Family Triage Coordinator

Columbus House Inc.

Job Posting: Seasonal Full-time FLSA Non-Exempt Essential

Family Triage Coordinator

Seasonal: December 1 2025 to TBD

Purpose

Under the direction of the Manager of Case Management Services the Family Triage Coordinator provides program coordination and supervision to residential staff located at 209 Terminal Lane Family Triage for mothers and children. The Family triage has a capacity of 40 people (mothers and children total). Families may have struggled with substance abuse mental illness and homelessness. The family Triage Coordinator will provide direct Supervision and program management training and professional development to Resident Support Specialists.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Create strength-based person-centered approaches
• Provide linkages to clients who need social mental health educational vocational recreational transportation spiritual and/or substance use
• Coordinate and collaborate with other agencies and social service providers
• Enforce program rules and supervise resident chores and bi-weekly house meetings
• Train and empower supervisees to be effective in the completion of tasks.
• Attend weekly and monthly agency program and network meetings
• Maintain and update all required charting and notes as required by Columbus House and other related duties as assigned to support the operation of Family triage.
• Enter and maintain Communication Log and any other tracking sheet created for the Family Triage.
• Hire train and supervise all residential program staff providing all necessary oversight and supervision and ensuring consistency and continuity of services rendered. Coordinator should be a role model for supervisees.
• Monitor Residential Staff scheduled Relias Online Training monthly
• Provide monthly Supervision to the Family Triage Staff.
• Complete the Residential Staffs Annual Employee Performance Evaluation.
• Provide Supervisory coverage to the Family triage Program.
• Responsible for the completion of reports as needed.
• Responsible for the provision of a safe and healthy environment for the Families and Staff at the Family Triage.
• The coordinator will be on call and provide supervision and guidance as needed.

Qualifications Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Bachelors degree in human services (Preferable) with a minimum of 2 years experience working in human services or related fields or five years experience as case manager working in human services or related fields.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills with a deadline-oriented mindset
• Strong written and oral communication skills employing the English language
• Proficient is Microsoft Office and other common desk top applications
• Able to effectively use the local network of substance abuse mental health and social services providers
• Familiar with criminal justice and able to engage manage motivate and support
• Familiar with mental health substance abuse and dual diagnosis issues and group dynamics
• Complete knowledge base of all aspects of the delivery of person-centered case management
• Able to meet all documentation requirements
• Knowledgeable about crisis intervention boundaries confidentiality universal precautions harm reduction trauma informed care and motivational interviewing
• Valid drivers license with a good driving history

Supervision: Director of Emergency Services

Salary Range:$25 per hour

Schedule:Monday Friday 2:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. with on-call responsibility

Please send your resume and a cover letter to Human Resources Generalist Columbus House Inc. 586 Ella Grasso Boulevard P.O. Box 7093 New Haven CT. 06519 or fax to or email to or apply at