Governor's State University Intern
Family Guidance Centers, Inc. · Chicago, IL · 7 mo ago
On-siteBusiness DevelopmentInternship
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Reviews assessed case management needs as expressed by clients and as indicated on the client treatment plan.
- Affords assistance with monitoring patient engagement and communicates with the treatment team regarding patient attendance, participation, and any barriers or needs to support treatment involvement.
- Facilitates Orientation with patients to review FGC OMT handbook and tracks all newly admitted patients to ensure orientation is completed within 21 days of admission.
- Processes all newly admitted patients from referring detox unit into level 1 OMT (including scanning all documents daily).
- Collaborates with detox staff via email from referring hospital with appropriate paperwork as required; communicates with referring hospital units to ensure a smooth transition (Nursing staff and Toxicology department).
Community Intervention
- Focuses on patient outreach and crisis response services for all FGC sites.
- Engages in outreach (mostly via telehealth) to individuals' no longer in treatment, including no show for admissions, to encourage re-engagement into treatment as well as determine and assist with any needs.
- Provides crisis response services, mostly through telehealth, to individuals who have left FGC to help resolve crisis situations.
- Coordinates with various FGC team members (such as Immediate Access to Care Team at 310 and Wabash) to schedule an individual's admission process as well as other team members from all FGC outpatient sites.
- Provides patients or family members with information about addiction issues and about available services or programs, making appropriate referrals when necessary.
Community Outreach
- Directly engages with individuals experiencing substance use problems through street outreach and outreach/engagement services provided on-site at homeless shelters and drop-in centers in order to ensure connection to substance use and mental health treatment.
- Communicates daily with FGC medical staff with FGC's managers/admission staff at all program locations, to determine daily program census needs.
- Develops formal relationships with the area behavioral healthcare providers, hospitals, clinics, and other social service agencies (i.e. DCFS providers, DHS local offices) to establish referral relationships and to effective process.
- Presents FGC program descriptions and eligibility requirements to community leaders who represent local social service, church and political organizations.
- Professionally represents FGC at community organization events, seminars and conferences.
Residential Coordination
- Supports treatment plans by reporting client observations (at a minimum twice per shift and subject to change depending on need) and supporting decisions concerning therapy, discipline, and privileges.
- Affords assistance with client activities by implementing scheduled and/or requested activities.
- Works cooperatively with members of the nursing and medical staff to monitor clients' vital signs, observe urine drops, monitor clients, and chart all pertinent data.
- Maintains self-administration of medications by clients and documents in pertinent logs according to regulations.
- Performs room and facility checks, at varying intervals, to ensure client's comfort, safety, and well-being.
Schedule
Hours needed to accommodate location's requirements
Start Date: To Be Determined
Work Location: Depends on placement (please specify on location)
Family Guidance Centers, Inc. is a Drug Free Environment (including THC and/or CBD). Family Guidance Centers, Inc. is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity without regard for race, ethnicity , pregnancy, gender, protected veterans status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or religion.
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Keyword: Governor's State Trainees