We care about your working environment, especially in these challenging times. BMHTH commits to a healthy work/home balance and understands that the conditions of serving stigmatized patient populations are more than challenging right now. As a nonprofit, we are mission-focused on improving individual and community public health. We want you to feel fulfilled as a staff member, not burn out. All permanent positions over 20 hours weekly come with health insurance and a 10 percent benefit payment toward certain programs, including retirement accounts, 529 tuition savings plans, and/or child care service expenses. All full-time positions accrue 160 hours of personal time annually, and receive 12 holidays a year. Please see our positions listed below.
Outreach Coordinator, Latinx Naloxone Distribution Program (2 positions, temporary status)
This is a call for two temporary staff on a short (6 months) status. One position is full-time and one is part-time. Pay for each is $23/hour.
Candidates must be fluent Spanish speakers. Work involves training organizational staff at Latinx-focused groups, and Spanish-speaking laypeople on how to identify opioid overdose and respond using naloxone. These positions will lead organizational trainings, promote the naloxone program, and work to distribute at least 3,000 kits of naloxone before July 2023. BMHTH will train the staff supporting this short-term program.
Candidates should expect to travel regionally to provide trainings and teach people how to use naloxone in an opioid overdose event. They may also be engaged in promotional events and broadcasts in the greater region.
Expectations include reliability and consistency, an engaging approach to public communications, and a willingness to teach others who may be hearing about overdose reversal for the first time.
The positions also include reporting on attempted and successful engagements with laypeople, tracking of naloxone medication, and excellent written and oral communication.
To apply, email Everett at e.maroon@bmh2h.org with a resume and a cover letter.
Case Manager, Arrest and Jail Alternatives Program (Walla Walla)
This position coordinates with other case managers, an outreach manager, and supervisors on the Law Enforcement-Assisted Diversion (LEAD) Case Management team, supporting people with behavioral health issues in Walla Walla County. The case manager will also closely liaise with mental health providers, opioid treatment staff, and outside partners in behavioral health. Starting salary range for this position is $50,000–$54,000 gross compensation per year, plus BMHTH benefits listed above.
Duties:
- Understand and adhere to national LEAD Model guidance for case management and trauma-informed care practices
- Ensure confidentiality of all Blue Mountain Heart to Heart (BMH2H) clients, current and former
- Provide intensive case management and referral services for health care needs, social safety net services, and other appropriate care as provided by BMH2H and partnering agencies
- Provide timely, accurate, and complete reporting on cases in Julota or other health records systems, subject to regular review by supervisory staff, funding organization staff, and/or Executive Director or their designee.
- Offer wraparound services to clients for housing support, food and nutritional assistance, workforce re-entry assistance, mental health support, substance use treatment referrals, and other support as needed
- Liaise regularly with program stakeholders on the Operations Work Group, and communicate with them regarding client progress
- Attend LEAD case management training as requested and required by funding organizations
Expectations:
- Timely reporting to work
- Clear written and oral communication with supervisor, coworkers, clients, and contract holders
- Regular visits with clients, either in the office or at their homes
- On-time, accurate, and complete paperwork support for clients in the form of case notes, applications for services, and paper file requirements
- “No surprises” communication
- Trauma-informed practices and communication with coworkers and clients
- Active engagement at work to enhance program delivery and provide quality services
- Initiative taking in continuing education and HIV-specific training
- Able to work independently and as part of a team
Qualifications:
- High school diploma or equivalent required, 2–5 years’ experience working in social services preferred
- Must have driver’s license
- Bilingual applicants preferred
- Candidates with lived experience with substance use preferred
- Commitment to anti-stigmatizing communication with clients and client candidates
To apply, email Everett at e.maroon@bmh2h.org with a resume and a cover letter.
Community Health Nurse, Drug User Health Equity Programs (Walla Walla, Temporary 6-Months)
This is a call for a temporary staff position on a short (6 months) status. Position is flexible for either part-time or full-time status. Job may convert to permanent status at the agreement of both parties, later in 2023. Pay is hourly at $41/hour.
Duties:
- Support street-health, drug user health, and rural outreach programming, including mobile clinic services
- Support BMHTH providers and physician in low-barrier buprenorphine and vaccination programs as needed
- Conduct HIV, hepatitis C, and STI testing, with relevant prevention education and referrals to services for reactive results
- Follow all state and federal regulations and laws relating to harm reduction activities and confidentiality protections, including HIPAA and CFR 42
- Ensure confidentiality and/or anonymity of all program participants who access any prevention and harm reduction services
- Collect accurate transaction data to assist monthly reporting requirements to Washington State Department of Health, University of Washington, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and other collaborators
- Conduct naloxone distribution to laypeople, and support site managers at BMHTH syringe services program sites in their work to train local responders in naloxone administration to the public
Expectations:
- Timely reporting to work
- Clear written and oral communication with supervisor, coworkers, clients, and contract holders
- On-time, accurate, and complete paperwork support for clients, BMH2H, and its contract holders
- “No surprises” communication
- Trauma-informed practices and communication with coworkers and clients
- Active engagement at work to enhance program delivery and provide quality services
- Excitement that you’re helping the community!
Qualifications:
- Active nursing credential required, may be encumbered, 3+ years experience preferred
- Bilingual applicants preferred
- Candidates with lived experience with substance use preferred
- Commitment to anti-stigmatizing communication with clients and client candidates
To apply, email Everett at e.maroon@bmh2h.org with a resume and a cover letter.
Blue Mountain Heart to Heart is a 501(c)3 nonprofit headquartered in Walla Walla, WA. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, and our statement of nondiscrimination reads: Eligibility for employment and advancement or promotion and entitlement to benefits accruing there from shall be without regard to race, sex, age, color, creed, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, or disability.
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