Intake Therapist - Days
Sycamore Springs
Intake/Assessment Therapist
Day Shift:
7:
00 AM - 7:
00 PM
3 12-Hour Shifts
Rotating Schedule
Members of our team Enjoy:
- Working with a highly engaged staff
- Healthy staffing levels
- Flexible scheduling, Rotating Schedule
- Career growth
- Competitive compensation
- Health, Vision, Dental, 401k, and Paid Time Off
- UKG Wallet We ve partnered with UKG Wallet, a voluntary Earned Wage Access benefit, to offer employees access to their pay on their own schedule.
Sycamore Springs is a 44-bed behavioral hospital located in Lafayette, IN. The hospital offers inpatient and outpatient mental health and addiction treatment to adults, adolescents and their families. At Sycamore Springs, we are dedicated to Changing People s Lives
The Assessment department plays an essential role in helping fulfill our mission of Changing People s Lives . Assessment team members assess the needs of walk-in and phone callers and completes initial psychiatric assessment on patients seeking treatment. As an Assessment Supervisor, you will ensure a comprehensive assessment and quality therapeutic care to patients seeking treatment of substance abuse, dual diagnosis or psychiatric or emotional disorders. So, do you have what it takes to become part of a team dedicated to Changing People s Lives ?
- Receives inquiry calls and assists the caller with scheduling a face-to-face assessment or triage to the appropriate community referral.
- Assesses or ensures assessment by a qualified mental health professional of patients who present for assessment.
- Screens for medical and behavioral emergency conditions.
- Performs a comprehensive assessment and quality therapeutic care to patients seeking treatment of substance abuse, dual diagnosis or psychiatric or emotional disorders; coordinates with the clinical team/on-call physician to ensure these needs are met either at the facility or other appropriate community provider.
- Interprets treatment to patient and family to help reduce fear and other attitudes obstructing acceptance of care and continuation of treatment.
- Completes the administrative processes of admission and precertification of care with external payers, as necessary.
Requirements:
- Master s degree in social work or counseling required, RN licensure may be used in place of a degree or per state regulations, or social services designee in the state of Indiana.
- Current unencumbered clinical social work, counseling license or per state of practice guidelines. RN license may be accepted.
- Valid driver s license.
- CPR and CPI certified within 30 days.
Experience:
- Prior experience in a psychiatric healthcare facility working with adult and geriatric patients preferred.
- Must have strong clinical assessment skills.
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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