Client Budget Specialist

Join Wasatch Behavioral Health as a Full-Time Client Budget Specialist and take part in a dynamic and rewarding environment! with our Representative Payee Services (RPS) division in Provo, Utah. This role puts you at the forefront of health care administration, where your attention to detail and organizational skills will make a significant impact. Embrace the excitement of working onsite, fostering collaboration and innovation within a team that values safety and integrity. Don't miss your chance to be part of a forward-thinking organization that celebrates flexibility, energetic teamwork, and professional growth!

This position offers the perfect Monday through Friday schedule with good pay and excellent benefits!!

SCHEDULE : Monday-Friday 8 : 00am-5 : 00pm

Wage : $19.14 to $24.26 per hour

BENEFITS

• Medical, Dental, Vision (PEHP)
• Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Account
• 401(k), Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off

Let us introduce ourselves

You could not find a more exceptional fit for your career than Wasatch Behavioral Health! As a local government agency, we are committed to provide access to mental health services to everyone in our community. Wasatch Behavioral Health needs kind and motivated people to best support our clients and clinicians. If you have some experience or education, or even just an interest in the field of Mental / Behavioral Health, come join us!

Essential Responsibilities and duties :

Assists in the development of assigned case client's financial plan; educates and instructs regarding RPS policy, practices and procedures; meets individually to determine and assess various budgetary needs, including bill payments, debts, etc.; creates a personal-needs funds distribution schedule; work closely with the client's treatment team to ensure appropriate use of clients funds with regards to meeting client's most urgent needs and wants. Log into utcourts.gov website to access client's court fines; print off current month's fine statement; create check request for fines; sign and submit to RPS for payment; call Utah County Jail or local courts to verify client's fines; set up monthly payment arrangements. Negotiate with debt collection agencies and client's creditors for settlement offers / monthly payment plans, lower interest rates, etc. Works closely with RPS staff to submit check requests and direct client disbursements in order to pay client obligations in a timely manner and by the due date.

Works as part of an interdisciplinary treatment team to wrap mental health services (including financial services) around clients in order to promote client recovery in mental illness. This includes formal and informal staffing, attendance at team meetings, performing necessary personal services including running client errands and responding to requests for services from the clients' treatment team.

Assists to monitor diagnosis, goals and progress notes related to individual clients; assists with document reviews to assure compliance with record keeping requirements, policies, and outside audit regulations. Assists professional staff in the transportation of client to various locations to receive special professional care; assures safety of the clients and follows established control procedures to prevent or minimize crisis situations; assists with crisis intervention. Responds to telephone calls, screens calls, determines appropriate action and establishes contact with case manager and crisis staff as needed.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS :

High school diploma or GED;

AND

Two (2) years post high school education in social work, psychology, business, finance or a related field; or one year related experience; or an equivalent combination of related education and experience

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities :

Some knowledge of personal finances and psychology; evaluation and various forms of counseling; client counseling processes, techniques, and methods; basic teaching techniques.

Ability to perform under adverse crisis situations; communicate verbally and in writing; develop and maintain effective working relationships with executives, professionals, administrators, and the public, meet or exceed productivity standard set by the agency.

Special Qualifications :

Documented education or experience in finance or other related areas is preferred.

Work Environment :

Work performed in a clinical setting with appropriate climate controls. Tasks require variety of physical activities, occasionally involving muscular strain, related to walking, standing, stooping, sitting, and reaching. Hearing, talking and seeing essential to successful completion of typical duties. Common eye, hand, finger dexterity exist. Mental application utilizes memory for details, complex instructions, emotional stability, creative problem solving. Elements of hazard uncertainty exist in the normal course of performing duties associated with providing mental health services.

Employment at Wasatch Behavioral Health is contingent upon successful completion of a drug screen, motor vehicle record review and criminal background check. After hire you must complete and receive a Criminal Background Clearance (BCI) from Utah State Office of Licensing. Upon receipt of a conditional offer of employment in the position, you must provide an official copy of licensure or certification.

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