Care Specialist ; St. Charles, MO​/Hybrid remote, in office

Freedom Care is a healthcare company that has been dedicated to revolutionizing the home care industry since 2016. We support our patients by ensuring they have the power to choose a caregiver who will care for them in the comfort of their own homes. Our mission spans coast to coast, supporting patients across the U.S.

• Here For You (An attitude of service, empathy, and availability)
• Own It (Drive and ownership)
• Do the Right Thing (High integrity)
• Be Positive (Great attitude and a can-do positive approach to challenges)

Join our team and make a positive impact on the lives of others! We are looking for a Care Specialist I for our Care team in Missouri
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This is a hybrid role based out of St. Charles, MO. 1 day in office, 4 remote days. Monday through Friday, 9AM to 6PM WEEKENDS OFF! 401k, health, dental, vision, life insurance and PTO!

The Care Support Specialist I guides patients and caregivers through their home care journey. This role provides a high-level empathic customer service experience, while ensuring that our patients receive the care they need and feel heard and cared for.

• Ensure a high-quality customer experience for patients, caregivers, and health plans, while maintaining our desired service throughout the daily call volume in a contact center environment through First Call Resolution, demonstrating Freedom Care’s values of ensuring care and compassion with a positive, helpful demeanor.
• Accurately follow process and procedures according to department guidelines to ensure we are consistently delivering strong quality levels and customer experience.
• Consistently meets monthly performance metrics of call availability, efficiency, quality, and wellness reviews.

• Manage a high-volume inbound Service Center Calls dealing with related inquiries such as time-off, payroll, timekeeping and process patient and health plan care requests.
• Follow up with patients, caregivers, and health plans for time sensitive inquiries and escalations.
• Maintain exceptional customer service for all callers, as indicated by call reviews and after call surveys.
• Input accurate data entry of sensitive information.
• Conduct wellness review over the phone and record reviews to ensure service delivery of caregivers and compliance.
• Screen patients and caregivers for additional programs and benefits to enhance their lives.
• Maintain reliable work schedules with required 2 weeks' notice for planned in advance.
• Assist patients and their family members in planning necessary home-care shifts.
• Display empathy, actively listen, and clearly communicate with callers to ensure their needs are addressed and to foster a positive experience and relationship.
• Address all questions or complaints and provide an accurate and efficient response time of resolution; consistently meet internal service level agreements and goals in a timely manner.
• Follow up and engage with patients and caregivers via phone calls, SMS, and emails, in a professional manner.
• Serve as a key point-of-contact for enrolled caregivers such as for pay discrepancies, timesheet errors, direct deposit change, schedule change of caregivers, and more.
• De-escalate situations involving dissatisfied customers, offering patient assistance and support; escalated unresolved patient and caregiver issues to the appropriate teams to ensure a quick turnaround time and resolution.
• Adhere to a revolving monthly client service and compliance standard.
• Effectively input and update the case file and account data within CRMs.
• Manage call dashboards and reporting to assist in managing assignments.

• Previous experience in a Customer Service environment.
• High-volume inbound call center or contact center environment (at least 2…