Intake Specialist
Acadia Healthcare
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- Location
- Kennett Square, PA
- Work style
- On-site
- Posted
- Oct 28
- 2 days ago
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About the company
Acadia Healthcare
Mental health care · 10,001+ employees
What you'll do
- Liaise with clients and families of potential admissions to address questions and concerns
- Coordinate facility tours with potential clients and families
- Interface with admissions and clinical teams to plan client arrival and necessary approvals
- Support the arrival process, assessment and bed placement, and searches for prohibited items
- Orient clients to the facility and milieu
- Liaise with care teams to set up treatment plans and schedules as needed
- Ensure intake paperwork is completed and documentation is maintained
- Discuss client financial responsibility and take payment as applicable
What you need
- High-school diploma, GED, or equivalent
- Excellent communication and customer service skills
- De-escalation training, CPR and/or First-Aid certification as required by facility
- 1 – 2 years of experience in a patient care environment in a substance use/behavioral health setting (preferred)
Key skills
communicationcustomer service skillsrequired computer programsDe-escalation trainingCPRFirst-Aid certification
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Intake Specialist
Job Locations
US-PA-Kennett Square
Job Post Information* : Posted Date
1 day ago
(10/28/2026 10:10 AM)
ID
2026-113345
# of Openings
1
Job Family
Intake
Location : Name
Bowling Green Inn of Brandywine
Overview
The Intake Specialist is responsible for the intake process at the facility. Liaises with remote admissions to
team. Establishes professional rapport with client to ensure that they feel welcomed upon arrival. Supports
client arrival process, including initial assessment process, searching the client’s belongings/person for
prohibited items, and orienting the client to the facility. Ensures required documentation/paperwork is
completed and maintained.
Schedule:
on site; Monday - Friday working every other weekend; 4 pm to 12:30 am
Responsibilities
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
• Liaise with client/family of potential admissions to address any questions, concerns, etc.
• Coordinate facility tours with clients and families who are potential admissions.
• Interface with remote admissions team and on-site clinical team for necessary approvals, plan for client
arrival, including travel arrangements as applicable.
• Establishes professional rapport with client to ensure that they feel welcomed upon arrival.
• Supports arrival process including coordinating assessment/bed placement process, searches of client
belongings/person for prohibited items.
• Orients client to the facility/milieu.
• Liaises with direct care/nursing/clinical team to ensure client is set-up with a treatment plan/schedule
as needed.
• Ensures intake paperwork is completed in a timely fashion and documentation is maintained as
required.
• May discuss client’s financial responsibility and take payment as applicable.
• Provides exceptional customer service in line with Acadia Healthcare standards.
Qualifications
STANDARD EXPECTATIONS:
• Complies with organizational policies, procedures, performance improvement initiatives and maintains
organizational and industry policies regarding confidentiality.
• Communicate clearly and effectively to person(s) receiving services and their family members, guests
and other members of the health care team.
• Develops constructive and cooperative working relationships with others and maintains them over
time.
• Encourages and builds mutual trust, respect and cooperation among team members.
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• Maintains regular and predictable attendance.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:
• High-school diploma, GED, or equivalent.
• 1 – 2 years of experience in a patient care environment in a substance use/behavioral health setting, is
preferred.
• Must have excellent communication and customer service skills, and an ability to use required
computer programs.
LICENSES/DESIGNATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS:
• De-escalation training, CPR and/or First-Aid certification as required by facility
We are committed to
providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment regardless of an individual’s characteristics protected by applicable state, federal and local laws.
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