Project Coordinator - SBIRT

Horizon Career • Buffalo, NY

7d • Onsite

About The Position

Horizon is seeking a Project Coordinator to join their team. This role involves working within a supportive, team-based environment and will focus on implementing the SBIRT public health model with adolescent students. The Project Coordinator will act as a liaison between schools and HHS, manage referral processing and scheduling, coordinate trainings and meetings, and ensure proper documentation and reporting. The position also involves outreach to at-risk youth and families, obtaining necessary consents, and assisting with the development of sustainability plans for the program.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Health Services Administration or a related field required
• Exposure to managing large-scale programs, ensuring deliverables are met, and adhering to strict deadlines while working with a team.

Responsibilities

• Become familiar with the SBIRT public health model and the multiple screening tools being used as part of this program: CRAFFT 2.1+N, PHQ-A, PHQ-9.
• Act as a liaison between the schools (or other program settings) and HHS to implement SBIRT services with adolescent students including referral processing and scheduling.
• Schedule and coordinate school-based trainings and other community-based meetings that take place over the course of the grant period.
• Work with schools (or other program organizations) to communicate information about the program in emails, newsletters, and other available communications.
• Ensure consent is obtained for referrals to school-based clinics.
• Ensure all screening, intervention, consent, outcomes measures and other program-related documentation is entered into databases/dashboards/systems/SPARS in a timely manner and is stored properly.
• Assist Project Director (PD) in the development, writing and submission of grant required reports and other programmatic reports as requested.
• Make calls; perform outreach to families/providers/support services at the direction of Project Director (PD).
• Obtain and utilize screening tools in other languages and schedule interpretation services, when needed.
• Schedule referral appointments within reasonable lengths of time.
• Ensure that Family Peer and Case Management services are offered to all SAFER participant parents/ guardians at the time of referral, and schedule accordingly.
• Ensure all patient records are complete and no information or data are missing.
• Perform outreach to at-risk youth and other student groups within the catchment area to educate/engage youth in SBIRT including brief presentations and public speaking engagements.
• With PD, and Case Manager, assist with the advancement of operational and clinical objectives including implementation of Tickit Health wellness screenings within partnership schools.
• With PD and Case Manager, attend community-based meetings of relevance to the program.
• Assist to put partner agreements into place.
• Participate in developing a sustainability plan with step-by-step actions to integrate SBIRT into daily care and treatment protocols following grant period.
• Help troubleshoot problems as they arise over the course of the program.
• Maintain confidentiality of information being processed/stored/accessed for the program.
• Provide team leadership and coverage for PD when needed (facilitation of team meeting, triaging referrals, and specialized communications with referral sources).

Benefits

• 401(k) AND profit-sharing programs
• Student Loan Assistance
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• 10% discount on tuition through a partnership with Capella University for employees and their families

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level