Behavioral Health Coordinator (Credentialed)

The Behavioral Health Coordinator provides behavioral health support for youth and families experiencing homelessness, connections to community resources, and education for staff and shelter guests. The Behavioral Health Coordinator also oversees and supervises student interns from MSW and counseling programs.

The Behavioral Health Coordinator actively engages in Mary’s Place racial equity work – striving for equitable outcomes and taking responsibility for creating, maintaining, and affirming communities for people of color, immigrants and refugees, trans and gender-non-conforming people, and other populations routinely encountering systemic oppression.

This is a full-time, non-exempt position that reports to the Supportive Services Director. This position requires flexibility to work some weekends, evenings and holidays. This position will work out of multiple Mary’s Place sites around King County, including Downtown Seattle and Burien. The annual salary range is $40-45 per hour, DOE.

Key Responsibilities

Direct Behavioral Health Support (50%)

· Directly engage with youth and families experiencing homelessness; provide triaged behavioral healthcare support, resource referrals, education, safety planning, crisis management, and warm handoffs to internal and external partners; support youth and families to enroll in behavioral healthcare with community providers

· Host regular office hours at multiple Mary’s Place shelter locations; meet with shelter guests and coach Mary’s Place staff

· Apply motivational interviewing techniques, as well as trauma-informed care, strengths based, harm reduction, and equity principles, in all interactions with families; ensure that services are client-led

· Use Mary’s Place systems to maintain appropriate records and documentation; monitor completion of health-related goals for youth and families

Behavioral Health Consultation (30%)

· Provide regular consultation to Behavioral Health Specialists

· Coach and provide consultation to Mary’s Place staff on challenging behavioral health situations

· Regularly attend internal meetings to coordinate care for youth and families

· Develop partnerships with community-based agencies; maintain up-to-date lists of resources and supportive services that youth and families can be referred to, specifically focused on BIPOC-led and centered organizations

· Create and facilitate staff trainings on best practices for engaging with youth and families experiencing trauma, crisis, and behavioral health challenges

· Consult with the Mary’s Place Youth Services Team to implement culturally relevant and age-appropriate programming

Behavioral Health Care Internship Program (20%)

· Manage the Mary’s Place Behavioral Health internship program—establish the necessary structure and guidelines for the internship program; maintain ongoing communication with and reporting to colleges and universities to meet internship program requirements

· Coordinate and serve as the primary point of contact universities—recruit and establish partnerships; oversee student recruitment; interview, select, and onboard interns

· Supervise MSW and/or counseling student interns—conduct regularly scheduled supervision meetings and coach interns based on their performance

This position description generally describes the principal functions of the Behavioral Health Coordinator position, the level of knowledge and skills typically required, and the general scope of responsibility. It is not intended as a complete list of specific duties and responsibilities and should not be considered an all-inclusive listing of work requirements. Individuals will perform other duties as assigned.