Intake and Discharge Planner

The Village for Families & Children; Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 48,000; Full time

Job summary

The Village for Families & Children seeks an Intake and Discharge Planner to join its dedicated team. This role involves the intake process, ensuring youth and families connect with necessary services for community reintegration. Candidates should hold a Bachelor's degree in social work, possess strong interpersonal skills, and ideally have experience with children. A competitive salary of $48,000 annually is offered, with flexible benefits to support overall well-being.

Qualifications

• Experience working with children in a healthcare or residential setting preferred.
• Knowledge of community resources required.
• Flexible and able to multi-task.

Responsibilities

• Carries out intake responsibilities and facilitates discharge planning.
• Develops collaborative relationships with community agencies.
• Provides intensive case management and support services.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Customer service skills

Bilingual Spanish

Multi-tasking

Education

Bachelor's degree in social work

Tools

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

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Job Description

Job Description

About us:The Village was one of the first agencies in the country to provide homes for neglected children. Today, we continue to achieve our mission to build a community of strong, healthy families who protect and nurture children by providing a full range of behavioral health, early childhood and youth development, substance use treatment and support services for children, adults and families in the Greater Hartford, Connecticut region.

Named a Connecticut Top Workplace for five consecutive years withnationaldistinction for workplace culture and diversity, equity and inclusion practices, you can be sure youre joining an organization thats just as committed to your success as we are to those we serve.

Starting annual salary $48,000 commensurate with experience

Working Schedule: Sunday-Thursday 1pm-9pm

Program Summary

The Sub-Acute Stabilization program is a short-term, 1-14 days, behavioral health program for youth ages 5 to 18. The interdisciplinary team works together to stabilize, assess, and then discharge back into the community.

Job Summary

This position is a key member of the treatment team and is responsible for the intake process, from gathering referral information, and through the discharge. This person works alongside the clinician and aids in connecting the youth and family to services at discharge.

Key Responsibilities

• Carries out all required daily responsibilities of central intake functioning, including but not limited to, direct phone contact with clients/consumer, preliminary screening/assessment.
• Inputs client intake information.
• Facilitates discharge planning, which may include linkages to community support services.
• Develops and maintains collaborative relationships with other community agencies and organizations in consultation with supervisor, in order to provide comprehensive and effective treatment services for clients (i.e., schools, courts, hospitals, etc.).
• Works as a team member with other clinical and administrative staff to respond to client and programmatic needs.
• Assists families with identifying basic needs; providing or accessing transportation; accessing school, job preparation, employment and housing information; and locating free family recreation activities.
• Compiles and updates information on resources in the local area for the team.
• Attends and participates in weekly rounds and group supervision.
• Provides intensive case management, support services, advocacy, psycho-education and parenting skills training/teaching, and coaching.
  
  

Required Experience

EDUCATION

• Bachelors degree in social work or an equivalent human services field required.
  
  

Experience

• Experience working with children in a healthcare or residential setting preferred.
• Knowledge of community resources.
• Bilingual Spanish speaking preferred.
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational and customer services skills.
• Flexible and able to multi-task.
• Proficient in Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel.
  
  

Benefits

As a Village employee, you should feel confident that your health and well-being is one of our highest priorities.

We offer eligible employees and their dependents comprehensive, flexible benefits.

https://thevillage.org/careers/our-benefits/

Keyword: Discharge planning, community, mental health, behavioral health, urgent crisis

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