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Location: Milwaukee, WI 

Position Type: Full Time

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

The Comprehensive Community Services (CCS) Certified Peer Specialist provides support to adults who are experiencing mental health, substance use, or co-occurring needs. The Peer Specialist is a position responsible for support, education and mentoring adults enrolled in CCS services.  The role of the Certified Peer Support Specialist is that of a coach or mentor who through his or her lived recovery experience, can provide the guidance and role modeling necessary to promote wellness, purpose in life, develop relationships, and the insight necessary to move forward in recovery. 

Location: Milwaukee, WI 

Position Type: Full Time

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

Provide ongoing assessment and treatment planning, case management, supportive psychotherapy, symptom management, medication monitoring, and crisis intervention including after-hours hotline coverage to clients with serious and persistent mental illness and co-occurring substance use 

Location: Ashland, WI 

Position Type: Full Time

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

This position will be focused on high needs Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and End-Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD) populations that face multiple challenges, from accessing resources to adhering to a physician’s treatment plan. The CHW-Patient Advocate will work as an extension of the clinical care team, specifically under the guidance of RN Care Manager and act as an advocate guiding them through their care needs. The individual taking this role will manage his/her caseload through in-person, telephonic and electronic means of communications and coordination. The Patient Advocate will be the first and primary representative of Somatus to our members. He/she will be the key holder of the patient relationship and trust and will be responsible for building this relationship. He or she will be tasked as the person that schedules the initial wellness exam and care management assessment meeting with Somatus clinicians. After an individual care plan is developed, will be the person that facilitates connecting and scheduling the many resources within and beyond Somatus to the patient (including the various members of our care team as well as PCPs, Nephrologists, etc.). The Patient Advocate will also be involved in the community to “plug in” the patient with others and help facilitate their overall wellbeing. This position is a market-based position.

Location: Green Bay, WI 

Position Type: Full Time

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

This position will be focused on high needs Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and End-Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD) populations that face multiple challenges, from accessing resources to adhering to a physician’s treatment plan. The CHW-Patient Advocate will work as an extension of the clinical care team, specifically under the guidance of RN Care Manager and act as an advocate guiding them through their care needs. The individual taking this role will manage his/her caseload through in-person, telephonic and electronic means of communications and coordination. The Patient Advocate will be the first and primary representative of Somatus to our members. He/she will be the key holder of the patient relationship and trust and will be responsible for building this relationship. He or she will be tasked as the person that schedules the initial wellness exam and care management assessment meeting with Somatus clinicians. After an individual care plan is developed, will be the person that facilitates connecting and scheduling the many resources within and beyond Somatus to the patient (including the various members of our care team as well as PCPs, Nephrologists, etc.). The Patient Advocate will also be involved in the community to “plug in” the patient with others and help facilitate their overall wellbeing. This position is a market-based position.

Location: Waukesha, WI 

Position Type: Full Time

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

This position will be focused on high needs Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and End-Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD) populations that face multiple challenges, from accessing resources to adhering to a physician’s treatment plan. The CHW-Patient Advocate will work as an extension of the clinical care team, specifically under the guidance of RN Care Manager and act as an advocate guiding them through their care needs. The individual taking this role will manage his/her caseload through in-person, telephonic and electronic means of communications and coordination. The Patient Advocate will be the first and primary representative of Somatus to our members. He/she will be the key holder of the patient relationship and trust and will be responsible for building this relationship. He or she will be tasked as the person that schedules the initial wellness exam and care management assessment meeting with Somatus clinicians. After an individual care plan is developed, will be the person that facilitates connecting and scheduling the many resources within and beyond Somatus to the patient (including the various members of our care team as well as PCPs, Nephrologists, etc.). The Patient Advocate will also be involved in the community to “plug in” the patient with others and help facilitate their overall wellbeing. This position is a market-based position.

Location: Turtle Lake, WI 

Position Type: Full Time

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

The position’s main purpose is to connect people with support and resources to improve overall health and wellbeing.  The CHW works with each person to build on their strengths, reduce barriers to care, and improve important aspects of life (financial, safety, physical, emotional, etc.). The CHW plays a key role in our efforts to provide comprehensive and integrated care to all patients.

Location: Viroqua, WI 

Position Type: Part Time/On Call

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

This is a part-time, on-call position in Vernon County, WI. Available shifts are shared between several workers. Scheduling is flexible and this is a great opportunity for supplemental income.

We are looking for Mental Health Professionals who have a desire to support individuals experiencing a mental health crisis. Mobile Crisis Workers are dispatched to provide an on-site risk assessment when a face to face assessment is deemed most appropriate. They work collaboratively to assess mental health crises and to coordinate level of intervention needed. Crisis Workers work under WI statute and Administrative Code (particularly DHS 34 and Chapter 51).

