Indian Preference in hiring is given to qualified enrolled members of Ketchikan Indian Community (KIC) and Native Americans consistent with P.L. 93-638 and in accordance with KIC policy and other applicable federal laws. 

Purpose

KIC job descriptions are a management tool to help organize duties and provide employees with the employer's expectations with regard to a specific job classification. The responsibilities listed are intended as illustrations of various types of work that may be preformed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is a reasonable assignment for the position. This job description is not an employment agreement or contract. Management has the exclusive right to alter this job description at any time without notice. 

Job Summary

This grant-based position will provide services and development of the SAMHSA Tribal Opioid Response grant for KIC Behavioral Health Department. The primary purpose of the Outreach and Peer support Coordinator position is the development and facilitation of peer support and outreach services to support treatment of opioid use disorder, and to increase opioid use disorder prevention and harm reduction for American Indian and Alaska Native people in Ketchikan Indian Community service area. This position will provide oversight of the program at the direction of the Behavioral Health Director. 

Essential Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Provide short-term and long-term intensive, therapeutic treatment services for clients with OUD. 
• Facilitate linkages to treatment and other related services. 
• Facilitate individual and group recovery support services. 
• Coordinate, prepare, and maintain required charting and documentation in a timely and thorough manner in compliance with department, state, and federal policies and regulations. 
• Develop individualized plans with measurable goals and objectives. 
• Collaborate with Behavioral Health Director and Tribal Addictions Program staff to ensure the program is targeted to the specific needs and priorities of communities affected by Opioid use disorder.
• Coordinate training opportunities for providers who serve AI/AN people with OUD.
• Analyze and write narrative/statistical reports.
• Collaborate with community partners to expand settings where AI/AN people with OUD can access recovery supports.
• Coordinate community-based harm reduction services and programs.
• Develop and facilitate prevention education.
• Coordinate community-based education and outreach activities.
•  Establish working relationships with related service agencies.
• Propose and draft policy and procedure to ensure effective delivery of program services in alignment with Behavioral Health Director and grant requirements.
• Coordinate and monitor services in compliance with tribal federal and state laws and regulations and other applicable policies and procedures.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications (Education & Experience)

• Education: High school diploma or equivalent required. 
• Experience: Minimum two years’ experience in a mental health and/or behavioral health setting.
• Lived experience as either a person in recovery from substance use disorder or a family member of someone who has/had a substance use disorder.
• Progressive responsibility in administrative/management roles that indicates ability to acquire the particular knowledge and skills needed to perform duties of this position.
• A combination of relevant experience, education, and training may substitute for education and experience requirements on a year-for-year basis.
• Certification and/or License: Required to possess a valid Alaska Driver’s license and ability to be ensured by Ketchikan Indian Community insurance provider.

Preferred Qualifications (Education & Experience)

• Education: Associate degree in Behavioral Health or related field preferred.
• Experience with the development and continuity of a behavioral health/ social work component that includes:
  • experience working the Alaska Native/American Indian communities;
  • experience in health promotion; 
• Experience in community clinic preferred and a strong commitment to multi-disciplinary teamwork;
•  Peer Support certification or Peer Support Supervisor certification.

Necessary Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities 

• Demonstrated expertise in project management.
• Ability to plan and implement projects.
• Ability to obtain support required for the implementation.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience of the healthcare and Behavioral Health field, particularly substance use disorder.
• Knowledge of state and federal guidelines for clinical programs and “best practice” techniques.
• Knowledge of community organization/development principles and processes.
• Ability to access and interpret relevant data and research.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relations with peers, public and private agencies, Tribal members, and the general public.
• Strong understanding and sensitivity to American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) Tribal culture and lifestyle, working effectively with AI/AN populations.
• Effective oral and written communication skills with sensitivity to the lifestyles of targeted participants.
• Skills in operating personal computers using a variety of computer software.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with management, coworkers, and outside contacts.
• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality and comply with all applicable federal and tribal privacy laws and KIC policy (HIPAA, HITECH, etc.).
• Ability to learn and apply program/agency operating policies and procedures.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and tasks concurrently and meet deadlines.
• Ability to work independently as well as with teams

KIC Competencies 

• Cultural Competency: To be respectful and responsive to the health beliefs, practices, and cultural and linguistic needs of KIC Tribal Members. Developing cultural competence is an evolving, dynamic process that takes time and occurs along a continuum.
• Commitment: To serve Tribal Members and set a high standard for yourself in your performance; strive for results and success; convey a sense of urgency and bring issues to closure; and stay persistent despite obstacles and opposition. 
• Customer Service: Meet/exceed the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; identify, understand, and monitor the needs of both internal and external customers; always talk and act with customers in mind; and recognize working colleagues as customers.
• Effective Communication: Ensure important information is passed to those who need to know; convey necessary information with respect, clearly and effectively orally or in writing
• Responsiveness and Accountability: Demonstrate a high level of conscientiousness; hold oneself personally responsible for one's own work; and do the required fair share of work.

Working Conditions 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that an employee must meet to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions. 

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.  The employee is frequently required to stand and/or sit. The employee is occasionally required to walk, sit, climb, or balance. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.  The noise level in the work environment is usually average.

Conditions of Hire

• Required to possess and maintain a valid driver's license or capable of obtaining one, as well as be insurable by KIC’s company insurance.

•  KIC is a Drug-Free Workplace. All employees must adhere to KIC drug and alcohol policies and procedures to ensure a safe workplace. Employees must pass a pre-employment and subsequent random and/or for cause drug and alcohol screening to be eligible for and maintain employment.

• KIC has several positions that must comply with the P.L. 101-630 Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Protection Act (ICPA); all employment offers in the "covered" classification are conditional until KIC has received a Federal criminal background check verifying eligibility to work in these programs.