Intake Coordinator Hawthorn Children's Psychiatric Hospital

Job Location: This position will be located at Hawthorn Children's Psychiatric Hospital, 1901 Pennsylvania Ave., St. Louis, MO 63133

Why you’ll love this position:

Hawthorn Children’s Psychiatric Hospital is seeking a full-time Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)/Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the Intake Department. The LPC/LCSW is a member of the Social Services Department who reports to the Director of Intake/Utilization Review and completes intake assessments for potential consumers referred to the acute Inpatient Program and Residential Program. Candidates must have a desire to develop or utilize clinical skills, help youth and families in Crisis, motivated to be a part of a larger multidisciplinary team and passionate about mental health issues that affect youth in Missouri.

Hawthorn Children’s Psychiatric Hospital uses the Sanctuary Model to guide our interactions with our teammates and the care we provide to our consumers in order to promote healing, safety, and nonviolence. This is accomplished by following the Foundation of Sanctuary - The Four Pillars of (1) Trauma Theory, (2) Seven Commitments, (3) S.E.L.F. (Safety, Emotion, Loss, and Future), (4) Sanctuary Tool Kit.

Assessments are completed telephonically with parents, guardians, and community treatment providers, then reviewed with supervisor, Medical Director and then arranged for admission. This position is also responsible for answering the Intake Line where parents, private providers, case managers, and more, call seeking information on the referral process and for crisis management. This is a clinical team member whose clinical judgement, knowledge of diagnoses, and treatment modalities, provides critical information used to assess appropriateness of level of care as well as balancing facility factors such as supports needed for a consumer, level of acuity of the unit, and more. In addition, Intake Coordinator is responsible for arranging admission, completing necessary consents, and coordinating with all treatment team members within the facility and in the community.

The qualified candidate will have a either a Master’s degree in Social Work or a Master’s degree in Counseling from an accredited university. The successful candidate will possess Missouri licensure (LMSW or LCSW or CIT or LPC), or will commit to working toward licensure during their employment. Opportunities for Professional Licensure Supervision are available. The ideal candidate will have minimum of 5 years of experience providing any of the following- crisis intervention services, psychosocial assessments and clinical services to children, adolescents and their families. Knowledge and expertise in community resources, safety planning, and the broader Department of Mental Health system is preferred.

Lack of post-secondary education will not be used as the sole basis denying consideration to any applicant.

The State of Missouri offers an excellent benefits package that includes a defined pension plan, generous amounts of leave and holiday time, and eligibility for health insurance coverage. Your total compensation is more than the dollars you receive in your paycheck. To help demonstrate the value of working for the State of Missouri, we have created an interactive Total Compensation Calculator. This tool provides a comprehensive view of benefits and more that are offered to prospective employees. The Total Compensation Calculator and other applicant resources can be found here .

Additional benefits:

• DMH is dedicated to improvements to hire and retain employees
• Friendly and supportive work environment
• Set schedule, and no requirement to work weekends or evenings No on-call work
• No on-call work
• No billing tasks
• Generous and Flexible options for time off
• Collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team
• Length of treatment 2-4 months (for Inpatient) or 3-9 months (for Residential) helps bring about quality change for consumers
• Clinical Skills Training and case consultation provided
• Licensure supervision offered if needed
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness
• Opportunities to participate in different committees within the facility

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