Admissions & Residential Alcohol and Other Drugs Coordinator **Parisi House

**Work Schedule is Monday through Friday 9AM-5:30PM. Bilingual candidates & RADT certified candidates encouraged to apply. Bi-Lingual Pay - One hundred twenty-five dollars per paycheck for threshold languages to serve our monolingual clients**

Pay rates for Union positions are set in the Collective Bargaining Agreement with SEIU Local 521. Each position has a total of six steps, Step 1 (entry level) through Step 6 (15 years of employment with the organization). Union staff are promoted from Step 1 to Step 2 upon their one-year anniversary. The current Step 1 rate for this position is $30.38/hr, and the current Step 6 rate for this position is $33.55/hr.

** In addition to our competitive salaries, we pay a shift differential for certain shifts in our 24-hour programs as follows: (Only 1 differential -whichever is highest will apply at a time).
• 6% additional pay for overnight (NOC) shift from 11 pm to 7 am
• 4.5% additional pay for evening shift from 5:30 pm to 10:59 pm
• 4.5% additional pay for weekend shifts from 12:01 am on Saturday thru 11:59pm on Sunday

We offer a competitive package of employee benefits for 30 to 40-hour week positions. You will receive a defined contribution amount of up to $14,580 per year (prorated for part-time employees working less than 40 hours per week) to purchase the benefits of your choice on a cafeteria plan basis. Any amount of this defined contribution not used towards your benefits will be paid to you as taxable earnings. We offer a retirement plan with a generous employer match starting at 4% after one year of employment.  Our paid time off is also more generous than many employers with vacation time accruing up to 25 days per year, 6 days of sick time per year and 12 paid holidays.

The benefits offered in our cafeteria plan are as follows: 

• Medical benefits –Kaiser--ranging from $0 Deductible Plan with $15 Copay to $,3200 Deductible Plan with Health Savings Account. Sutter Health plans are also available from $0 Deductible Plan to $2,500 Deductible Plan.
• Dental benefits –Guardian: 1 dental HMO and 2 PPOs 
• Vision benefits – 2 options from Guardian VSP: a standard vision plan and an enhanced vision plan

The Admissions and Residential AOD Coordinator is a hybrid position. The Admissions Coordinator is the clients’ first point of contact with the agency, meeting with them to complete initial paperwork and making a positive impression as they enter the program. This position also manages the agency Electronic Health Record (EHR), enters data into the county’s EHR, and submits Drug Medi-Cal billing information to the county. The Residential  AOD Coordinator oversees the safety and well-being of the clients and their children, providing supervision on house rules, chores, mother-child interactions, client-to-client interactions, and scheduled activities. Rehabilitation and role-modeling are critical to the mission of the agency; providing privacy and safety for clients to participate successfully in the program is required of all staff member

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Complete intake process (including Admission Agreement and paperwork, Client Intake Assessment, Benefits Verification, Admission Summary, and VI-SPDAT); coordinate admittance details; communicate with referral sources.*
• Schedule new client admissions received through the Gateway referral service and the Social Services Agency, hospitals, and direct referrals.
• Admit new clients, which includes legal consents, client demographics, and consent to treatment.*
• Provide clients with a general overview of house rules.*
• Update client census form as needed.
• Submit Open Capacity Report to the county daily.*
• Enter data into Parisi House EHR and UniCare databases in compliance with DMC and county requirements.*
• Submit monthly reports to the county.*
• Update and edit program-related forms.*
• Attend required county meetings.*
• Provide regularly scheduled and emergency transportation for clients and their children in the agency-owned van.*
• Enter information into the daily log, including descriptions of any incidents, altercations, mother-child interactions, or medication discrepancies.*
• Monitor and assist clients’ positive parenting activities, providing crisis intervention as needed.*
• Oversee the day-to-day activities of clients and their children, including regular rounds, chores completed at scheduled times, attending scheduled groups, and ensuring proper supervision and safety of all clients and children.*
• Provide clients with access to their medications at the assigned times.*
• Search bags and packages and conduct wand searches of clients’ and children’s bodies when returning from trips offsite.*
• Conduct scheduled and random urine and oral drug testing.*
• Inventory prescribed client medications daily.
• Assist clients with chore assignments and other client-managed activities.
• Conduct weekly inventories of food, OTC medicine, supplies.*
• Communicate thorough shift exchange with incoming staff, including client updates and pending to-dos for the shift.*
• Conduct fire and safety check weekly.*
• Submit maintenance requests as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL, AND ABILITIES REQUIRED: (E = Essential; D = Desired)

• High school diploma or GED. (E)
• Two years of responsible, full-time experience in a secretarial or clerical capacity. (E)
• Working knowledge of common computer software programs including MS Office. (E)
• Must exhibit professionalism, punctuality, flexibility, and reliability. (E)
• Strong personal boundaries matched with gentleness. (E)
• Sensitivity to female privacy interests and prior domestic abuse. (E)
• Excellent organization and time management skills. (E)
• Experience with email and Microsoft Office applications. (E)
• A valid California Driver License, with access to a reliable vehicle/for driving a company vehicle, current proof of auto liability insurance, and a clean DMV record. (E)
• Experience in an administrative role. (D)
• Experience with an EHR. (D)
• Experience working with diverse populations, substance use and/or mental health. (D)
• Familiarity with 12-Step recovery principles. (D)
• Bilingual (English/Spanish; English/Vietnamese; English/Farsi; English/Mandarin; or English/Tagalog). (D)

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Climbing; ascending or descending stairs, ramps, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms.
• Kneeling; bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
• Crouching; bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
• Reaching; extending hand (s) and arms above head in any direction.
• Lifting; able to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects up to 20 pounds.
• Visual acuity to perform an activity such as preparing and analyzing data and figures and viewing a computer terminal.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Work is performed in a fast-paced office and residential setting.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENT:

Local travel to training, meetings and other cooperative programs may be required.

Salary : $14,580