Program Coordinator - Bridge

The Opportunity Alliance • Portland, ME

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Program Coordinator works in The Opportunity Alliance’s 12-bed adult residential Bridge Program, which serves homeless adults living with major mental illness, including clients with co-occurring conditions such as chronic health conditions and substance use disorders. The program uses an integrated, individualized, and client-centered approach and operates 24 hours a day with staff trained in trauma-informed care, crisis intervention, and mental health and substance use treatment.

This assistant management position provides clinical and administrative system support to direct care positions to help maintain a high standard of client care. The coordinator assists the Program Director with program oversight and provides some leadership to direct service workers. The position attends weekly program staff meetings and other meetings as needed. Work is performed, reviewed, and evaluated under the supervision of the Program Director.

This is a full-time, 40-hour-per-week evening position performed on-site in Portland, Maine. The role may require driving to meetings and trainings, meeting clients off-site within the program service area, transporting clients, or traveling to an agency location to complete work.

Requirements

• High school diploma required.
• Must become certified as a Mental Health Rehabilitation Technician 1 (MHRT1) within one year of employment and maintain required training to uphold continuous MHRT1 status.
• Must successfully pass criminal background, child protective service, sex offender, and CNA registry checks.
• Must not be on a state or federal suspension and disbarment list.
• Must pass a pre-employment physical and TB screen.
• Must be able to exert moderate physical effort, including occasional standing, walking, reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, crouching, driving, and typing, and frequent lifting and carrying of materials weighing up to 25 pounds.
• A good driving record is required.
• Must provide proof of immunization or documented immunity against rubeola (measles), mumps, rubella (German measles), varicella (chicken pox), and influenza; hepatitis B is optional. A medical exemption may be accommodated with a written statement from a licensed medical professional.

Nice To Haves

• Associate or bachelor's degree preferred.
• One to three years of experience in the mental health field is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide system support to direct care positions to help meet and maintain the highest standard of client care.
• Assist the Program Director with clinical and administrative program oversight.
• Provide some leadership to program direct service workers.
• Attend weekly program staff meetings and other meetings as necessary.
• Drive to meetings and trainings, meet with clients off-site, transport clients, or travel to an agency location as needed.

Benefits

• Generous paid time off accrual.
• Nine paid holidays per calendar year and up to three floating holidays per calendar year.
• Medical benefits at reasonable cost.
• Dental and vision insurance options.
• Agency-paid basic life insurance and short-term and long-term disability insurance.
• 403(b) retirement plan with an agency match; all employees are eligible.
• Tuition reimbursement offered once per year through an application process.
• The Opportunity Alliance is a qualified employer under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED