Prevention and Recovery Program Manager in Tacoma, Washington at Puyallup Tribal Health Authority

• Monday – Friday schedule
• Medical/Dental/Vision benefits – monthly premiums paid 100% for employees
• 18+ annual paid holidays
• Generous paid sick and vacation accruals
• 401(k) with annual profit sharing
• Life & AD&D insurance coverage
• PTHA is an approved loan repayment site for various programs
• Employee Assistance Program
• Excellent work/home life balance

GENERAL FUNCTION

Manage department outreach, education, and recovery support for community. Direct planning and implementation of strength-based mental health wellness prevention and recovery activities. Provide supervision and oversite for mid-level staff of behavioral health team.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Coordinate planning, implementing and documenting suicide/mental health/addictions prevention, recovery activities, and other outreach services to meet the needs of the community.
• Participates in and is trained in suicide prevention models such as QPR, Safe Talk and CALM and can provide this training for other staff, as needed.
• Plans and coordinates suicide prevention trainings for new and existing staff, at least once per year, which includes scheduling of rooms, participants, trainers, and equipment.
• In collaboration with KCC administration, develops education materials for community and client consumption.
• Coordinate group prevention sessions for high-risk youth and their families affected by mental health and substance use disorders.
• Plan and coordinate community outreach education related to mental health/SUD prevention and recovery.
• Document and track suicide prevention activities and progress and provide required reports, by specified deadlines, using established tools and guidelines, which comply with grant and other reporting requirements.
• Participate in prevention and recovery planning meetings with other Puyallup Tribal and community agencies, who serve youth, to accomplish program, grant and agency goals.
• Participate in meetings, webinars, and calls with other departments and project staff, as needed, to obtain project related training and technical assistance.
• Supervise and oversee client advocate, peers, school counseling team, and others as appropriate.
• Maintain current, accurate and detailed records for each client contact, in accordance with WAC and other accreditation guidelines.
• Establish reporting mechanism with detailed plan/reports submitted to Program Director 45 days prior to scheduled event and within 10 business days following an event.
• Utilize and provide established marketing materials at events, or create other related mental health materials, on topics such as: stigma reduction, recovery, and health promotion.

• Master's degree in Counseling, Social Work or related field
• One (1) year experience in behavioral health planning
• Experience training others and ability to supervise others
• Knowledge of behavioral health case management, peer work, at-risk populations, and ability to work with youth and families
• Two (2) years experience working independently and demonstrated ability to develop flyers, education materials and infographics
• Proficient with MS Office Suite and developing detailed reports
• Experience and/or ability to work with electronic health record systems
• Must be able to obtain a current WA State Counselor license upon hire
• Experience in tribal communities preferred