Director of Admissions

Title: Director of Admissions
Department: Center for Healing
Job Status: Full-Time, in person
Location: 190 Mercer Street
Availability: M-F
FLSA: Non-Exempt

About Greenwich House:   

Founded in 1902 as a settlement house to help New York’s increasing immigrant population adjust to life in a new country, Greenwich House today offers a variety of programs and approaches that continue to provide thousands of New Yorkers with health and wellness supports, education and personal enrichment, and skills building and cultural experiences.

Position Summary: 

The Center for Healing Admissions Director manages and oversees the intake of all patients for admission and assigns to counselors within our Opioid Treatment Program. The primary objective of all staff at Center for Healing is to improve quality, treat and support patients in a caring professional manner and fulfill the agency’s mission to serve our patients.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Oversee the intake/admission process and ensure that regulatory requirements regarding admission are fulfilled, inclusive of admission physicals, treatment plans and paperwork.
• Supervise counseling staff who complete intake assessments.
• Supervise Certified Peer Recovery Advocate team, community and clinic based.
• Conduct intake interviews and assessments as needed.
• Must be a proficient in communication across disciplines, patient-centered care and harm reduction.
• Work with multidisciplinary team in assigning clients to appropriate treatment groups and individual services.
• Conduct quality assurance reviews of intake department charts to ensure compliance with regulations.
• Development of referral sources, networking with other social service providers and developing linkage agreements and memorandum of understanding with referral sources and community outreach.
• Must be able to maintain the normal standard of ethics, conduct and organization policies in job related activities.
• Willing to be flexible in job capacity when necessary.
• Serve as a member of the senior leadership team within the clinic.
• Complete other clinical or administrative special projects a requested by Program Director.
• Attend and is prepared for all supervision sessions and team meetings.
• Attend all agency mandated training and other learning opportunities as recommended by supervisor.
• Keep Clinical Services Directors and/or designee updated on progress and problems.
• The ability to development independent projects as discussed Clinical Services Director.

Organizational Relationships:

The successful candidate interacts with all levels of personnel, customers and clients of Greenwich House and maintains cordial business relationships the agency’s other programs.

• Interacts with all levels of personnel within the organization and maintains external business relationships within the social services community.
• Promotes a positive, constructive clinic atmosphere.
• Embraces patient-centered care and treats patients with unconditional positive regard.
• Establishes rapport and trusting relationships with clients and counselors.
• Inspires confidence, determination and trust in clients and counselors.
• Establishes working relationships with other staff members, and works as a member of an multi-disciplinary team.
• Makes rational and realistic decisions, based on logical assumptions which reflect factual information and consideration of organizational resources.
• Perform other tasks and special projects as assigned by the direct supervisor.
• Works collaboratively with Physician, Director, and other staff as part of the treatment team.
• Leadership role in development of program and treatment options; assists in the formulation of program policies and procedures.

Qualifications:

• LMHC, LMSW/LCSW or CASAC and two years’ experience supervising substance use disorder.
• Demonstrates clinical competence and leadership traits (e.g. decision-making ability, skills in problem solving and communication, prioritizing and team building).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage time efficiently.
• Knowledge of and experience working with substance abuse and mental health.

Vaccination Requirement: 

As of October 29, 2021, we are requiring all Greenwich House and Barrow Street Nursery School new hires to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to the start date.

Reasonable Accommodations Statement:

To perform this job successfully, a successful candidate must be able to perform satisfactorily each essential duty. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified candidates with disabilities to perform these duties. 

Equal Employment Opportunity:

Greenwich House is strongly committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all individuals. All employment decisions and administration of all personnel policies are without regard to an applicant or employee’s actual or perceived race, religion, sex, age, national origin, creed, color, gender, sexual orientation or affectation, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), predisposing genetic characteristic, genetic information, pregnancy, ancestry, ethnicity, citizenship, alienage, military or veteran’s status, physical or mental disability, status as a victim of domestic violence, stalking offense and sex offenses, marital status, partnership status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law. For more information regarding Greenwich House and our EEO statement, please visit https://www.greenwichhouse.org/about/