Behavioral Health Care Manager - ECM Contract*

San Bernardino County (CA) - San Bernadino, CA

Full-time - Entry Level

San Bernadino, CA

Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support

About the position

Arrowhead Regional Medical Center (ARMC) is looking for a Contract Behavioral Health Care Manager to aide and support in the hospital's Enhanced Care Management (ECM) program. This position will provide support to assigned ECM Teams and engage in outreach activities to enroll patients into ECM supportive programs using various strategies. The Enhanced Care Management (ECM) benefit is a foundational component of CalAIM. ECM is a whole-person, interdisciplinary approach to comprehensive care management that addresses the clinical and non-clinical needs of high-cost, high-need managed care members through systematic coordination of services that is community-based, interdisciplinary, high-touch, and person-centered.

Responsibilities

• Maintain contact with ECM team and CAs to remain informed on current team active patient caseloads.
• Assist in initiating initial CHA, PHQ9, BAM, and other assessments as appropriate.
• Maintain contact with ECM team CA to determine team's need for assistance in contacting disengaged patients to meet program metrics and ensure patient support.

Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree in Social Work (BSW), which included a supervised social work internship, practicum, or field work experience.
• A Bachelor's degree in behavioral science, psychology, sociology, social services, human services, behavioral anthropology, gerontology, cultural and gender studies, or human development AND 480 hours of experience obtained in a supervised internship, practicum, or equivalent work or field work experience providing mental health, substance use disorder, or social work services.
• Thirty (30) semester (45 quarter) units of completed college coursework as described in Option B, half of which must be upper division AND one (1) year of experience equivalent to an entry-level social worker.

Nice-to-haves

• At least two (2) years of experience working in an acute care hospital as a Social Worker.
• Experience working in a diverse environment.

Benefits

• Holiday leave
• Sick leave
• Vacation leave
• Participation in the County's PST retirement system
• Eligible to participate in the County's 457(b) Salary Savings Plan
• Eligible to participate in the Dependent Care Assistance Plan
• Eligible to participate in the Flexible Spending Account
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits
• Short Term Disability