses excellent written and verbal communication skills, knowledge of community resources, and strong time management/organizational skills. The person that assumes this position demonstrates computer proficiency, good judgement, establishes healthy boundaries, has the ability to work independently, and adheres to strict confidentiality guidelines.
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected status.
Salary range: $23.00 - $25.00 hourly
Established in 1971, Whitney M. Young, Jr. Health Center, Inc. (WYH) is a community based, 501(c) 3 non-profit corporation that provides affordable, accessible primary and preventative medical, dental and addiction services to the uninsured, working poor and medically under-served people of the Capital Region. Whitney Young currently operates from eight physical locations in Albany, Troy and Watervliet, including school-based health centers in three Albany elementary schools. In addition, Whitney Young Health provides mobile dental services through Seal-a-Smile, a partnership with the Healthy Capital District Initiative (HCDI).
Whitney Young Health fulfills its mission and vision by offering comprehensive primary care services to all, from birth to old age, with special focus on chronic illnesses, prevention and early intervention. Particular emphasis is placed on reducing health disparities identified through the needs assessment and deployment of the chronic care model in the medical setting. The design of WYH's delivery model is patient centered addressing clinical symptoms as well as behavioral issues to achieve measurable outcomes. Recently, the National Committee for Quality Assurance recognized Whitney Young’s Troy and Albany Health Centers as Level III Patient-Centered Medical Homes.
Most of the 21,000 patients WYH serves annually are under or uninsured minorities living in poverty. Moreover, the conditions of high rates of unemployment and poverty; and the lack of health insurance cause higher rates of morbidity and consequent health disparities amongst Whitney Young’s target patient population.
Whitney Young Health works to alleviate barriers accessing care and augment its primary care services by providing transportation, translation, patient education, nutrition and case management services as well as by employing culturally diverse clinical and support staff.
