Req ID: 12903
Locations: Center City, Minnesota
Schedule: Varied
Hours: 11:30-8
FTE: ['0']
Salary Min: USD $28.09/Hr.
Salary Max: ['USD $40.93/Hr.']
Work Type: ['On Call']
Category: ['Marketing & Sales']
Referent Relations is a solution oriented, consultative and case management approach to providing support to our referents across the entire Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation system of care. Referent Relations offer a starting point for key referents and their referrals who are calling for help. Utilizing a comprehensive understanding for the HBFF system of care the referent relations representative guide referents, patients and other concerned persons to the best clinical solution based on the individual’s needs, urgency, financial abilities, and the preferences of the stakeholders.
Referent Relations specialists provide intake and comprehensive assessment services to prospective clients. This position is responsible for assessing, screening, managing, and converting callers to the appropriate program in addition to managing the intake process from the initial conversation through the admission and discharges processes.
Post admissions support of referents is a key requirement of this position. The referent relations specialist will be responsible for working with the scheduling departments, admissions, treatment teams and other departments as needed to ensure that the referent treatment expectations and communications requirements are understood and met.
As part of the business development organization the referent relations representative will also be responsible for building and expanding relationships with current, dormant, and new referents by utilizing outbound calling sales techniques and face-to-face meetings as needed.
Overview
The Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is the largest nonprofit addiction recovery organization in the United States. It is also one of the most mission-driven places you will find. The Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation team is passionate about providing hope and ultimately healing. As a living, growing and evolving institution, the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is – at our core- a people-powered organization. Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is comprised of 1600+ employees, seventeen treatment sites and produces $190 million dollars in annual revenue. This exemplary organization serves nearly 25,000 people annually and is committed to provide hope and healing for those experiencing addiction to alcohol and other drugs.
What makes this organization unique is its total ecosystem approach to prevention, education, research, advocacy and treatment. All of the parts of the organization work together to inform, develop and deliver evidence- based practices that help people reclaim their futures and restore their hope.
Being “a best place to work” is a strategic goal of Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation and it’s a goal that every employee plays an active role in helping to achieve. Our culture is a reflection of how encouraged and energized we each feel about contributing our ideas and performing to our greatest ability. Join us and do meaningful work.
We deeply value our employees. Working at Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation includes a comprehensive benefits package, including:
The Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We believe that diversity and inclusion among our colleagues is critical to our success as a force of healing and hope for individuals, families and communities affected by addiction to alcohol and other drugs; and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.
Salary new (max and min)
USD $28.09 - USD $40.93 /Hr.

The Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is the nation's largest nonprofit treatment provider, with a legacy that began in 1949 and includes the 1982 founding of the Betty Ford Center. With 17 sites in California, Minnesota, Oregon, Illinois, New York, Florida, Massachusetts, Colorado and Washington, the Foundation offers prevention and recovery solutions nationwide and across the entire continuum of care for youth and adults. The Foundation includes:
• the nation's largest recovery publishing house
• a fully-accredited graduate school of addiction studies
• a dedicated addiction research center
• intensive educational programs for medical students and professionals
• community and school-based prevention programs and services
• unique family and children’s programs
• an influential institute for recovery advocacy and policy
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation
Our collective ability to meet the challenges of today and thrive in the future is directly connected to having a diverse workforce, an inclusive culture, a strong presence in diverse communities, and the provision of culturally responsive care. To that end, in early 2019, the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation embarked on a strategic and sustainable journey for change in procedures, decision-making processes and the allocation of resources.
Search our current job openings and join our team today: https://jobs.hazeldenbettyford.org/careers-home/