Behavioral Health Benefits Specialist

Resilient Health
Phoenix, AZ Full Time
POSTED ON 4/16/2024

Are you doing what you love? We are!

Why? At our core, we are a resiliency-building company. Our purpose is to unleash the power of our employees and participants to create a resilient world, one person at a time.

As an innovative learning and collaborative organization, every position contributes to this purpose and our employees are the heart of who we are. We support healthy work/life balance for our employees and invest in their potential through opportunities for continual learning and growth.

If this resonates with you, then read on!

About Our Benefits Specialist Position:

The Benefits Specialist position is responsible for assisting participants with obtaining appropriate benefit assistance including Medicaid and Social Security benefits.

What a Benefits Specialist at Resilient Health:

  • Meets individually with participants in need of benefit assistance. This includes but is not limited to: assistance with AHCCCS applications, benefits through Arizona DES (food stamps, cash assistance, etc.) and SSDI and SSI applications
  • Monitors AHCCCS renewal information through coordination with the internal claims department and works to avoid participant lapse in AHCCCS coverage
  • Collaborates with Resilient Health administrative and clinical teams to coordinate participant benefit needs and/or updates
  • Documents all interactions with participants in the organization's Electronic Health Record in a timely manner

Requirements for This Position:

  • High school diploma or equivalent required
  • Behavioral Health Paraprofessional required (must be 21 years old):
    • High School Diploma or High School Equivalency Diploma (GED) and six weeks of full-time behavioral health work experience, or
    • Associates Degree
  • Valid driver's license
  • Valid CPR/First Aid certifications or ability to obtain within 90 days of hire
  • Valid Fingerprint Clearance Card or ability to obtain within 90 days of hire
  • Three-year Motor Vehicle Record that meets our auto insurance carrier's coverage requirements

Where You Will Be Working: 1415 N. 1st Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004

What This Position Pays: $17.88 - $18.43, depending on experience

Our Perks:

  • Exceptionally generous PTO (3.5 weeks off your first year and rising in subsequent years)
  • 14 paid holidays
  • Excellent quarterly incentives
  • 403(b) with company match
  • Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
  • Short and Long Term Disability
  • Life Insurance
  • Licensure reimbursement
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Voluntary insurance for critical illness, accident and hospitalization
  • Pet insurance

If all of this sounds like something you were born to do, then we would love to hear from you!

In an effort to support our participants by setting healthy examples, all Resilient Health campuses are smoke-free for employees.

Resilient Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and is dedicated to the principles of equal employment opportunity. Resilient Health will make reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with known disabilities and for employees whose work requirements interfere with a religious belief.


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