Intake Clinician

Swope Health is seeking a compassionate and mission-driven Intake Clinician to support our Therapy team in providing the highest quality care for the people in our community who need it the most. The Intake Clinician is responsible for completing initial psychosocial assessments and diagnoses for children and adults with serious emotional disturbances, serious mental illness, and substance use disorders (SUD), in order to identify and refer to appropriate Swope Health Behavioral Health (BH) programs, SUD programs and Medical Clinics. If you have a passion for community-based care, join Swope Health and help shape the future of equitable, patient-centered healthcare in our region.

Primary Responsibilities: 

• Facilitate an assessment interview that produces sufficient information to identify a BH and or SUD diagnosis, if such is present.
• Ensure timely completion of initial psycho-social assessments for children, youth, and adults requesting BH and/or SUD services that integrate physical and mental health concerns and identify strengths and functional challenges.
• Assess for risk of harm to self or others and take appropriate action to ensure safety.
• Make immediate referral, per protocol(s), for Swope Health BH and SUD services appropriate to support identified challenges.
• Facilitate referral to Swope Health Medical services to address any medical challenges identified.
• Facilitate referral to other community resources necessary to address identified challenges
• Collaborate with other providers and/or programs to best meet client needs.
• Complete required documentation according to established standards and time frames.
• Maintain productivity standards as established by Swope Health.
• Participate in Performance Improvement activities related to Swope Health Quality Improvement Initiatives.
• Attend and participate in Department meetings as appropriate.
• Must complete annual agency trainings as required by Swope Health and participate in ongoing trainings to meet continued education licensure requirements and department needs.
• Attend ADA department and Swope Health Services required meetings.
• Other duties as assigned. 

Education/Qualification 

• Master's Degree in either Psychology, Social Work, or Counseling and a license in the State of Missouri. Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) or Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
• Minimum of three (3) years or professional working with serious and persistent mental illness (SPMI) with adults and
• Proficient knowledge of health and human services and community resources. 
  serious emotional disturbance (SED) with children. Preferably, with one year in a community mental health setting.
• Applicants should be comfortable with providing telehealth services.
• Working knowledge of the DSM- 5 and the ability to assess mental health disorders

About Swope Health Services:

Each year, Swope Health serves over 45,000 patients, encompassing more than 200,000 visits in four counties on both sides of the state line. Our team members are proud of the work we do and the promise we've made – delivering coordinated care that values the needs of the whole person and championing better health in our community.

Swope Health is a special place that cares for the people who need it most, wherever they are in the community. As part of our promise to battle health inequities and provide high-quality, comprehensive care, we make care visible. That means we proudly deliver our promise through every action, every day.

Swope Health Services supports its team members with:

• Medical benefits (including a Health Savings Account option), dental and vision
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• Company-paid benefits such as life insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Account
• Paid Days Off beginning at 12 days annually, effective the first day of employment
• Eight annual company-paid holidays; One annual paid personal day

About Swope Health

Swope Health, the Kansas City region’s largest Federally Qualified Health Center, has provided comprehensive primary care, dental care and mental health services in the Greater Kansas City area for more than 56 years. Recognized as a patient-centered medical home by the National Committee for Quality Assurance, our commitment to an integrated model of healthcare aligns with our mission to improve community health and wellness through accessible, quality, comprehensive patient care.

Accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities and The Joint Commission, we served nearly 56,000 patients in 2025 at 24 locations throughout the area, including Kansas City, Belton, Independence, North Kansas City, Hickman Mills, and Wyandotte and Leavenworth Counties in Kansas. Swope Health is a special place that cares for the people who need it most, wherever they are in the community.

As a Swope Health Associate you will be expected to help deliver on the Swope Health Promise of “We Make Care Visible”.

You will do this by V.I.S.I.B.L.E

1. Valuing every person

2. Impacting communities

3. Serving with professionalism

4. Inspiring Innovation

5. Believing that healthcare is a basic human right

6. Leading with accountability and praise

7. Empowering Excellence

Swope Health is an affirmative-action, equal-opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, gender, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status or disability.