BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COORDINATOR

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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 training materials and conducting training in behavioral techniques.

• Two (2) years of professional experience communicating with internal and external stakeholders on complex cases.

Conditions of Employment

• Requires ability to pass the IDHS background check.

• Requires ability to pass a drug screen for drugs prohibited from recreational use under Illinois Law.

• Requires the ability to serve as Administrator on Duty (AOD) after business hours, weekends and holidays on a rotating basis.

• Requires the ability to physically restrain individuals as necessary to prevent injury to individual or others.

• Requires the ability to utilize office equipment, including personal computers.

• Requires the ability to travel in the performance of job duties.

• Requires the ability to report to the facility to assist with emergency situations after business hours, weekends and holidays.

• This position has been found to meet the requirements in section 4A-101 of the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act requiring the occupant/employee to file a Statement of Economic Interest. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act (5 ILCS 420/4A et seq.) requires certain state officials and employees to file annual Statements of Economic Interest with the Office of the Secretary of State that will be made available for examination and copying by the public. All employees required to file a Statement of Economic Interest are also required to file the Supplemental Statement of Economic Interest with the Executive Ethics Commission. (See Executive Order 15-09) Fines and penalties apply to untimely filings.

*All conditions of employment listed are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description.