What are the responsibilities and job description for the Crisis Follow-Up Professional Substance Use Specialty position at University of Colorado Anschutz?
The Hospital Follow-Up Program (HFUP) is a statewide program within the Department of Psychiatry that provides caring contact, telephonic and virtual follow-up, and care coordination support to individuals after behavioral health crises. This position will play a key role in expanding follow-up services for adults with substance use disorders and substance-related behavioral health crises after emergency department and hospital encounters across Colorado, including rural and frontier communities.
This position is a Crisis Professional who must rapidly evaluate complex behavioral health and substance use-related situations, develop and support appropriate interventions, and facilitate safe and effective care transitions following discharge. This role will act as a subject matter expert for the program and will provide comprehensive crisis intervention, de-escalation support, risk assessment, and care coordination through a culturally responsive and compassionate lens. The position will also support the development, organization, and ongoing refinement of a more structured statewide behavioral health care navigation resource, including referral pathways and resource information that can be used by HFUP staff and hospital and emergency department providers.
This position is grant-funded for a 2-year timeframe.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in social work, counseling, psychology or relevant field from an accredited institution
- 3 years of experience working in a health care setting, which includes 1 year of crisis intervention experience.
- A combination of education and related technical/military/paraprofessional experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree on a year for year basis.
Applicants must meet minimum qualifications at the time of hire.
Interested? Visit the Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in social work, counseling, psychology or relevant field from an accredited institution
- 3 years of experience working in a health care setting, which includes 1 year of crisis intervention experience.
- A combination of education and related technical/military/paraprofessional experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree on a year for year basis.
Applicants must meet minimum qualifications at the time of hire.
Interested? Find out more or to apply here: https://cu.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl?job=39808&lang=en