Quick Response Team Coordinator

Who are you?

You are a professional who has attained any combination of education, training and work experience which indicates possession of the skills, knowledge and abilities needed to perform the job requirements listed. An example of an acceptable qualification is a HSD/GED with personal lived experience in the mental health/substance abuse system. You will have an Ohio driver's license, maintain auto insurance, earn CPR/First Aid certification, and be willing to submit to background check and fingerprinting 

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Under direction of the Criminal Justice Supervisor, you will oversee all aspects of Hancock County's Opiate Response team grant. You will work with clients and families who have overdosed on opiates and possess the ability and interest in the engagement phases of service. You will also have the ability to effectively work with clients with high resistance, denial, or impairment due to chronic dependence. 

How you'll make a difference in this role: 

• You will work with recovery providers to create “fast tracks” to treatment and recovery via the development of referrals that triage clients having an overdose event. 
• Receive overdose event data and schedule visits within 72 hours. 
• Work with the Health Department to coordinate the disbursement of Naloxone to patient/clients. 
• You will provide a wide array of culturally proficient, recovery oriented, and trauma interventions. 
• Provide engagement services that are meet the needs of age, gender, language, sexual orientation, ethnicity and cultural background 
• Record, compile and examine visitation and event data as outlined in the grant. 
• Provide follow-up contact to all non-referred clients to identify linkages to community resources that reinforce the recovering person. 
• Provide follow-up contact to all treatment referred clients to ensure there is a treatment “home” and appropriate recovery services after withdrawal management is completed. 
• You will assist the client by eliciting community resources to addressing barriers to treatment engagement until a hand-off can be made including obtaining funding, scheduling initial appointments, and transportation to and from appointments. 

Who are we?

We are a team of passionate individuals who provide prevention and specialized behavioral health and substance abuse services to individuals, children and families in our multicultural communities to strengthen family life and promote personal growth. We offer a nurturing environment focused on personal growth and self-care through trainings and the development of skills. Our agency is dedicated to supplying employees with the necessary skills and tools necessary to be successful in their roles.

Our employees are offered Health Insurance, Health Savings Account (HSA), Teladoc, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, Life and AD&D Insurance, Voluntary Life Insurance, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), PTO, Paid Holidays, and 403(b) Retirement.

Family Resource Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug Free Work Place, a policy which prohibits the use, possession, and/or distribution of medical marijuana in the workplace. We base employment on qualifications, merit, and organizational/community need. Our goal is to be a diverse workforce representative of the citizens we serve

We'd love to hear from you. Click "apply" to submit your resume and then learn more about us by visiting our website at https://www.frcohio.com/