Pathways Hiring for Office Assistant at Orange, CA, United States Full Time

Welcome to Pathways of California’s career website! If you are passionate about helping others and enthusiastic about your future, we want you to join our team!

Our company is known for an unwavering commitment to exceptional value and recovery-focused, quality care. We are experts in the field of behavioral health care, providing cutting-edge mental health and substance use community-based services and offer a dynamic employment experience! Pathways offers competitive salaries and benefits, comprehensive on-boarding and job training, a supportive learning environment, ongoing education in the use of evidence-based, promising practices and much more! We are well-known in the field and have been a preferred provider in the Southern California region for over 20 years partnering with local government agencies and managed care companies to offer personalized, integrated care to community members of all ages, ethnicities, and cultural backgrounds.

You will find that we have several openings ranging from administrative to clinical positions in a variety of service areas and settings in Southern California.

Join one of our Pathways companies, Pathways Community Services (PCS) and / or College Community Services (CCS) and experience it for yourself! We have over 30 outpatient behavioral health locations nestled throughout our communities located in Kern County, Los Angeles County, Orange County, and San Diego County.

Opportunity Knocks

Opportunity Knocks is a volunteer mental health program providing outpatient services for individuals between the ages of 18-59, with severe and persistent mental illness, recent history of incarceration due to mental illness, and are currently homeless or at risk of homelessness.

Our services include intensive case management, psychotherapy, skill-development groups, medication management, vocational linkage, temporary housing support, benefits processing, and outreach and engagement.

Pathways is seeking an innovative and purpose driven individual to join our team as a Office Assistant for our Opportunity Knocks program.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND REQUIREMENTS :

• Answers and directs phone calls and takes messages as appropriate
• Greets visitors and directs to appropriate person
• Prepares outgoing faxes and distributes incoming faxes
• Photocopies a broad range of materials
• Schedules meetings and appointments
• Types routine correspondence and prepares files as assigned
• Maintain and order inventory of order supplies
• May pick-up meals for in-house meetings
• Assists in new hire set-up process for office or program
• Maintain and ensures HIPAA, ethical standards and professional boundaries with all staff and clients
• Other duties as assigned or necessary to support the program, office and / or the company
• Any or all of above duties and responsibilities
• Develops and maintains varied tracking s, contracts and / or agreements
• May write own correspondence and prepares correspondence for management
• Interfaces with clients, vendors, visitors to schedule appointments and resolve office administration issues
• Occasionally assist or handles small office moves (office furniture)
• May handle or assist with billing to clients or MediCal and MediCare.
• Researches and prepares special projects as assigned
• Maintain and ensures HIPAA, ethical standards and professional boundaries with all staff and clients
• Other duties as assigned or necessary to support the program, office and / or the company
• Any or all of the above duties and responsibilities
• May assist supervisor or management in the development of the work unit’s annual budget, contracts and monitoring adherence to such on a monthly basis;

attend meetings and / or trainings to take notes or minutes

• Recommends changes to internal office procedures and workflow
• Other duties as assigned or necessary to support the program, office and / or the company

Knowledge, Skills and Experience :

• One year work experience preferably in an office answering phones and providing general clerical support. Must have excellent phone manner, good arithmetic skills and good spelling, grammar and punctuation skills
• Intermediate level PC skills required
• Excellent organizational skills, interpersonal skills, computer skills and communication skills are a must
• Ability to effectively prioritize and manage time

QUALIFICATIONS :

Education or Equivalent Experience

High School Diploma or GED with computer or business courses

NOW OFFERING DAILY PAY TO OUR EMPLOYEES*

PERKS OF WORKING WITH PATHWAYS CALIFORNIA :

Competitive salaries & benefits

• Paid Vacation Days (1st year 12 days; increases with tenure)
• Paid Sick Days (Accrual per pay period)
• 9 Paid Holidays (including Day after Thanksgiving )
• Medical, Dental, and Vision including a Health Savings Account or FSA
• Health, Dependent and Transportation Flexible Spending Accounts
• Basic and Optional Life Insurance for Employees, Spouses, and / or Dependents
• 401K

Perks @ Pathways (student loan refinancing, pet insurance, Verizon wireless discount, movie, hotel, concert, and sporting event discounts)

Pathways is an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status or any other protected characteristic.

Compensation : $18.00 – $18.50 per hour

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.