Community Care Partnership Liaison na Columbia River Mental Health Services

Lives Change Here! We are GROWING…Columbia River Mental Health Services provides comprehensive behavioral health and recovery services that transform the lives of children, adults and families in the communities of SW Washington. We are the largest and oldest not-for-profit provider of mental/chemical dependency treatment in southwest Washington with 200 employees and a history dating back to 1942.

Our Mission: Providing behavioral health and recovery services that transform the lives of children, adults, and families in the communities of SW Washington.

Why Work Here?

CRMHS offers amazing benefits aside from health and wellness (medical/dental/vision etc.) Work life balance benefits: 11 total paid holidays per year, including 3 paid floating holidays available upon hire, 24 days of PTO days in the first year and only increases from there! Career development: $325 annual allowance for career development and education with an additional 40 hours of paid time off for career development/education! And so many More!

Starting Pay Range - $25.39 - $27.77 /hr

Summary:

The Community Care Partnerships Liaison is responsible for developing relationships and agreements with community or regional services, supports, and providers to facilitate care coordination across the spectrum of health services, including access to high‐quality physical health (both acute and chronic) and behavioral health care, as well as social services, housing, educational systems, and employment opportunities as necessary to facilitate wellness and recovery of the whole person.

Essential Job Functions:

• Initiate formal and informal agreements with community organizations and resources to support CRMHS projects & partnerships. Partnerships may include inpatient psychiatric facilities, residential substance use disorder (SUD) treatment programs, child welfare agencies, peer-operated programs, and others as indicated by client/community needs.
• Track community agreements and Partnerships in a centralized location
• Partner with internal departments to identify client needs and seek community resources to fill those needs
• Develop reports on community engagement activities for CRMHS Leadership
• Represent the agency at community events and develop presentations for community partners
• Organize community partners and resources for CRMHS staff to utilize
• Qualify leads/referrals from Medical and Behavioral health departments as opportunities to engage
• Track and follow up on successful and unsuccessful referrals and work with departments to reduce barriers to referrals
• Contact potential partners through cold calls and emails
• Present CRMHS to potential clients/partners
• Knowledgeable and incorporate relationship-building opportunities for CRMHS public events
• Build long-term trusting relationships with clients
• Proactively seek new business opportunities that include working nights & weekends
• Attend monthly and/or quarterly meetings as agency representative and report to appropriate staff follow-up or items of interest 
• Responsible for conducting community partner surveys.
• Help support the development of the community health needs assessment.

Non-essential Job Functions:

• Supports agency mission, goals, public events, and objectives.
• Attend staff and planning meetings as scheduled. 
• Maintain communication and cooperative working relationships both within the agency and community at large, while maintaining a high degree of confidentiality. 
• Other duties as assigned.

Education, Licensing and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred but will consider a combination of skills and experience.
• Current, valid, and active driver’s license.
• Working knowledge and experience with local community businesses and behavioral Health community is preferred.
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) training and experience (preferred)