Behavioral Health Advocate - South Bend, IN

About this role

Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities

Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting

Growing together. The goal of the Behavioral Health Advocate is to help individuals live their lives to the fullest by promoting recovery and resiliency via coordination and collaboration with multiple internal and external partners including consumers and their families/caregivers, medical, behavioral health and clinical network teams. Behavioral Health Advocates work with complex and high-risk members with diagnosis of Behavioral Health and Substance Use Disorder (SUD) needs with a goal of engaging the consumer in the treatment process, decreasing their reliance on higher levels of care, helping them to access appropriate community services, and assisting them in improving community tenure

* **Up to 25% of the week is spent in the community, meeting with members in hospitals, facilities, or homes. The remainder of the week is spent working remotely at home. Typical hours are Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm

Licensure and residency in the State of Indiana is required.*** Primary Responsibilities: Utilize advanced clinical skills to engage and motivate Consumers via a recovery, health and wellness-oriented approach Assist consumers and their families/caregivers with connections to appropriate psychiatric, medical, and psychosocial referrals and services Identify and remove barriers to procurement, delivery, participation in and success of services Provide supportive follow-up, monitoring and educati

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