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Port Health’s mission is to improve the lives, health and well-being of individuals and families dealing with substance use and mental health disorders. We are seeking a compassionate, caring, and dedicated Care Manager Extender to join our care management team in Eastern NC designed to provide or arrange whole-person, integrated HEALTH CARE.
*1500 Sign-on bonus
What You’ll Do
The Care Manager Extender provides life experience with mental illness, substance use and BEHAVIORAL HEALTH services that professional training cannot replicate. This experience is relevant to and commensurate with the experiences of members served by Tailored Care Management (TCM). The TCM Extender focuses on increasing the individual’s ability to live as independently as possible, managing the illness, and reestablishing his or her community roles related to the following life domains: emotional, social, safety, housing, mental and physical health, educational, vocational, and legal.
How You’ll Benefit
You’ll earn a competitive salary between $16-20/hour depending on your skills and experience.This full-time position offers a flexible primaryschedule Monday-Friday from 8 am-5 pm, 40 hours/week. This is a community-based position with daily travel in New Hanover County, Greater Cape Fear, and surrounding areasthat may work outside of traditional business hours. We offer benefits to those regularly working 30 hours or more per week.
Our benefits include:
- Paid time off, paid holidays, and sick leave
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Health Benefits
- Life Insurance, Disability Insurance and more
- Retirement Plan with employer match up to 4%
- Employee Assistance Program and Legal services, when needed
- Lots of Merchant Discounts to improve your purchasing power!
- Reimbursement for work-related travel
- Professional development and certification opportunities
- Paid training for tailored care management certification program
- Get paid while you work
- *1500 sign-on bonus is paid out at successful completion of 3 and 6 months
What We’re Looking For
To join our team, you must be willing to provide care in various community settings and have a passion for helping others. We also require the following:
- A minimum of a high school diploma or equivalency
- NC Certified Peer Support Specialist, preferred
- Must be or have been a recipient of mental health services
- Must have current, unrestricted, NC driver’s license and current vehicle insurance to provide own transportation for the position
- Must have one year paid experience working with the TCM Population.
If you’re a kind, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH professional seeking a rewarding opportunity where you can make a huge difference in the daily lives of the people you will help, please apply at our website at www.porthealth.org
About Port Health
PORT Health’s mission is to improve the lives, health and well-being of individuals and families dealing with substance use and mental health disorders by providing a comprehensive range of services that treat the whole person and empower patients to find their way forward. Learn more at porthealth.org.
We strive to attract and engage team members with diverse lived experiences. We intentionally seek out and value uniqueness across race, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, personality, disability and age.
