Excelsior wishes Terry well and welcomes Jim Uhernik

After 29 years Terry Hoffman is retiring from her position as the Admission Director at Excelsior Youth Center.

Jim Uhernik will be stepping into her position as the Director of Business Development and Admissions. Jim is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and holds a Bachelor's in Criminology from the Metropolitan State College of Denver and a Master's in Psychology from Regis University. He has worked at Excelsior for the last 10 years as a supervisor and therapist, and has also worked as an outpatient therapist at Arapahoe Douglas Mental Health and a group therapist at the Betty Marler Youth Services Center.

Working with residential treatment, community mental health and youth corrections, Jim has developed a good understanding of the various needs of referral agencies and the difficult framework they often operate in. In these tough financial times, providing treatment that is both cost-effective and conducive to supporting the stability of families can be very challenging. Jim understands that the treatment community is small and working cooperatively with agencies to provide quality care is essential.

More recently Jim has worked closely with county mental health and local human service agencies to address how Excelsior can meet their needs and provide quality treatment. Jim has been very involved in the development of new programming at Excelsior including: Short-Term Intensive Residential Treatment (Hospital Diversion); Assessment and Stabilization Program; and Day Treatment to include programming for school breaks, Structured Afternoon/Evening Care and an Enhance Day Treatment option to include In-Home Impact Family, Overnight Crisis Care and Hospital Diversion, Parenting Group, and Additional Psychological Testing and Assessment (upon request).

In 2010 Jim plans to promote Excelsior's program to both Colorado and out-of-state referral agencies and will be talking with individuals and teams about Excelsior's continuum of treatment and flexible lengths of stay.