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Job Title: Behavioural Health Regional Coordinator (80%Remote & 20% Travel)
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Duration: 12+ Months
Job Type: Corp-Corp / 1099 / Contract W2
Rate: $38/hr on 1099
Interview type: Web Cam
Client: State of Indiana
Note: Position will be approx. 65-80% remote, flexible schedule. May be required to travel to Indianapolis on occasion
Job Description:
Disaster Behavioral Health Regional Coordinator with a strong focus on consistent and on-going community engagement, trust building, training. Southern Indiana
Vision: The Mission of the Indiana's Disaster Behavioral Health (DBH) Program is to ensure consistent, comprehensive, and compassionate care for all folks in Indiana experiencing a natural or human-caused disaster. Resilience and Emotional Support Teams (REST) will be comprised of a diverse and skilled team, staffed locally and ready to provide psychological first aid and referrals for continued support and community wide opportunities to process the effects of natural or human-caused disasters. This will be facilitated through a strong focus on consistent and on-going community engagement, trust building, training.
Major Objectives: This individual will have successfully completed their role if by end of contract:
District REST members have completed all training requirements.
District REST is administratively compliant, and leadership have been trained on how to maintain an administratively compliant team.
District REST received and signed for custody of kits.
Successfully complete one tabletop, district, and regional exercise with District REST within assigned region.
Additional REST members from community identified and trained.
Collaborative relationships created with local stakeholders.
Integration with District Health Care Coalition, local emergency management and public safety.
Assess and plan for 988 integration and collaboration. and implemented based on their capacity, need and resources.
Completed Vulnerability Assessment for each district within region and REST leadership are trained to update and complete new assessments as needed.
Deliverables:
All written materials provided to District REST within region.
Training conducted with District Coordinators and Assistant Coordinators on the following topics:
o Administrative Requirements ServeIN set up and training.
o Training Requirements Support completion of online training and facilitate/schedule all required in-person training by helping all teams get FEMA Student Identification Numbers and completing all required NIMS courses (outlined in training manual)
o Operational Requirements Train and rehearse activation, responses and integration with local emergency management, law enforcement, EMS and health care. Test communication paths from local response to State and identify any problems.
Distribute kits to District REST.
Complete tabletop, district, and regional exercises. Exercises will be created in collaboration with State and local Disaster Behavioral Health staff.
Local stakeholder list created with contact information.
Assessment of districts ability to integrate with 988 and mobile crisis along with plan for increased integration at appropriate points.
Guide completion of District Vulnerability Assessment and train on updating for future assessments.
Reoccurring Tasks:
Meet monthly with State Director of Disaster Behavioral Health to report team development progress, barriers, needs and goals.
Meet regularly, both in-person and virtual with District REST leadership and members.
Meet with 988 teams to plan for appropriate integration points with 988 and mobile crisis.
Other duties as assigned.
Supervisory relationships: Reports to the State Director of Disaster Behavioral Health
Qualifications and Experience:
Bachelor's degree or advanced degree in business, communication, philanthropy, or education.
Experience facilitating, scheduling, and providing training.
Experience and familiarity with National Incident Management Structure and Incident Command Structure. Completion of NIMS IS 100, 200, 700, 800*.
Completion of Psychological First Aid*.
Experience with relationship building, community trust building, and grass-roots organization development.
Skills and knowledge required:
Interpersonal communication
External engagement
Conflict resolution
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