This position is responsible for meeting with clients, assessing eligibility for medical programs, and providing referrals for needed services.

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ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Employee must have regular attendance/punctuality, be able to cooperate with others, and be completely honest.

1. Provide education in prenatal nutrition, lifestyle choices, and medical care.
2. Facilitate prenatal groups for applicants.
3. Make data entries and eligibility determinations for CBMS on behalf of DHS.
4. Advocate for clients as needed with medical providers and other agencies.
5. Comply with all federal, state, and county guidelines.
6. Maintain client confidentiality.
7. Attend outreach events.
8. Interface regularly with state and county agencies.
9. Assist clients in completing Medicaid and CHP+ applications.
10. Maintain client files (i.e., creating files, copying records as needed, auditing, data entry, etc.)
11. Answering phones.
12. Talking with smoking cessation clients weekly.
13. Creating staff reports, mailings, outreach items, etc.
14. Other duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

QUALIFICATIONS To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and /or ability required.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
High school diploma or general education degree (GED); six months to one year related experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

ADDITIONAL SKILLS PREFERRED:
Education: 2 years college in a human services or related field
Experience: 1 or more years work experience in the human services or a related field
Special Skills: Bi-lingual; certifications or 12 hours or more of specialized training in the field

LANGUAGE SKILLS
Must be able to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, as well as Hilltop and program specific policies and procedures. Must be able to write routine documentation as required. Must be able to verbally communicate effectively with clients and co-workers.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
Must be able to add and subtract two digit numbers, and to multiply and divide by 10’s and 100’s. Must be able to perform these operations using units of American money, weight measurements, volume measurement, and distance. Must be able to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

REASONING ABILITY
Must be able to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Must be able to interpret instructions that are furnished in a variety of formats including written, oral, diagram, and/or schedule form.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS
• Colorado Driver’s License

CLEARANCES
The following background checks are conducted by Hilltop Community Resources:
• Criminal background

EXPOSURE CATEGORY: [ 2 ]
1) - Job tasks involve exposure to blood, body fluids, or tissue.
2) - Job tasks involve no exposure to blood, body fluids, or tissue, but employment may require unplanned category 1 exposure.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Mobility:
• Must be able to stand 20% of the time; sit 60% of the time; walk 20% of the time.
• Must be able to reach (extend hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction).

Dexterity:
• Must be able to handle (seize, hold, grasp, turn or otherwise work with hand or hands).
• Must be able to finger (grasp, pinch, or otherwise work primarily with fingers).
• Must be able to feel (perceive the attributes of an object, such as size, shape, temperature, or texture, by touching with skin, particularly that of the fingertips).

Lifting:
• Must be able to exert up to 20 pounds of force to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects.

Communication:
• Must be able to express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word. Must be able to clearly communicate with others by way of the English language.

Hearing:
• Must be able to perceive the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Must be able to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.

Vision: Must have the following vision abilities:
• Close vision (clear at 20 inches or less).
• Far vision (clear at 20 feet or more).
• Ability to adjust focus (ability to adjust the eye to bring an object into sharp focus).

Physical effort:
• Light work (light physical effort is required by handling objects up to 20 pounds occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds frequently).

WORK ENVIRONMENT The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

Physical surroundings:
• 70% of time is spent indoors; 30% of time is spent outdoors.
• Occasionally exposed to physically and/or verbally aggressive clients.
• The noise level is usually moderate.