YL Regional Outreach Coordinator of E. Oregon

YouthLine Regional Outreach Coordinator (Eastern Oregon)

Description

Status:Full-Time/Non-Exempt

Reports To:YouthLine Outreach Manager

Location:Remote position. Must live in one of the following counties: Baker Grant Malheur Morrow Umatilla Union and Wallowa.

Salary:The starting salary for this position is $25.50 per hour plus a 2% differential for living and working from Oregon. Please see below for more details on the compensation package.

About YouthLine:YouthLine is a free peer-to-peer help support and crisis line for youth ages 10-24. For over 20 years the YouthLine has helped support the mental wellness of young people prevent youth suicide and change the culture around mental wellbeing through teen-to-teen mental health support. Teen and young adult volunteers and interns receive extensive training to serve as peer counselors for other youth and are supervised by educated clinicians with extensive crisis experience. The peer experience is critical: youth best understand the experience of their peers because they are living the same experience uniquely situating them to provide meaningful impactful support for youth in crisis.

YouthLine Regional Outreach Coordinator Position Summary:This position is responsible for increasing awareness of YouthLine delivering mental health education and training and building coalitions across their region. The Coordinator will serve as a youth mental health champion delivering YouthLine lessons supporting schools on required policy and other suicide prevention initiatives through one on one technical assistance and mini-grants partnering with mental health and youth-serving organizations to better serve Oregon teens and young adults and training youth ambassadors to promote mental wellness among their peers and ensure every young person in Oregon knows about YouthLine and has access to life-saving resources when they or a friend are struggling. This individual will be assigned to work within the following Eastern Oregon Counties: Baker Grant Malheur Morrow Umatilla Union and Wallowa.

YouthLine Regional Outreach Coordinator Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate the culture of Lines for Life by modeling behavior that supports the goals and philosophies of Lines for Life and YouthLine.
• Serve as a regional youth suicide prevention and mental health champion raising awareness of YouthLine and other resources for youth-serving entities.
• Identify gaps in youth mental health and suicide prevention programming in the region and collaborate with YouthLine leaders local stakeholders and youth-serving providers to generate and implement strategies. Reassess at least annually.
• Establish and maintain relationships with schools school districts education service districts and colleges and universities in the region to enhance their suicide prevention activities.
• Deliver presentations in Oregon middle and high schools to educate students and raise awareness about youth mental health suicide self-injury depression and other related topics.
• Connect school and district personnel to local regional state and national resources for mental health support and suicide prevention and intervention.
• Facilitate and help implement educational programming on suicide prevention including peer-to-peer outreach and engagement efforts where applicable.
• Partner with YouthLines Statewide School Suicide Prevention Manager to provide technical assistance to schools on their Suicide Prevention Intervention and Postvention planning and support applications for annual School Suicide Prevention Mini-grants.
• Partner with Lines for Life Suicide Rapid Response Program to support postvention activities across the region.
• Identify and organize outreach activities to increase awareness of YouthLine across the region in accordance with the annual outreach strategy created by the Outreach Manager.
• Collaborate with the Outreach Manager and other YouthLine Outreach staff to design and implement a youth mental health ambassador program.
• Partner with schools and youth-serving organizations to recruit train guide and mentor youth mental health ambassadors in the region.
• Connect with or establish local youth mental health and suicide prevention coalitions/task forces through identifying and developing new strategic partnership opportunities that support the efforts of the YouthLine and Lines for Life.
• Engage with local and statewide legislators to promote youth mental health legislation and activities regionally and across Oregon.
• Serve as a connector between Oregon Alliance to Prevent Suicide Education Service Districts school districts mental health providers youth-serving organizations local suicide prevention coalitions and other relevant resources in the local region.
• Identify partnership opportunities and resource referrals that will support the efforts of the YouthLine program including outreach to disproportionately impacted communities such as youth of color 2SLGBTQIA youth youth in rural areas low-income youth youth with disabilities and youth with lived experience among others.
• Connect local partners with suicide prevention training and certification opportunities such as those provided by OHA Big River Program.
• Maintain and strengthen existing partnerships via collaborative meetings trainings educational presentations and outreach.
• Identify and speak at events and forums that promote mental health wellness and reducing stigma for youth in the region.
• Track data networking and progress on regional work as directed by the Outreach Manager and Director for YouthLine Oregon.
• Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor.

YouthLine Regional Outreach Coordinator Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in a related field (Social Work Counseling Teaching Education)
• At least two years of experience working with youth in schools or in mental health
• Ability to occasionally commit to overnight travel to meet obligations for the role
• Must have reliable transportation
• Experience teaching or facilitating presentations for groups
• Experience and/or skills with community engagement
• Strong aptitude for networking with a variety of communities including strong networking skills to connect the dots for community partners and resources
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Proficient with database and MS Office computer environment

YouthLine Regional Outreach Coordinator Work Schedule & Physical Requirements:

• This position will regularly work 40 hours per week typically Mondays Fridays but some schedule flexibility including working some evenings and weekends will be required to meet the responsibilities of this position.
• This position requires the ability to travel frequently. The travel will primarily be local within the assigned Oregon counties but this position may also occasionally require traveling to Lines for Lifes headquarters in Portland OR and to other regions of the state.
• This position requires high energy patience self-and other-awareness emotion-regulation and strong interpersonal communication skills as well as the ability to think analytically solve complex problems and ask for assistance when needed.

Compensation:This is a union position with a step progression based upon years of service at Lines for Life and below is the current step scale for the base rate and each step would have the $2 graduate degree differential (if applicable) the 2% differential for living and working from Oregon added onto pay when applicable:

0-3 years: $25.50

3-5 years: $27.03

5-7 years: $28.65

7-10 years: $30.37

>10 years: $32.19

Lines for Life offers a great benefits package valued at over $14750 per year $11400 in premium coverage for employee health vision and dental coverage full coverage of short and long-term disability and life insurance premiums; a competitive paid time off package; a matching 401K plan equivalent to 3% of the annual salary during the first 2 years of employment after passing the match eligibility date; as well as a flexible spending plan; an employee assistance program; a free Fitbit; public service loan forgiveness (PSLF) employment certification; and eligibility to participate in an extracurricular professional development program after 6 months of employment.

About the Organization:Lines for Life is a regional non-profit that is dedicated to preventing substance abuse and suicide. We offer help and hope to individuals and communities and promote mental health for all. Our work addresses a spectrum of needs that include intervention prevention and advocacy. We educate train and advocate to prevent issues of substance abuse mental illness and thoughts of suicide from reaching crisis levels. But when a crisis arises or support is needed we are available 24/7/365 to intervene with personalized help.

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This job description is not meant to be an all inclusive list of duties and responsibilities but constitutes a general definition of the positions scope and function in the company. Lines for Life is an equal opportunity employer.

EEO: Lines for Life strives to create a diverse inclusive environment to better represent the communities that we serve. We are an equal opportunity employer. Lines for Life shall not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity or national origin. However it shall not be a violation of this clause for Lines for Life to extend a publicly announced preference in employment to Indians living on or near an Indian reservation in connection with employment opportunities on or near an Indian reservation as permitted by 41 CFR 60-1.5.

All Lines for Life employees must be approved to work by the Oregon Department of Human Services Background Check Unit. Background checks are completed after a conditional offer of employment has been extended.