Division:Eskenazi Health

Sub-Division: Hospital

Req ID: 20471

Schedule: Full Time

Shift: Days

Eskenazi Health serves as the public hospital division of the Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County. Physicians provide a comprehensive range of primary and specialty care services at the 333-bed hospital and outpatient facilities both on and off of the Eskenazi Health downtown campus including at a network of Eskenazi Health Center sites located throughout Indianapolis.

FLSA Status

Non-Exempt

Job Role Summary

The Prescription for Hope Violence Intervention Specialist is responsible for providing comprehensive support services through wrap-around case management which assists patients, clients and their families to find practical ways of overcoming social, emotional and environmental barriers to optimum functioning and attainment of health.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Responsible for providing comprehensive support services through wrap-around case management which assists patients, clients and their families to find practical ways of overcoming social, emotional and environmental barriers to optimum functioning and attainment of health
• Acts as mentor and advocate. Coordinates wrap-around case management services with other Prescription for Hope team members and community agencies
• Provides therapeutic intervention to individuals and families, ranging from assessment, crisis intervention, community resource referrals, patient/family advocacy, support, outreach, and follow-up
• Provides education and training to introduce or improve coping skills of individuals and families
• Documents interventions and services in designated records
• Utilizes problem-solving skills to identity and facilitate problem resolution in team functioning
• Participates in staff meetings and education programs for staff and community agencies as assigned
• Assumes responsibility for continuous professional self-development
• Alters activities/behaviors to reflect/ensure adequate care appropriate to the age of patients served (i.e. adolescent, geriatric, pediatric, neo-natal, adult) described in the area/unit age-specific and/or job specific competencies
• Collaborates with multi-disciplinary team members to facilitate the coordination and delivery of services
• Initiates advocacy/liaison role for patients/families in referrals to and from community agencies: collaborates with agency and hospital personnel in referral activities: cultivates referral resources
• Interprets impact on client functioning of environmental conditions and family interactions through outpatient encounters and potential home visits

Job Requirements

• High School diploma or GED required.
• Bachelor's degree in social work, nursing, addiction, education, counseling, psychology, sociology, criminal justice or related field preferred
• Experience in a healthcare or community setting
• Demonstrated knowledge of community resources
• Valid Indiana driver's license that meets Eskenazi Health's driving policy requirements

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Knowledge of the psychology of poverty, abuse, neglect, substance abuse and family dynamics and their effects on family and children and demonstrate knowledge of growth and development principles over the life span.
• Knowledge of education, employment, healthcare, and other community resources available to target population
• Prioritizes tasks and works effectively with complex tasks under time pressures
• Communicates in a concise and easily understandable manner with professionals, paraprofessionals, and the target population
• Respect for and sensitivity to the needs, rights and cultural, racial and ethnic differences
• Ability to be build trust, be nonjudgmental and to mentor and encourage strength based approach to patient/client services and adapt processes according to needs of the patients and families.
• Practice compassion, empathy and insight
• Acts as a patient advocate
• Possess the ability to assess data/interpret appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to age-specific needs.
• Ability to work cooperatively with multi-discipline teams in situations requiring a high degree of flexibility, creativity, initiative
• Ability to perform duties independently under the direction of specified supervisor
Ability to recognize own limitations and seek assistance from appropriate resources as needed

Accredited by The Joint Commission and named as one of Indiana's best employers by Forbes magazine for two consecutive years and the top hospital in the state for community benefit by the Lown Institute , Eskenazi Health's programs have received national recognition while also offering new health care opportunities to the local community. As the sponsoring hospital for Indianapolis Emergency Medical Services, the city's primary EMS provider, Eskenazi Health is also home to the first adult Level I trauma center in Indiana, the only verified adult burn center in Indiana and Sandra Eskenazi Mental Health Center, the first community mental health center in Indiana, just to name a few.