Colorado Nonprofit Association

Mental Health & Wellness Coordinator

The Center for African American Health is a community-based nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering the Black community to make informed health decisions that benefit the whole person through education, collaboration, and advocacy. We are looking for detail-oriented and organized team members who excel in fast-paced nonprofit environments, are interested in working to promote community health through inquiry, innovation, and impact and in joining a well-respected, high-impact organization with a rich historyof community service. Under the supervision of the Director of Programs, the Mental Health & Wellness Coordinator will act as a guide,connecting individuals and families experiencing mental health needs with appropriate community resources, providing information about availableservices, and assisting them in navigating the processes of accessing care, bycoordinating with various providers and supports systems to ensure comprehensive support.

Primary Roles and Responsibilities

Care coordination with mental healthand medical providers to improve access and continuity of care (may include virtual visits, assistance in attending
appointments or other activities that support continuity of care.)

Impact healthier individual and family outcomesthrough:

• Creating referrallinkages with providers and community organizations
• Identifying providersto implement communityresources, health, and wellnessevents and/or educational programs that address barriers to care and
  resources
• Enhance stakeholder knowledge.
• Ensure that all case files and otherrecords strictly comply with policies,regulations, and HIPAA procedures
• Develop relationships with publicagencies and community-based organizations to build knowledge of the resources available
  to community stakeholders
• Maintain and update resourcesin the community resource inventory database
•  § Assist in addressing membersbarriers to care, resources, and encourage/foster relationships with their providers and
  agencies
• § Work closelywith community and to complete needs assessments, help families,
  provide caregivers with access to vital resources in the community, facilitate
  programs to support the community, and build cross-cultural connections
• § Collect client information and demographics as defined by organization/grant standards to accurately assess eligibility of resources
• § Manage relationships with partner organizations and develop systemsto ensure coordination
• and communication betweenthe organization and partners’ staff
• § Document activities and record information, such as the number of participants attending and completing programs, presentations conducted, and persons
  assisted
• § Maintain databases, mailing lists, telephone networks, and otherinformation to facilitate the functioning of health resource navigation and education
  programs
• § Work as a memberof the team, willingly providingback-up support for co-workers when appropriate and actively supporting
  organizational and group goals
• § Balance conflicting priorities to manageworkflow, ensure the completion of essential projects, reports, and meet critical
  deadlines

 Requirements/Qualifications

§ Master’s degreein Behavioral Science,Social Work, Healthand Human Services, related field, or an equivalent
combination of education and experience

§ 5+ years of experience in behavioral health,
crisis interventions and evaluations and working with individuals and about
services to behavioral health patients

§ Licensure seeking candidates are encouraged to
apply

§ Demonstrated abilityto work and build relationships with personsand groups of diverse racial, ethnic, and economic
backgrounds, communities

§ Strong writing and communication skills,including the abilityto convey information in a clear and concise manner