Behavioral Health Prevention Specialist

Job Details:

Job Location:

Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe
- Kingston, WA 98346, Position Type:
Full Time - 30 - 40 hrs/week, Education Level: 4 Year Degree
- Required, Salary Range: $24.81 - $33.49 Hourly, Travel Percentage:
Occasional travel to trainings

• Project Coordination and Grant Management:
• Coordinate the development, implementation, evaluation, and continuous improvement of behavioral health prevention and wellness initiatives that address mental health, suicide, substance misuse, overdose, crisis prevention, resilience, and protective factors.
• Coordinate assigned grant activities, including goals, timelines, performance measures, deliverables, documentation, and reporting.
• Participate in community assessments, strategic planning, and program evaluation, and use findings to identify needs, service gaps, disparities, and opportunities for improvement.
• Ensure activities are culturally responsive, trauma-informed, community-driven, and consistent with applicable evidence- and practice-based approaches.
• Prevention and Community Engagement
• Plan and coordinate community-based prevention, education, cultural, social, and skill-building activities that strengthen resilience, belonging, cultural identity, healthy relationships, life skills, recovery, and overall wellness.
• Conduct outreach and engagement with Tribal youth, young adults, families, and community members, including those facing barriers to participation or services.
• Engage community members and young adults in planning and evaluating prevention activities through advisory groups, coalitions, assessments, and other opportunities for community input.
• Collaborate with cultural teachers, elders, Tribal programs, and community partners to incorporate PGST culture, traditions, values, and strengths into programming.
• Training and
  
  Education:
• Coordinate and deliver behavioral health prevention and awareness education for Tribal staff, community members, youth, families, providers, and partner organizations.
• Coordinate approved suicide-prevention and early-intervention training, including QPR, and provide education on mental health, substance misuse, overdose prevention, crisis response, protective factors, and available resources.
• Develop and maintain prevention, outreach, educational, and resource materials.
• Attend required training, meetings, and professional development to maintain knowledge and skills relevant to the position.
• Referral, Crisis Prevention, and Systems Improvement
• Assist individuals, families, staff, and community partners in identifying and connecting to appropriate behavioral health, substance use, crisis, social support, and community resources.
• Support the development and maintenance of referral and follow-up systems in coordination with clinical and program staff.
• Assist in reviewing and improving policies, procedures, protocols, and resource pathways related to prevention, crisis response, suicide prevention/postvention, referral, follow-up, and safe messaging.
• Identify systemic barriers to services and collaborate with Tribal programs and partners to strengthen access, coordination, and continuity of support.
• Partnerships and Collaboration
• Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with Tribal programs, schools, behavioral health providers, community organizations, coalitions, and local, state, federal, and Tribal partners.
• Participate in community coalitions, advisory groups, committees, and prevention initiatives that advance program objectives.
• Promote coordination and resource sharing among programs serving youth, young adults, families, and the broader community.
• Represent the program at Tribal, community, regional, state, and federal meetings as assigned.
• Data, Evaluation, and Reporting
• Collect, maintain, and…