BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COORDINATOR

​Agency: Department of Human Services
Class Title: PUBLIC SERVICE ADMINISTRATOR - 37015 
Skill Option: Health and Human Services 
Bilingual Option: None 

Opening Date:  11/13/2024
Closing Date/Time: 11/26/2024
Salary: Anticipated Salary: $8,164 - $9,604 per month ($97,968 - $115,248 per year)
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time 
County: Kankakee
Number of Vacancies: 1
Plan/BU: None

 

 

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Posting Identification Number  42499

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Position Overview

The Division of Developmental Disabilities is seeking to hire an energetic and detail-oriented Behavioral Health Coordinator to plan, develop, organize and administer Behavioral Health Functions for the Shapiro Center located in Kankakee, Illinois. This position will provide direction and consultation services on completion of functional analyses and subsequent development implementation of Behavioral Intervention Plans for individuals served at Shapiro. The Shapiro Center serves a broad spectrum of individual with behavioral and medical needs. The Shapiro Center strives to provide equitable access to social/human services, supports, programs and resources to enhance the lives of all who we serve.

Essential Functions

• Serves as Behavioral Health Coordinator.

• Serves as full-line supervisor.

• Serves as liaison with consulting psychiatrist and primary physician.

• Monitors and supervises the Interdisciplinary Team Leaders.

• Serves on Shapiro Center Administrative and Executive Committees.

• Serves as liaison to Community Agencies.

• Serves as Administrator on Duty (AOD) after business hours, weekends and holidays on a rotating basis.

• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires knowledge, skill and mental development equivalent to completion of four (4) years of college.

• Requires three (3) years of progressively responsible administrative experience in a health or human services organization.

Preferred Qualifications

• Three (3) years of professional experience planning, developing, organizing and administering Behavioral Health functions for a public or private organization. 

• Three (3) years of professional supervisory experience, including assigning work, providing guidance to subordinates, recommending counseling and/or discipline following collective bargaining agreements, training staff and approving time off. 

• Three (3) years of professional experience exercising judgment and discretion in recommending policies and procedures relative to behavioral health. 

• Three (3) years of professional experience recommending behavioral intervention plans for a public or private organization.

• Three (3) years of professional experience designing trainin