Discharge Planner MAT - LPN - Wellpath

You Matter

• Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved• Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture• Excellent career growth opportunities

Join us and find a career that supports:• Caring for overlooked, underserved, and vulnerable patients• Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging• Autonomy in a warm team environment• Growth and training

 

Perks and Benefits In addition to comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and 401k, we foster a work, life balance for team members and their family to support physical, mental, and financial wellbeing including: • DailyPay, receive your money as you earn it! • Tuition Assistance and dependent Scholarships• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including free counseling and health coaching• Company paid life insurance• Tax free Health Spending Accounts (HSA)• Wellness program featuring fitness memberships and product discounts• Preferred banking partnership and discounted rates for home and auto loans

 

*Eligibility for perks and benefits varies based on employee type and length of service. 

Why Us

Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved.

If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals. Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most. For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.

 

Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan. 

 

We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.

How you make a difference

MAT Discharge Planners are responsible for delivering individual and group treatment to identified MAT patients scheduled for community release, facilitating a seamless transition process. They coordinate, execute, and oversee discharge planning within correctional facilities, maintaining open lines of communication with both facility personnel and external community resources. This role necessitates proactive transition planning, commencing at least three months before the patient's release, and entails assisting individuals in accessing local resources and scheduling appointments with relevant programs or providers to ensure a successful transition to community treatment.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct discharge planning and individual/group treatment for MAT patients, adhering to facility policies and procedures, while establishing relationships with community agencies for mental health and medical services.
• Deliver evidence-based group treatment focusing on relapse prevention and healthy living, employing techniques such as cognitive behavioral treatment, motivational interviewing, and trauma-informed therapies.
• Facilitate eligibility applications for financial assistance programs like SSDI and SSI, as well as the resumption of benefits for inmates nearing release, while maintaining effective collaborations with facility staff, parole officers, and medical personnel.
• Initiate contact with inmates requiring mental health or medical care at least 120 days before release, identify their release-planning needs, provide life skills programs, coordinate medication and medical needs post-release, and assist in scheduling appointments with mental health agencies.
• Document all inmate services in health records, maintain necessary tracking logs for post-release follow-ups, participate in relevant meetings, training, and community-based activities, and ensure compliance with facility employee standards.

Qualifications & Requirements

Education

• Master’s degree in social work or closely related field from an accredited college or university.

Experience

• Previous experience in developing successful transition plans involving community resources for persons with mental illness.
• Must also have experience in social work case management in a mental health agency for mentally ill population.

Licenses/Certifications

• Must maintain CPR certification, and any other certifications (such as First Aid) required by contract.
• Must be eligible for LMHC or LICSW licensure, and be eligible for CADC or LADC certification/licensure.

Additional Details

**LPNs: Are you ready to make a difference in the lives of individuals on their path to recovery? Join our team as an MAT Discharge Planner at the Arapahoe County Detention Center and play a vital role in connecting justice-involved individuals to the care they need post-release. **eadline to apply to this position is December 14th, 2024. Application deadline may be extended contingent upon applicants’ volume.

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

 

We encourage you to apply! If you are excited about a role but your experience doesn’t seem to align perfectly with every element of the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this, or one of our many other roles.

 

 

 

Deadline to apply to this position is contingent upon applicant volume.  Those positions located in Colorado will have a specific deadline posted in the job description.