The Dale House Project seeks a Referral Coordinator to support our ministry among youth building independent living skills. The Dale House is a Christ-centered community of and for broken people doing life together. This position works closely in relational ministry with youth as they take steps towards living independently.
Youth get involved at the Dale House to learn how to live on their own independently. Many come from the Colorado Division of Youth Services, and they’re finishing a commitment to the State after having criminal charges. Youth are also involved with the Colorado Department of Human Services - usually older adolescents who are ‘aging out’ of a foster care arrangement who need to live independently. These Supportive Independent Living Placement (SILP) participants will move into our independent living apartments, so the relationship you help foster between the youth and the Dale House community is vital to their own success. As is often the case with adolescents, many youth may be able to name worthwhile goals but they need help turning those desires into productive habits, routines, and practices. That’s where our community comes in. Through relationships - and a great deal of support, guidance, and accountability - youth turn these dreams into daily decisions to go to work, attend school, make appointments, and continue making progress towards their adult commitments.
As the Referral Coordinator, you become the first interaction a youth has with our organization, often setting the tone and standard for the treatment they will receive at Dale House. Your clinical mental health experience will assist our team in creating an appropriate treatment plan for the youth and how they will navigate accomplishing their goals while also managing their mental health symptoms. You will spend time getting to know our referral partners within the community and assist Dale House Programming in meeting the needs of the young adults in our city.
You’d report to our Clinical Director, Vicky Thomas. Vicky has her LPC-S (licensed professional counselor supervisor) and works to maintain ethical standards in our mental health practice. You will also be working in close collaboration with our Program Director, Dana Scarbrough, other coordinators and clinical team members on how to best work with youth in our program and how to maintain ethical care within our team. You will also work closely our Quality Assurance Manager, to ensure we are following best practices for documentation in accordance to Behavioral Health Administration (BHA), Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) and Medicaid compliance.
You also work on a team of people who are in an intentional community of caring, mutual support, and Christian ministry. We commit to being honest and real with one another, to spend time together (and have fun together!), and, when we have issues, we clear the air with one another when we’ve let one another down. (We call that keeping “short accounts” with each other, so we don’t build long lists of grievances with each other.)
This role also includes trainings and future on-call/support line responsibilities. You’ll have regular participation in staff meetings, shift change meetings, devotionals and all-staff days.
This is a full-time position. Salary Range: $55,000 to $60,000, with a full benefit package.
Dale House covers the cost for health coverage (monthly premiums) at no expense to you. Other benefits come from Young Life, including: dental, vision, basic life insurance, and a match on 401(k) contributions up to 4%.
**Please submit your resume and cover letter as PDF attachments to referralcoordinator@dalehouse.org. For the email subject heading line type: Referral Coordinator, Your First and Last Name.