Working Title: Health Specialist - SDOH

Position Number: 72058

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Posting Salary Range: $31,878 - $41,000

Office Location: Wilmington, NC. You must reside in NC and live in the region you support.

POSTING DETAILS:

Make an Impact

Trillium Health Resources is a local governmental agency (LME/MCO) in North Carolina that manages serious mental health, substance use, and intellectual/developmental disability services. Serving in 28 counties, we help individuals and their families strengthen well-being and build foundations for a healthy life.

Join our team as we empower others to live their best lives by providing access to quality healthcare. We offer a challenging, engaging work environment where staff take home more than a paycheck. Every day, we see the results of our dedication – in the smiles of children on our accessible playgrounds and in the pride on the face of an adult cooking a meal for the first time. Working at Trillium Health Resources is more than just a job; it is an opportunity to make a direct impact on the communities we serve.

At Trillium, we know that empowering others begins with supporting and developing our team. That’s why we offer competitive benefits and work-from-home flexibility so that our employees thrive outside of the office. We’re also committed to building a diverse, inclusive culture where all employees have the potential to grow professionally and personally.

What We’re Looking For

Are you looking to better your community? Are you ready to get involved? We have a career opening for a Health Specialist to join our Neighborhood Connections Team. Trillium’s Health Specialist role has been created to take part in grassroots solutions for community development. The Health Specialist will participate in efforts to address food insecurity, employment and education challenges, community inclusion and social isolation, interpersonal violence and toxic stress, transportation barriers, and we work in collaboration with the Housing Department to address housing-related challenges.

On a typical day, you might:

• Receive referrals related to members’ unmet health related resource needs including, addressing the following:

• Healthy eating and food insecurity
• Loneliness and isolation through inclusion
• Education and employment challenges and income access
• Interpersonal Violence and Toxic Stress
• Transportation barriers
• Housing needs

• Represent Trillium Health Resources by involvement in regional activities, community programs and inter-agency conference and meetings.
• Cultivate and maintain effective relationships with agency personnel, county and state officials, community organizations and the general public.
• Assist with development and coordination of projects and programs ranging in size from a single county or to region-wide change initiatives.
• Offer member orientation, developing, presenting and teaching a variety of workshops to members in a variety of home and community based settings on topics such as health and wellness concepts and how to access community resources.
• Utilize designated software platforms to make warm hand-offs with community based organizations and track outcomes for referrals.

Employee Benefits:

Trillium knows that work/life balance is important. That’s why we offer our employees competitive benefits and flexibility that is second to none. Take a look at what we have to offer:

• Flexible Work Schedules
• Health Insurance - no premium for employee coverage
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off (PTO) of 23 days, plus 10 paid holidays within first year of employment
• NC Local Government retirement pension, plus 401k with 5% employer match & immediate vesting
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness Qualifying Employer

Qualifications:

Education: A High School Graduate or GED is required.

Experience: A minimum of two (2) years’ experience in the Health and Human Services field, including experience working with any combination of the BH/SU/IDD population and/or experience with public speaking/training and/or teaching or equivalent of higher education or higher education/experience.

Prefer lived experience, with Community Development experience, and/or experience with community based organizations and/or community partners centered around housing, food insecurity, transportation, education & employment, interpersonal violence/toxic stress and/or social integration and inclusion.

License/Certification: None Identified.

Must have a valid driver’s license

Must reside in NC and must live in the region they support.

Deadline for application: May 23, 2023 at 11:59pm.

To be considered for employment, all candidates are required to submit an application through ADP and upload a current resume. Your resume must provide your level of education and detailed work experience, including:

• Employer Name
  • Dates of service (month & year)
  • Average number of hours worked per week
  • Essential duties of the job as related to the position you’re applying for
• Education
  • Degree type
  • Date degree was awarded
  • Institution
• Licensure/certification, if applicable

After submitting your application through our career center in ADP, your resume will be reviewed to ensure that your skills and experience meet the essential criteria for the role you have applied for.

The diversity of the communities we serve is reflected in our employees. Trillium Health Resources is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer.

Trillium Health Resources is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test as a condition of employment.

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