Community Resource Specialist - UnityPoint Health
Muscatine, IA 52761
About the Job
Community Resource Specialist
Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm; FTE 0.81
Muscatine, IA
The Community Resource Specialist plays an essential role in supporting youth success by performing a variety of health and social services care coordinator responsibilities, and connecting youth and families with various academic, medical, dental, social/emotional and other support service needs. The overall function of the Resource Navigator is to maintain the youth’s enrollment in school while making progress toward successful graduation. It also includes providing resources to support the overall health and well-being of the youth and their family.
Why UnityPoint Health?
- Commitment to our Team – For the third consecutive year, we're proud to be recognized as a Top 150 Place to Work in Healthcare by Becker's Healthcare for our commitment to our team members.
- Culture – At UnityPoint Health, you matter. Come for a fulfilling career and experience a culture guided by uncompromising values and unwavering belief in doing what's right for the people we serve.
- Benefits – Our competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits options that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what life stage you’re in.
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Commitment – We’re committed to ensuring you have a voice that is heard regardless of role, race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation.
- Development – We believe equipping you with support and development opportunities is an essential part of delivering a remarkable employment experience.
- Community Involvement – Be an essential part of our core purpose—to improve the health of the people and communities we serve.
Visit https://dayinthelife.unitypoint.org/ to hear more from our team members about why UnityPoint Health is a great place to work.
Responsibilities:- Collaborates and receives referrals from designated school officials for youth who are identified as needing resource navigation.
- Assess and link students and/or family members to health services, such as medical or dental clinics, mental/behavioral health services, or other services designed to meet specific social/emotional, academic or health needs.
- Collaborates with school district personnel to establish strategies that will support the success of the youth’s graduation. e. addressing absenteeism, poor peer relations, poor interactions with teachers, extenuating circumstances within the youth’s personal life, etc.
- Facilitates communication among school sites, community resources, and caregivers.
- Organizes and/or implements Family Team Meetings and/or meetings with school officials to develop student success plans.
- Provides behavioral health intervention services. e. communication, coping, healthy relationships, etc.
| Minimum Requirements Identify items that are minimally required to perform the essential functions of this position. | Preferred or Specialized Not required to perform the essential functions of the position. |
Education:
| Requires a BA, BS, or BSW in behavioral healthcare services related field | Master’s degree preferred |
Experience:
| · At least three years of experience required working with children, adolescents, and families in a professional setting · Excellent customer service skills · Outstanding communication skills |
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License(s)/Certification(s):
| Valid driver’s license when driving any vehicle for work-related reasons. |
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Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
| · Participates in program development, education and public speaking · Must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care, based on physical, psycho/social, educational, safety, and related criteria, appropriate to the age of the patients served. · Working autonomously · Ability to work with diverse populations | Ability to read, write, speak and translate effectively from English to Spanish is preferred. |
Other:
| Use of usual and customary equipment used to perform essential functions of the position.
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