Community Wellness Coordinator

Community Wellness Coordinator

Lyda Hill Institute for Human Resilience

Salary/Pay Range: $49,303 - $66,000 annually. This position is Exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime provisions.

Work Location: Hybrid

Summary

The Community Training and Empowerment Division of the Institute focuses on education, training, and program development to promote community level strength and resilience. Currently, the CTE division runs: 1) Peer Support programming for many organizations across the state, 2) the GRIT community training program, 3) resilience workshops/training, and 4) trauma course sequence (101-102)

Essential Functions

• Consult, develop, implement, and support expansion of the GRIT program based on requirements from the County funding. Provide in-person and virtual trainings on GRIT curriculum and program. Coordinate ongoing tracking, communication, and connection with GRIT Coaches. Collaborate with institute partners on joint projects involving the GRIT program.
• Consult, develop, implement community trainings and workshops covering topics including, but not limited to, peer support, stress, trauma, resilience, team building, and interpersonal skills.
• Work with interested organizations to develop and deliver custom trauma/stress/resilience focused trainings and workshops.
• Provide support for current Peer Support program participants.
• Deliver Peer Support Initial Certification curriculum training developed by the Lyda Hill Institute to program participants as well as necessary on-going/follow-up training.
• Provide clinical support consulting to trained Peer Supporters.
• Serve as a liaison between the Lyda Hill Institute and the contracted agencies utilizing its Peer Support Program.
• Reach out to new organizations that might be interested in peer support to potentially generate new contracts.
• Assist, as time permits, in other projects that the LHIHR is involved in.

Qualifications

• Must have a Master's degree in clinical psychology, Counseling, or other behavioral health fields OR Substitution (Bachelor's degree in clinical psychology, Counseling, or other behavioral health fields AND two years post-graduate experience in the mental health field.)
• Must have experience developing and providing training on psychological topics.
• Experience working in a team environment is required.
• Experience with Program Development is required.
• Must have experience in providing team building and organizational performance trainings.
• Experience with community disaster related issues including providing community support, with common psychological difficulties (i.e., substance abuse and dependence, suicide risks, depression, and anxiety) and stress/trauma specific challenges (including family violence, anger issues, and work-related stress) is required.