Position Summary:

The Zero Suicide Project Director serves as a member of the Leadership team of WestCare Tennessee and works to ensure the delivery of quality services to the WestCare Tennessee Zero Suicide program. The Project Director will provide direction and oversight to their staff regarding the community-based suicide prevention efforts to meet the needs of participants through outreach, suicide prevention services, and connection to community resources.

 

Essential Job Functions:

 

Embraces and embodies the mission, vision, guiding principles, and goals of WestCare Tennessee. Serves as the primary contact to the Grants Project Officer. Uphold strict confidentiality of individual information. Responsible for implementation of all activities including oversight of project components, managing program budget, and daily operations. Able to implement existing, new, or additional programs that could comply with funding criteria. Responsible for implementation of WestCare Tennessee agency policies and staff adherence to agency polices for compliance in collaboration with the TN Regional Administrator. Hire program staff according to the grant application. Conduct staff orientation and training on a regular basis as well as professional and vocational improvements which shall include the WestCare Tennessee required eLearnings and other program related trainings. Supervises Zero Suicide staff in planning, implementation, and delivery of prevention, treatment, recovery and harm reduction services to eligible participants. Ensure employee reviews are performed in a timely manner. Ensure the program aligns with the TN Zero Suicide Strategy for Preventing Suicides. Review and approve the Individual Service Plan (ISP) for participants. Review and approve the Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) with participants. Participates in the development of individualized resident care plans. Participates in clinical staffing decisions regarding the participants current strengths and resources and their need for additional resources. Develops a comprehensive social history and psychosocial assessment that includes the participants problems, strengths, and preferences, including cultural, religious, and ethnic background and implications for the care plan. Orients participants and families to the facility, its services, its limitations, and the participants rights. Completes mandatory documentation within timelines established by applicable regulations. Facilitates the social and psychological well-being of participants and their families. Mediates issues that arise among participants, families, and staff. Coordinates visits with facility mental health providers and makes resident referrals. Plans discharge and/or transfers to ensure appropriateness and continuity of care. Involves the entire facility in meeting Patients' psychosocial needs. Ensure that all shift duties are completed promptly and following WestCare procedures. Attend in-person and virtual program conferences and meetings, community meetings, and events as deemed necessary. Schedule weekly staff team meetings either virtually or in-person to discuss updates, successes, barriers or challenges to meeting grant requirements and plan service activities. Conduct monthly meetings with invited community leaders including grant partners to serve as your suicide prevention committee to maintain connections and receive recommendations in continuing to serve eligible participants. Assist in implementing a public health approach that blends community-based prevention with evidence-based clinical strategies through community efforts. Promote and provide health and wellness of eligible participants. Work directly with federal, state, and local representatives and other service agencies building lasting relationships to increase referrals and support for sustainability of services. Establish, develop and maintain positive working relationships with community partners that include the school system, law enforcement, local, federal, state, grantors, community stakeholders and other businesses and agencies. Serve as community contact person to conduct program presentations and updates building new relationships that will support the Zero Suicide grant activities and services. Maintain strong professional relationship boundaries with individuals served and organizations/ community agencies who refer individuals to WestCare Tennessee. Serve as a representative of WestCare Tennessee at community events, meetings, workshops and activities. Gather and compile appropriate materials to create Public Service Announcements (PSA) and media campaigns that promote the program goals and objectives and to work collaboratively with local radio and tv stations. Review weekly reports for scheduled activities/meetings from each staff confirming staff workplans align with grant performance measures and data collection requirements. Provide a weekly report to TN Regional Administrator reporting the programmatic progress to ensure overall success. Review all curricula, training resources and program material for culturally and linguistically appropriateness. Recruit and train community volunteers who may assist within the program. Gathers appropriate data to generate the required grant reporting in a timely manner. Assist in finding additional funding opportunities for maintaining and sustaining the program and activities. Prepare and submit monthly Zero Suicide activity reports to both Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and to the Regional Administrator of Tennessee using required data tracking systems or reporting forms. Monitor program expenditures to maintain proper inventory of supplies and equipment to ensure supply orders and program activities remain within budgetary limits. Work closely with Research Assistant, and WestCare Foundation Evaluation team regarding the collection of data and reporting of program outcomes. Perform additional tasks that support a productive office workflow as deemed necessary by the TN Regional Administrator.