Behavioral Health Administrator Job Las Vegas area,Nevada USA,Healthcare

Career Opportunity

The city of Las Vegas invites applications for a Behavioral Health Administrator. This position provides and administers behavioral health services for city employees on work, personal, and family matters as needed and/or requested by employees or their management. This individual will provide support, assistance, information, training and individual and peer guidance; and recommend community and professional support when appropriate.

Ideal Candidate

Preferred candidates will have prior direct experience working with Fire & Rescue, EMS, Military, or Law Enforcement.

Supervision Received and Exercised

Receives direction and supervision from the department’s senior management or designee.

Selection Process

The selection process will include a review of all applications with only the most qualified participating in an interview. Final candidate selection may include a hiring interview (if applicable). Any individual offered employment may be required to complete a background check.

Essential Functions

Maintain strict confidentiality of information obtained in the course of providing Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) services and peer support. Information discussed with participants of the program will be considered privileged and confidential with the following exceptions:

The participant poses an immediate threat to self or others that would otherwise legally obligate any behavioral health clinician, in similar circumstances, as a mandatory reporter.
The participant admits to the commission of a felony crime that would otherwise legally obligate any behavioral health clinician, in similar circumstances, as a mandatory reporter.

Manage, develop, and oversee the implementation of objectives, strategies, policies, and procedures for the city's Behavioral Health programs; which assists employees who witness traumatic incidents in the course of their work; coordinates activities with other local organizations when an incident involves multiple agency response and with regional and national agencies in the event of a major emergency.

Depending on area of assignment, may direct a Peer Support Team (PST) program by creating, training, and guiding PST Volunteers, as well as, new employee hires and supervisors.

Provide crisis intervention, and mental fitness, or wellness support through guidance and referrals to appropriate resources, for city employees and their families.

Recruit and train new Peer Support Team Volunteers to provide immediate assistance to employees, and ensure necessary continuous training for those volunteers.

Provide continuous stress management resiliency through education and resource referral for all department staff to address on-going, non-critical, job-related stress; encourage proactive response to stress management.

Follow up with affected individuals and family members for a period of time, considered reasonable enough to ensure those individuals and/or their family members have suitable resources made available to them, no barriers preventing or hindering access to those resources; and the resources that are recommended are found to be suitable, effective and/or beneficial for whomever requires the resource connection..

Manage, direct, and oversee the Peer Support Team members who provide critical incident individual and group debriefings. Participate in debriefings where critical incidents have higher likelihood of causing emotional or psychological trauma.

Coordinate psychological care for employees after critical incidents, maintain contact and track progress of employees, facilitate their return to duty when appropriate.

Write specific protocols for any Peer Support Team Volunteers, defining call-out and follow-up procedures; write other program policy and procedure documents.

Develop and maintain an atmosphere of openness and approachability so employees feel comfortable discussing personal issues; visit department work locations, to give employees an opportunity to discuss concerns or issues they are facing.

Stay abreast of new developments and innovations in the field of workplace mental and emotional wellness.

Provide confidential and anonymized reports on a defined basis to the supervisor or designee that may include such information as:

Number of employees requesting support.
Number of employees referred to other services.
Types of services being provided.
Feedback regarding the benefits and/or efficacy of services provided.
Recommendations (such as addition, subtraction, or…