Vice President of Mental Health & Wellness

Vice President of Mental Health & Wellness

Brightpoint

Posting Date

August 14, 2025

Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, the Vice President of Mental Health & Wellness ("Vice President" or "VP") leads statewide planning, implementation, service monitoring and ongoing growth opportunities for Brightpoint’s mental health & wellness team in accordance with Brightpoint policies, strategic plan, and mission.

The Vice President provides strategic direction, promotes trauma‑informed best practices, identifies opportunities for improvement and growth, and leads activities to integrate our services statewide. The Vice President will integrate and grow programming to meet community needs, address emerging trends, and promote evidence‑informed practices that result in positive changes for children, youth and families across Illinois. The Vice President will also be responsible for identifying strategies to maximize funding sustainability for Brightpoint’s Mental Health & Wellness services, including maximizing Medicaid billing opportunities.

The Vice President also serves on Brightpoint Leadership Team and participates in all functions included in being a member of this team. This leader will represent Brightpoint to funders, social service organizations, and other community groups, and similarly will be expected to represent local community needs to other members of senior leadership.

It is required that the person in this position maintain strong interpersonal and communication skills, develop a strong team approach, and lead from both a position of accountability and compassion.

Key responsibilities include:

• Oversee multiple community‑centered programs that include case management, and mental health & wellness programming.
• Develop, manage, and enact strategic mental health & wellness operational plans that maximize quality, speed and efficiency of services provided to clients, as well as organizational resources and funding.
• Observe, plan, and advocate at the organizational, local, state, and federal levels as needed for the necessary resources to support mental health & wellness services.
• Seek and develop community collaborations and partnerships that support mental health and wellness through community engagement initiatives with intentional community outreach.
• Create and ensure compliance with internal and external behavioral health policies and procedures and ensure alignment with accreditation standards.
• Direct program and operational development, including community needs assessments, literature review, and research and implementation of evidence‑based best practices to inform program development and improvement.
• Oversee and complete required performance tracking and data reporting for internal program improvement planning, grants and contracts.
• Develop and manage a programmatic budget, including authorizing transactions and monthly bank reconciliations.
• Assist in developing and achieving attainable, ambitious clinical measures that promote program participant health and wellness.
• Collaborate with the leadership team using data to ensure high quality, culturally centered, trauma‑informed and integrated mental health & wellness services.
• Manage and oversee the Mental Health & Wellness, including personnel, team development, tasks, and staffing decisions.
• Lead the Mental Health & Wellness team in development and growth, including position development, individual and team performance and management, and onboarding of staff and interns.
• Provide quality weekly reflective supervision for direct leaders in the mental health & wellness program.
• Along with fellow leadership staff, establish staff training and professional development requirements and metrics, ensuring mental health & wellness support for program participants at all entry points of the organization.

The ideal candidate will have the following professional and personal qualities, skills, and characteristics:

This leader must have a rich understanding of and belief in the power of advocating for and advancing child, family, and community well‑being solutions at all levels, both internally and…