Mental Health Outreach Coordinator

University of Colorado•Colorado Springs, CO

1d•$43,467 - $56,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS) is seeking a Mental Health Outreach Coordinator to join their Wellness Center team. This role is part of an integrated care model that includes physical health, mental health, nutrition, and wellness promotion. The coordinator will help implement wellness programs with a focus on mental health, collaborating with campus partners to foster a culture of wellbeing for faculty, staff, and students. Responsibilities include providing case management services, connecting students with on- and off-campus resources, and supporting the CARE team. The position requires adherence to departmental standards, practices, and UCCS training requirements, including HIPAA and FERPA.

Requirements

A master’s degree in from an accredited university in Health Promotion, Public Health, Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, or similar field is required.
Experience in a role that includes establishing relationships with key stakeholders including students, employees and administrators is required (professional or student experience accepted).
Demonstrated experience in establishing resources and managing individual cases for mental health needs.
Must adhere to the expectations and professional responsibilities of the department.
Must employ the standards, practices, and procedures of the department.
Must complete and comply with UCCS training requirements including HIPAA and FERPA.

Nice To Haves

Candidates that are fluent in Spanish and can provide services to UCCS community in Spanish are highly desired.
Post-graduate training and certifications in a mental health, health/wellness-related field (e.g. QPR, HeartMath, Certified Peer Educator, Health Coach, Mental Health First Aid, or BASICS).
Experience working in a higher education wellness field.

Responsibilities

Collaborates within and across disciplines and departments to plan and execute wellbeing initiatives, programs and events.
Provides resources and trains faculty, staff and students on resiliency, belonging and mindfulness practices and partners with faculty to implement practices into classroom curriculum.
Works with a team of students and professionals to develop promotional and educational program materials, and at times may create marketing, and social media posts.
Creates and administers assessment measures for wellness promotion programs and ensures program specific data is collected from Wellness Promotion events.
Creates, schedules, and delivers interactive trainings, workshops, and classroom presentations on a variety of mental health and wellbeing topics in collaboration with other campus partners.
Serves as speaker/consultant to other university departments, committees, or organizations, as well as to relevant community groups on mental health and other health and wellness topics that may include sleep, stress management, physical activity, substance use, etc.
Contributes and assists department leadership with strategic planning efforts and implementation.
Provides ongoing Skills for Optimizing Student Success (SOS) individual meetings, group sessions, presentations and campuswide education.
Collaborates closely with the Dean of Student’s Office within the scope of case management duties.
Attends all Student Support meetings through the CARE team to connect students with on- and off-campus resources.
Attend the CARE team meeting, as needed, when the Lead Case Manager is unable to attend to help determine if students on CARE team would benefit from the case manager’s support. Then collaborate and coordinate with the Dean of Students’ Office, to provide the most thorough and effective support possible.
Attend to referrals from Wellness Center staff to research, find, and connect the best resources that are accessible for our students. These resources may be clinical in nature (e.g. student is graduating, so they need to find a community clinician they can work with, based on their insurance coverage, clinical needs, financial and transportation needs, etc.); or they may be non-clinical (e.g. connecting the student with TESSA’s legal team, or helping the student find a low-income housing option, etc.).
Taking self-referrals from UCCS staff and faculty and then determining the needs of the community members and connecting them with the appropriate resources and services in the community.
Carrying out needs assessments for each individual case so that an appropriate level of care is determined and planned. This may be carried out solo with interviews, or if there is a need for assessment of clinical mental health condition, in collaboration with the WCMHS clinicians who serve on the CARE team.
If there is a need, helping students practice emotion regulation skills, basic assertiveness, and other interpersonal skills to be able to improve accessibility of resources.
Once the referrals are made, following up with each case to make sure the needs are met; if not, continuing to work with the case until the established services and the resources start to benefit the individual.