Do you want to make a difference? Do you have a passion for helping others and want a career where you can make a difference? Then join our NTBHA team where we have proven to be a strong, self-sufficient and enduring foundation within our community that is committed to connecting and serving our clients where they live. Please apply if you want to build a career here! North Texas Behavioral Health Authority (NTBHA) is responsible for developing a collaborative system of care for children, adolescents, and adults with severe mental illness and other serious emotional disturbances, as well as those experiencing a substance use disorder in Dallas, Rockwall, Hunt, Kaufman, Ellis, and Navarro. This position's actions and work must align with NTBHA values and goals, regulations, policies, and procedures, and meet all documentation standards and regulatory requirements. The Kaufman Living Room Drop Off Coordinator provides timely intervention in the least restrictive level of care; that is comprehensive, trauma-informed, person-centered, recovery and resilience–oriented efforts, to help people in crisis gain recovery and stability in the community. Their role will primarily serve Kaufman County and requires excellent organizational and clinical skills to provide continuity of care and crisis response solutions through intersystem and interdepartmental functions, and processes through the NTBHA Utilization Management Department and community stakeholders. The Kaufman Living Room Drop Off Coordinator provides alternatives to arrest, emergency department utilization and inpatient psychiatric care. Disposition planning consists of performing complex services that includes screenings and assessments, crisis follow up, and transitional services that effectively connect individuals with mental illness and/or a co-occurring disorder to other services preventing re-emerging crisis, while eliminating barriers to treatment. The Kaufman Living Room Drop Off Coordinator actively participates in staffing's to determine best treatment options, collaborate, and work effectively with internal departments, law enforcement, state, and local hospitals, and community agencies and organizations. This position will provide skills training and case management targeting identified individual risks and needs relative to reducing recidivism, hospitalization and/or homelessness. This position specifically requires availability Monday through Friday from 12:00 PM to 9:00 PM, with occasional weekend shifts as needed. The role may also require after-hours cellular availability and flexibility to work other times and some weekends. This position requires minimal travel with an expectation of reliable transportation, plus a valid driver’s license and car insurance required. The Kaufman Living Room Drop Off Coordinator also supports the Jail Assessor program and will require one 12-hour shift per month, normally on a weekend, to meet program needs. Their role is to perform complex coordination and assessment to assist in identifying strengths and needs to eliminate barriers and to connect incarcerated clients with mental health providers in an appropriate level of care once they are released. This role begins while the individual is still incarcerated, and cooperation and coordination with outside providers and jail administrators is important.