Intake Worker - Overnight Shift

BJC HealthCare

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About The Position

BJC Behavioral Health is a community health center that provides and coordinates behavioral health services for more than 8,000 seriously mentally ill adults and seriously emotionally disturbed children in St. Louis City, St. Louis County, St. François, Iron and Washington counties. As an Administrative Agent of the Missouri Department of Mental Health (DMH), BJC Behavioral Health serves as a major point of entry for people eligible for mental health services funded by DMH and is responsible for serving as gatekeeper to the public mental health system.
Inform, outreach, screen for services, and successfully refer people to the appropriate services within the organization and larger community in a manner that is timely and respectful.
Role Purpose
Provide pre-admission screening for individuals seeking services and linkage to internal/external resources for clients admitted to the agency.

Requirements

• Experience with crisis support
• Independent worker
• Strong Technology skills – everything is on the computer so this person needs to be very skilled with Teams, Outlook, and will be learning our internal communication systems (myAvatar the EMR (electronic medical records) and our phone system)
• Experience working with behavioral health clients
• Bachelor's Degree - Social Services/related
• 2-5 years experience
• No Supervisor Experience

Nice To Haves

• General knowledge about DMH programming is a bonus but not necessary
• 5-10 years experience

Responsibilities

• Providing crisis support to callers in need/dispatching Mobile Crisis teams as needed
• Coordinating care for active clients that are calling in for support from their team members
• Screening individuals for BJC Behavioral Health services
• Providing community referrals as needed
• Provides short term assistance to clients.
• Assists client in accessing medical, financial and housing resources.
• Assists in creating community support systems for clients.
• Screens individuals requesting services and determines appropriate course of action.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
• Disability insurance paid for by BJC
• Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
• 401(k) plan with BJC match
• Tuition Assistance available on first day
• BJC Institute for Learning and Development
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
• Adoption assistance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level