Care Manager - Community Adult Program

Paragon Behavioral Health Connections is a comprehensive behavioral health organization on a mission to positively impact individuals and families through compassionate and client-centered care. Our mission is to deliver personalized care that uplifts our clients and builds supportive connections in communities.

Through community-based, in-home, and digital services, we meet clients where they are, both physically and emotionally, to provide the right support at the right time. Serving communities across Colorado, we deliver equitable and innovative behavioral health services, including Intensive Case Management, Assertive Community Treatment (ACT), Crisis Stabilization, Intensive Outpatient Programs, Medication Management, Peer Support, Supported Employment and Housing, and Community-Based Clinical Programs.

We believe care should meet people where they are. Our approach is rooted in understanding, respect, innovation, and community collaboration.

• Statewide Reach:
  Deliver care where it's needed most across Colorado, including underserved rural and frontier communities.
• Flexibility & Work-Life Balance:
  Partner with clients to create schedules that support engagement while allowing flexibility in your workday.
• Clinical Leadership & Support:
  Work alongside experienced behavioral health professionals committed to client-centered care.
• Comprehensive Benefits:
  Company-paid medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance.
• Opportunities for Growth:
  Expand your skills and advance professionally as our programs continue to grow throughout Colorado.

Paragon Behavioral Health Connections is seeking a Bachelor-Level Care Manager to provide intensive community-based care management services within the Community Access & Partnership (CAP) Program.

The CAP program serves adults with Serious Mental Illness (SMI) and Severe and Persistent Mental Illness (SPMI) whose psychiatric, functional, and social needs create significant barriers to engaging in traditional outpatient services. Utilizing assertive community outreach and a multidisciplinary team approach, the Care Manager provides intensive care coordination, resource navigation, housing support, community linkage, benefits assistance, and skill development services within clients' homes and natural environments.

The Care Manager plays a critical role in helping clients achieve psychiatric stability, maintain housing, reduce crisis utilization, improve independent living skills, and successfully transition toward less intensive levels of care.

This position requires extensive field-based work, community outreach, and collaboration with internal and external providers throughout the Denver Metro area and surrounding communities.

• Provide intensive, community-based care management services in clients' homes and natural environments.
• Conduct outreach and engagement activities with individuals who experience barriers to treatment participation.
• Coordinate services across behavioral health, medical, housing, employment, vocational, and social service systems.
• Assist clients in identifying strengths, needs, goals, and barriers to recovery.
• Assist with obtaining identification documents, benefits, transportation resources, healthcare access, and community supports.

• Assist clients in practicing and applying coping skills, wellness strategies, and recovery supports within real-world environments.
• Provide psychoeducation regarding mental health recovery, medication adherence, self-advocacy, and available community resources.
• Support clients with appointment attendance and coordination of care across providers.
• Utilize motivational interviewing and trauma-informed approaches to increase engagement and promote self-determination.
• Collaborate closely with therapists, psychiatric providers, peer specialists, and supported employment staff.

• Assist clients experiencing homelessness, housing instability, or risk of eviction.
• Support applications for subsidized housing, supportive housing, vouchers, Medicaid-funded housing supports, and other community resources.
• Coordinate with housing authorities, landlords, shelters, residential providers, and community partners.
• Assist clients in overcoming barriers to housing including required documentation, benefits applications, budgeting, and community…