Intake Specialist

Triumph seeks Intake Admissions Specialist

Are you a skilled individual who would love to work for a multidisciplinary team in providing clinical intake and admission services to patients being admitted into treatment?

Triumph provides co-occurring residential and outpatient treatment services for those suffering from addiction.

For 60 years Triumph has helped people heal, become reunited with their families, and build a foundation for a stable, healthy future. Through our continuum of care, individuals and families experiencing substance use disorder, homelessness, and poverty find a path to hope and new life. Our programs include outpatient and inpatient substance use disorder treatment, transitional and permanent housing, a childcare center, a Pregnant and Parenting Women’s program, and much more. Last year our organization served over 6,600 people.

All that we do at Triumph expresses our passionate purpose: “Where hope and new life become possible.”

Job Description:

The Intake/Admissions Specialist will be skilled in providing clinical intake and Admission Services to patients being admitted into treatment.

Job Description:

The Intake/Admissions Specialist will be skilled in providing clinical intake and Admission Services to patients being admitted into treatment.

Successful Competencies for an Intake Admissions Specialist:

• Client Focus
• Collaborating with Others
• Acting with Empathy and Compassion
• Attention to Detail
• Professionalism
• Thinking Strategically
• Fostering Communication
• Product and Technical Knowledge

Qualifications:

Successful applicants will:

• Have a high school diploma or GED.
• Bachelor’s degree with specialized training in SUD is preferred.

Completion of, or enrollment in core courses is SUD studies program required

Compensation and Benefits:

We offer a comprehensive benefits package (full-time employees) including:

• Medical, dental, vision, life, and supplemental insurance
• Health savings, flex spending, and dependent care accounts
• 401K with employer matching
• Paid vacation, sick leave, and holiday pay

Intake Admissions Specialist Duties:

• Know about ASAM diagnostic and placement criteria.
• Accurately reporting assessment results as authorized by properly signed ROI's.
• Communicate effectively and in a timely manner regarding the patient's treatment recommendations resulting from their assessments/admissions.
• Represent themselves and the agency in a professional manner with patients, their families, referents, finders, and in court, when necessary, with testimony, depositions, and recommendations regarding the patient's treatments if required.
• Understand and implement the essential elements of the ASAM assessment and placement process.
• Demonstrate the ability to complete timely and professional reports.
• Demonstrate effective case management skills.
• Understand the need for crisis intervention in case of acute emotional of physical distress.
• Be aware of the legal obligations of emergency management, i.e., DSHS (Youth and Family Services involvement, CPR Mandatory reporting, etc.).
• Be able to deliver effective and concise patient and family education in the form of lecture, video, written, or individualized media.
• Understand how to make appropriate and effective referrals.
• Maintain files, reports, and records as required by the WAC.
• Participate in the counselor staff meeting. Review select patient's treatment program with peers.
• Collect and present all necessary patient statistics required for data/demographic collection/submission and information required for billing/collections, in a timely manner.
• Have the knowledge of/and possess both group and/or individual counseling skills and techniques required to provide group and/or individual counseling as part of the overall training requirements of a SUDPT when applicable. Or when needed to meet the program’s clinical needs.

Certification:

• Applicants who are hired must, within 30 days, provide a current, valid, and properly classed driver's license.
• Applicants who are hired must, within 30 days, provide and maintain insurability to operate agency vehicles.
• Applicants who are hired must, within 30 days, provide evidence of a Tuberculin skin test.
• Applicants who are hired must, within 30 days provide Food Handlers certification.
• Applicants who are hired must, within 30 days, provide certification in both CPR and First Aid for both adults and children.
• Applicants who are hired must, within 30 days provide evidence of Fraud, Waste, and Abuse training.
• Applicants who are hired must, within 30 days, provide evidence of Cultural Competence training.
• Applicants who are hired must, within 30 days, provide evidence of Defensive Driver's Training.
• Applicants who are hired must, within 30 days, provide evidence of HIPAA training.
• Applicants who are hired must, within 30 days, provide evidence of HIV/AIDS, Airborne, and Bloodborne Pathogens training.
• Applicants who are hired must, within 30 days, provide evidence of Sexual Harassment training.
• Applicants who are hired must, within 30 days, provide evidence of Strategies for Preventing and Deescalating Hostile Situations.

We believe that when we treat each other like family, we’re better together—that’s why a member of our team should be willing to build professional friendships with staff and clients. The trust we build with each other each day helps us successfully navigate stressful or dangerous situations and ultimately allows us to offer the best care for our clients. We provide training for de-escalating potentially unsafe situations and post safety protocol for staff to follow.