What are the responsibilities and job description for the Intake Specialist (Provisionally / LPC) position at Places for People, Inc?
General Description
The Intake Specialist establishes records for new persons served. Additionally, this position files clinical documentation and monitors records on a regular basis to ensure that required documentation is submitted in a timely manner consistent with applicable standards.
The individual filling this position must display HOPE for the future while only settling for EXCELLENCE in execution through positive COLLABORATION with others and displaying COMPASSION for our mission. You must be ready to make an incredibly rewarding and strong impact on our community.
About the Agency
Since 1972, Places for People has helped individuals in the St. Louis community find and define their places in the world.
Specifically, our mission is to provide caring, effective services to help those with the greatest challenges recover from mental health illness and associated chronic illnesses.
We fundamentally believe that each person we serve deserves a chance to be their best selves and we want to help them get to that point.
SOME perks of working at Places for People:
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Short and long-term disability insurance
Paid Vacation Time (6.67 hrs/month) and Sick Leave (10 hrs/month)
Free Employee Assistance Program
8 paid holidays
Flexible work schedule
403(b) Retirement Plan contribution
Mileage reimbursement at the federal rate
Supervision available for licensure during work hours and at no cost
Loan forgiveness through the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) for specific positions
AT&T Wireless membership perks
Free on-site fitness center (located at our Soulard campus – available for all staff!)
Job duties include but are not limited to:
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- Identifies strengths, treatment needs, and any supports (natural or otherwise) of persons served
- Determines needs of persons served by an assessment of areas of daily living and functioning to include: mental health, physical health, substance abuse, employment, housing, and skills in areas such as socialization, problem solving, coping, money management, and time management
- Completes intake documentation within timelines determined by Medicaid and DMH, and any other relevant funding or accrediting bodies
- Creates collaborative treatment plan with persons served in an effort to identify goals they wish to achieve while working with PFP
- Informs persons served of expectations regarding services, focus on services and supports PFP can offer in achieving goals
- Attends weekly team meetings to promote and facilitate team coordination and continuity of care
- Attends weekly supervision to review eligibility decisions and service determinations on new persons served
- Assists persons served to reinvigorate a healthy system of emotional and social supports; provide a systemic intervention of helping families and others who may have once provided significant support
- Coordinates successful transition of care from Intake to CPR/ACT teams for persons served
- Coordinates correspondence with other agencies to obtain and provide client clinical records as needed
- Maintains quality assurance records and files according to agency certification and accreditation requirements
- Monitors clinical documentation of CPR contractors to assure completeness and timeliness of their CPR client records
- Completes annual training requirements as outlined by agency requirements and supervisor
- Performs other related tasks as assigned by the supervisor
