Suicide Prevention Specialist I bei None

Job Purpose 

The Suicide Prevention Specialist I (SPS I) will engage with community stakeholders, including persons with lived experience, gun-owners, gun retailers, employers, educators, private businesses, local government, law enforcement, medical providers, faith-based organizations, regarding capacity building; communication and messaging; and outreach, education, and training to increase awareness and expertise related to evidence-informed gun-suicide prevention practices. The SPS will ensure the strategies and approaches utilized are tailored to the social, economic, cultural, and environmental context of individuals and communities. 

Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree in psychology, social work, counseling, nursing or human services field, OR 
• At least two years of higher education with two years of experience in psychiatric, substance use treatment or developmental disabilities; OR
• Any four-year degree with two years of experience in psychiatric, substance use treatment, or developmental disabilities. 
• Must have competency-based training on suicide prevention, interventions, and postvention as well as experience and knowledge associated with the gun-owning community. 
• Proficient in public speaking and experienced in delivering professional training.

Core Job Duties 

• Assists with developing and maintaining a coalition of community partners who share the same vision. The coalition would include traditional community partners as well as involving faith-based organizations and local businesses. 
• Performs an annual comprehensive environmental scan. 
• Ensures suicide prevention efforts align with community perspectives, culture, readiness, strengths, and needs. 
• Identifies gaps in resources and services and promotes capacity building to address these issues. 
• Provides outreach to manufacturing/construction employer's and faith leaders to promote the objectives of the program. 
• Assists manufacturing/construction employers and faith leaders in finding ways to identify suicidal behavior, strengthen social support, promote the development of coping skills, and change policies and norms to encourage help-seeking behaviors. 
• Provides education and/or training for manufacturing/construction employers and faith leaders based on their needs/ interests. Develop relationships with key community organizations so that those natural gatekeepers can identify people at risk for suicide and route them directly into services. Examples of training include: Life skills training that builds protective factors including help seeking, stress reduction, coping skills, problem-solving, and wellness; suicide risk factors, protective factors, concepts and facts; training on lethal means reduction, etc. 
• Develops linkages with clinical systems, health care providers, and programs in the community to ensure seamless and continuous care for individuals. 
• Communicates effectively with internal and external audiences. Provides evidence-informed communication, including safe messaging guidelines. 
• Conducts screenings and links individuals to appropriate treatment programs based on their need. 
• Provides support to those who have been bereaved by suicide. 
• Conduct crisis interventions including thorough assessment, least restrictive interventions and recommendations for services. 
• Will monitor person served enrolled in the pathway that are admitted to the Behavioral Health Clinics. 
• Participates in team meetings and clinical staff meetings, as scheduled.
• Provide clinical interventions to address drivers of suicide.
• Provide lethal means counseling and complete safety plan with consumer as well as ongoing reviews of plan. 
• Adherence to all applicable evidence-based practice models. 
• Orally communicate information effectively and accurately. 
• Assure program operates within the constraints of the agency’s certification (CARF, DMH) standards and strategic plan related to clinical care. 
• Abide by program and agency policies and procedures. 
• Other job duties and special projects as assigned.