Refugee Health & Wellness Program Officer

OVERVIEW

The Missouri Refugee Health & Wellness Program Officer position is a part of the Missouri Refugee Health Services Office initiative to build mental / behavioral health capacity in the state of Missouri. This position will work closely with the State Refugee Health Coordinator and the Refugee Health Promotion Program Officer to build mental health capacity within mainstream mental health organizations and collect / develop health resources for service providers to address service delivery gaps in the state of Missouri. This position will also aid existing team members by enhancing efforts to expand access to client-centered, culturally affirming, trauma-informed, and evidence-based refugee physical and mental health services within current mainstream and refugee-serving infrastructures in Missouri. A big focus of this position is to engage mainstream mental health, domestic violence, and other healthcare organizations and to build capacity in the field of refugee health—building partnerships and connections among community partners at state and local levels to bridge gaps, creating seamless pathways for refugee physical and mental health services.

The Refugee Health & Wellness Program Officer will design, implement, facilitate, and evaluate statewide capacity building initiatives for refugee health and mental health through collaborative partnerships with local communities. Working closely with community partners, the program officer will use community mapping to assist in establishing and / or enhancing local refugee health and mental health coalitions so they can more easily identify health and / or mental health service enhancement opportunities and service gaps. Using data from community maps, the program officer will work with each coalition to creatively guide the development of enhanced refugee health and / or mental health service provision.

This is a remote-based position in MO and will report to the State Refugee Health Coordinator (SRHC).

This position requires significant amounts of travel to host trainings and to build coalitions and networks in the state of Missouri.

Please submit a resume with cover letter describing your interest and qualifications with your application.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collaboratively conduct physical and mental health needs assessment and create physical and mental health service maps with community partners, including local resettlement agencies, community healthcare organizations, community-based organizations, and other partners identified in the service mapping process in each of the five resettlement sites : Saint Louis, Kansas City, Springfield, Joplin, and Columbia.
• Investigate, identify and compile local health resources and services to assist with the long-term effects of physical and mental health on refugee clients. This includes addressing gaps in services, information, and capacity to service refugee clients in mental / behavioral health settings.
• Develop and administer survey tools which capture qualitative and quantitative data to demonstrate refugee mental health capacity building initiative impact in each of the five resettlement sites and establish baseline data, track initiative management data, and evaluate outcomes data, aggregating data for statewide analysis.
• Create, plan and facilitate training plans and curriculum for health and mental health-based service provider education.
• Research Medicaid policies and procedures in Missouri regarding physical / mental health services and client rights. Make Medicaid information widely available to service providers and clients. In addition, guide all initiatives based on current Medicaid policies to address gaps in services.
• Provide subject matter expertise in mental health, mental health crises and intervention with refugee populations. Serve as a designated point of contact for local resettlement agencies, clinical providers, and mainstream mental health providers regarding mental health cases by providing guidance and support in addressing refugee mental health issues on a case-by-case basis, as needed.
• Develop and sustain relationships with a variety of collaborative and invested community partners including Replacement Designee, local resettlement agencies, community healthcare organizations, community-based organizations, domestic violence organizations and others to build a coalition of providers for refugees in the state of Missouri.
• Collaboratively work with the Refugee Health Promotion Program Officer, Refugee Health Program Officer, and State Refugee Health Coordinator (SRHC), and collaborate with staff in the RD office – Missouri Office of Refugee Administration (MO-ORA), to ensure all duplication of efforts are flagged with State Refugee Coordinator (SRC).
• Provide support as needed to Refugee Health Promotion and Refugee Health Program Officers with in-person monitoring, desk audits, refugee health material preparation, online resource maintenance, invoicing, internal and federal reporting, and communications with subgrantees.
• Perform other responsibilities as assigned, and as needed by the supervisor.

All the above duties and responsibilities are essential job functions subject to reasonable accommodation. All job duties indicated are not to be an exhaustive statement, and other job-related duties may be assigned as required by the supervisor(s).

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Salary Range : $35.33.0000 To $36.33.0000 Hourly