Location: Wood County, WI 

Position Type: Casual - up to 1,200 hrs/year

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

Wood County Human Services, has immediate openings for a Family Interaction Worker. This position provides support and supervision to families in the Child Welfare system. The primary role is to supervise visits between children and their parents. This position will support the mission of Wood County Human Services Department. The work is performed under the immediate direction of the HOME Team Supervisor

Location: Madison, WI 

Position Type: Fulltime

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

You will utilize your skills, knowledge, nursing diagnosis, and clinical judgement in order to provide a high standard of care for participants in clinical trials and respond to emergency situations based upon nursing standards.

Location: Milwaukee, WI 

Fulltime 40 hours per week

Location: Milwaukee, WI

Fulltime 40 hours per week

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

 The Community Health Worker (CHW) will coordinate and support initiatives targeted toward patients of the clinics with chronic medical conditions and those with preventative service needs (ex. Colorectal cancer screening). 

Location: Milwaukee, WI

Fulltime 40 hours per week

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

Under the direction of the clinic manager, assists patients, providers, and clinical staff with the coordination of making contact and scheduling with a specialist or for a specific procedure. Additionally, specialists work with the insurance carriers to obtain prior authorization, if needed.

Both medical and dental referral specialists act as; the liaison to insure pleasant and prompt communications in the transition of care.

Location: Platteville or Dodgeville, WI

Fulltime 30 hours per week

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

 The main function of the Community Health Worker is to serve as a resource to local community groups on issues and remediating resources available to cope with public health concerns. The Community Health Worker is expected to be an “in the field” public health subject matter expert that maintains a strong understanding of the needs and resources of the communities that they serve; acts as a liaison and referral resource between health agencies, social service agencies; and people in the community. The goal of the Community Health Worker is to connect people with resources to address health-related concerns or needs.   

Location: Menomonee Falls, WI

Fulltime 40 hours per week

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

 The Community Health Worker's role serves as the liaison between health care providers, care coordination, and community engagement to facilitate service delivery within identified communities. Some occasional night or weekend work.  

Location: Madison, WI

Fulltime 40 hours per week

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

The mobile crisis worker position is responsible for providing a wide array of culturally sensitive, recovery oriented, trauma sensitive, direct clinical services provided in conjunction with other staff. Services provided by this position may include assessment, treatment planning, referrals and case management. The crisis worker is responsible for providing emergency mental health interventions for children, youth and adults. Assessments are based on an understanding not only of consumer symptoms, but also of strengths and social/cultural resources. These strengths and resources will be taken into account and utilized as appropriate to assist the individual’s return to a more optimal level of functioning. This position on the emergency services team involves mobility throughout the community and working rotating shifts as needed including evenings, weekends and holidays in order to ensure that the clinical needs of the program are being met, and enable the program to operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. Clinical Specialists will be providing co-responses with law enforcement as well.  The Crisis Worker reports directly to the assigned supervisor with overall program supervision provided by the Director. Minimum annual service hours are 1200.

Location: Milwaukee, WI

Fulltime 40 hours per week

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

 Working under the Wraparound Practice Model of care, which includes a unique set of values that emphasizes individualized, strength-based, trauma-informed, community-based and culturally intelligent care, provide intensive and individualized care coordination for children and adolescents. 

Location: Milwaukee, WI

Fulltime 40 hours per week

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

 The Service Coordinator is responsible for coordinating a caseload of assigned children with various needs. The Service Coordinator will help to improve the quality of life for the families by increasing access to services and by facilitating families’ participation in programs that enhance their child’s physical, social, and mental well-being. This position participates as a core member of the Birth to Three Primary Coach Approach to Teaming Team to deliver individualized services to families. The Service Coordinator reports to the Assistant Director of Birth to Three Services.  This position may involve training of staff and/or administrative duties as assigned. 

Location: Milwaukee, WI

Fulltime 40 hours per week

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

 The Comprehensive Community Services (CCS) Housing Specialist position serves as a member of the CCS team providing housing services and advocacy for individuals enrolled in CCS.  The Housing Specialist serves people at various stages of their recovery from mental health, substance use, and co-occurring needs by embracing the person’s strengths to meet their housing needs.  The Housing Specialist focuses on navigating the Milwaukee County housing system and advocating for the housing needs of the people enrolled in CCS. 

Location: Milwaukee, WI

Fulltime 40 hours per week

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

 The Community Case Manager provides a wide range of intensive, client-centered services to persons with HIV/AIDS in a variety of settings to expedite access to medical care with the goal of HIV viral suppression, to address medical, psychosocial, and other issues that are barriers to care, and to collaborate with other programs within Vivent Health and with local service providers for the benefit of clients and patients.