**Experienced Special Needs Customer Advocate - National Remote**

At arenaflex, we're revolutionizing the healthcare experience, creating healthier communities, and removing barriers to quality care. Our team of highly skilled Care Advisors is dedicated to serving and managing special needs for our members and/or their family members. As a Special Needs Customer Advocate, you will have the opportunity to deliver an extraordinary experience to family members who need an ally. You will be empowered to fast track resolutions and serve as an ongoing resource to provide guidance and community resources during key transition times throughout the family's journey. **About arenaflex** arenaflex is a leading healthcare organization that is committed to simplifying the healthcare experience, creating healthier communities, and removing barriers to quality care. Our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone – of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location, and income – deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups, and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes – an enterprise priority reflected in our mission. **About the Role** As a Special Needs Customer Advocate, you will be responsible for providing holistic family support to members who may have special needs themselves or may be caring for children or family members with special needs. You will own end-to-end resolution of issues, serve as an ongoing point of contact for members, and deliver compassionate support to members, creating a memorable, positive experience. You will create and build ongoing relationships with others, including both members and teammates, and make decisions independently and solve problems creatively and completely using sound judgment and critical thinking. **Key Responsibilities** - Provide holistic family support to members who may have special needs themselves or may be caring for children or family members with special needs, owning end-to-end resolution of issues. - Serve as an ongoing, point of contact for members, primarily via the phone channel (may also use email, chat, text), delivering compassionate support to members, creating a memorable, positive experience. - Create and build ongoing relationships with others, including both members and teammates. - Make decisions independently and solve problems creatively and completely using sound judgment and critical thinking. - Consistently follow through on commitments and framing realistic expectations for members. - Plan, prioritize, organize, and complete work to meet established objectives for our families. - Responsible for managing project time to ensure follow-up and outreach work is completed in a timely manner. - Families served include a range of low, moderate, and high needs as determined by clinical needs, financial impacts, and/or level of escalation. - Process includes outreach calls to initiate contact with members referred by executives and partners. - Responsible for maintaining accurate family counts on our documentation platform. - Focus on teamwork and fostering a strong team environment through activities including mentoring and acting as a resource for colleagues. - Anticipate member needs and proactively seek out external and internal resources or partners where appropriate to add unexpected value for the member. - Determine appropriate referrals to other programs/services as needed with or without technology guidance. - Responsible for providing high-quality member experience as reflected in post-contact surveys and member feedback. **Essential Qualifications** - High School Diploma / GED OR equivalent work experience - 1+ years of experience helping, resolving, or advocating on behalf of members or customers - Experience using a computer and Microsoft Office, including Microsoft Word (create correspondence and work within templates), Microsoft Excel (ability to sort, filter, and create simple spreadsheets), and Microsoft Outlook (email and calendar management) - Ability to work 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday, from 9:45am – 6:15pm CST, within our Family Engagement Center. It may be necessary, given the business need, to work occasional overtime. - Must be 18 years of age or older **Preferred Qualifications** - 1+ years of A4Me OR 3+ months of Quick Assist experience - Claims processing experience - Experience providing care for children with special needs - Experience within a member-focused healthcare environment - Experience within a service delivery capacity (examples include, but are not limited to: social services, caregivers, hospitality, social work, sales, non-profit agencies) **Telecommuting Requirements** - Ability to keep all company-sensitive documents secure (if applicable) - Required to have a dedicated work area established that is separated from other living areas and provides information privacy. - Must live in a location that can receive a UnitedHealth Group-approved high-speed internet connection or leverage an existing high-speed internet service. **Compensation and Benefits** - The hourly range for California / Colorado / Connecticut / Nevada / New York / New Jersey / Washington / Rhode Island residents is $18.80 - $36.78 per hour. Pay is based on several factors, including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. - In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers benefits such as a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase, and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). - No matter where or when you begin a career with UnitedHealth Group, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. **Diversity and Inclusion** - UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. - UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment. **How to Apply** If you're passionate about helping individuals and families of children with special needs, and you're looking for a challenging and rewarding career, we encourage you to apply for this role. Please visit our website to learn more about this opportunity and to submit your application. Apply for this job