Clinical Reintegration Specialist - Health Professional IV at Fort Logan

Weekly Hybrid Working Arrangements

Minimum 4 days In Office and Maximum 1 day Remote Work

This position will comply with the Clinical Services Department's current working arrangements. Work arrangements are subject to change at any time.

The Colorado Mental Health Hospital in Fort Logan (CMHHFL) is one of two state hospitals serving our community. The vision of CMHHFL is to provide the highest quality mental health services to persons with complex, serious, and persistent mental illness within the resources available. Our mission is to support those individuals in achieving their recovery goals and reaching their full potential.

CMHHFL provides inpatient treatment to adult patients, generally between the ages of 18-59. The hospital currently has 154 adult inpatient beds, over six treatment milieus serving civil and forensic individuals. Medical services, occupational therapy, neuropsychological‑rehabilitation services, and trauma‑informed care services are available for all patients throughout the hospital.

Through our core values listed below, CMHHFL staff is committed to:

• Individual dignity and respect
• Person‑centered, evidence‑based care
• Trauma informed recovery
• Multidisciplinary collaboration
• Diversity and inclusion
• Strong family and community partnerships.

The Clinical Reintegration Specialist position is a part of the Transitions Team within the Social Work Department and works in the 24‑hour State psychiatric hospital with individuals voluntarily and involuntarily committed for treatment. This role serves as a liaison between the hospital multidisciplinary team and community partners, state agencies, and other government entities. The Specialist takes primary responsibility for the Discharge Barrier List and designs workflows and a project plan to address discharge barriers.

Additionally, the Specialist supervises the Benefits Specialists assigned to the Transitions Team.

• Identify placement resources across the State, establish relationships with stakeholders, and develop processes to facilitate timely and complete referrals.
• Collaborate with the assigned clinical social worker to provide guidance on best referral options, ensuring patient needs are met and cross‑entity relationships strengthen.
• Engage in problem solving and critical thinking to ensure referral submissions are complete, timely, and tracked.
• Develop working relationships across treatment teams, social workers, Benefits Specialists, and patients.
• Educate and collaborate with the clinical services team regarding community resources and proactively identify and resolve potential barriers.
• Coordinate tracking processes to ensure timely referral response and ongoing cross‑departmental training.
• Analyze problematic cases by anticipating barriers, assessing each barrier, and reaching conclusions that may result in new internal processes, systems, or education.
• Provide support and education to people with serious and persistent mental illness and to community stakeholders regarding illness and care options in the community.
• Facilitate referrals for housing and assist in coordination and linkage of any other resources the individual may need upon discharge.
• Complete various assessments, conduct wellness check‑ins, and collaborate on reintegration plans with patients.
• Meet with patients as necessary, monitor progress toward discharge, monitor all discharge referrals, maintain confidentiality, and make site visits as needed to build relationships with locations and assess continuity of care.
• Accompany the clinical social worker on placement site visits as needed.
• Act as Community and Stakeholder Liaison: identify stakeholders and community resources throughout Colorado, develop educational materials, maintain an internal database of placement locations, remain in communication to track bed availability, and provide departmental training.
• Act as Discharge Placement Referrals specialist: ensure referral packets are complete and accurate, track status, create mechanisms for outcome tracking, and maintain stakeholder relationships.
• Lead Program and Policy Development, Training, and Supervision: establish…