Careers

Description:

Job Duties

 

• Provide trainings to community-based organizations who the unhoused communities in King, Snohomish, Jefferson & Clallam County.
• Establish new health insurance Navigators to serve the unhoused community.
• Work with the Access & Outreach Program Manager IV to, identify barriers and gap areas where the unhouse gathers and develop a strategic plan to educate them about the changes, exemptions and process to maintain their health insurance.
• Establish new outreach sites targeting unhoused community members
• Create educational materials
• Create an educational hub of information for organizations serving the unhoused community.
• Assist with the coordination of training and Navigator certification for agencies desiring to become a Health Insurance Navigator organization.
• Create new referral systems for Community Based Organizations serving the unhoused community who do not receive Navigator enrollment services.
• Enroll unhoused clients into health insurance and other benefit programs- including but not limited to: ORCA LIFT/Subsidized annual pass, Apple Health, Qualified Health Plans, Energy Assistance Programs, Basic Food (SNAP), King County Adult Dental Program (KCADP) and Breast and Cervical Health Program (BCHP).

Skills/Eligibility:

Minium: 

• Experience providing health insurance enrollment to the unhoused community
• Developed partnerships with organizations who are serving the unhoused community
• Strong interpersonal skills that demonstrate they can build trust with the unhoused community
• Communication skills
• Able to travel to other Public Health locations

Desired:

•  Health Insurance Navigator certified through the WA Health Benefit Exchange
• Experience in navigating complex service systems that require working with multiple agencies
• Cultural competence and sensitivity to diverse populations, including veterans, immigrants, and people with disabilities
• Experience working with communities who have faced trauma, racism or abuse
• Past experience with developing partnerships or projects in the unhoused community
• Prior experience with group trainings or facilitation.