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AWARE Project Manager

Coordination of the Native AWARE grant to develop a sustainable infrastructure for school-based mental health resources.

Job Description:

This is a community-based position that will manage the daily coordination of the Native AWARE grant to develop a sustainable infrastructure for school-based mental health resources and services. Position will assist with leveraging partnerships to implement mental health- related promotion, awareness, prevention, and intervention activities to support school-aged youth with access and connection to appropriate behavioral health services.  

Duites:

• Collaborates and communicates with all stakeholders (i.e. students, staff, families, educators and school administrators, leadership entities, etc.) for the purpose of promoting healthy social and emotional development of school-aged youth, preventing student violence, and ensuring the successful implementation of Native AWARE goals and deliverables.
• Oversees program budget and spending in collaboration with SOC Director and Finance Department, ensuring appropriate use of grant funds and compliance with SAMHSA and tribal fiscal policies.
• Provides ongoing professional development, mentorship, and training opportunities to prevention staff to build capacity for effective and culturally responsive service delivery.
• Facilitates staff meetings, one-on-one check ins, and other administrative meetings for the purposes of fostering a strong and conducive work environment, collaborating and communicating effectively with appropriate partners, and ensuring access to mental health supports for school-aged youth across schools and community.
• Guides Native AWARE outreach and recruitment efforts, and oversees marketing of AWARE services to promote access to mental health supports, reduce stigma of mental illness, and increase awareness of local resources.
• Develops internal monitoring processes to ensure mental health-related promotion, awareness, prevention and intervention activities are implemented for identified students.
• Collects, analyzes and summarizes relevant school data for the purpose of monitoring behavioral and academic challenges, identifying students in need of supports, learning behavioral trends and implementing appropriate mental health supports, and advocating for students across LEAs.
• Ensures completion of all program reporting for the purpose of maintaining compliance with all tribal and federal requirements.
• Develops, updates, and monitors implementation of MOUs with identified LEAs for the purposes of ensuring bi-directional collaboration, stakeholder involvement, data sharing, and implementation of mental health activities and services by community-based providers (Native AWARE, Project Venture, Behavioral Health) at school sites.
• Provides input to LEA school administrators on school safety and threat/violence prevention plans, and makes recommendations for school policies related to addressing student social-emotional, mental health, behavioral, and academic needs. 
• Attends internal and external meetings focused on school integration efforts and mental health, and serves as a liaison to educational institutions.
• Develops sustainability plan with guidance from SOC and HW Administrators which will support long-term in-school mental health services and infrastructure.
• Works closely with the AWARE School Mental Health Administrator (SMHA) to strategize and ensure in-school mental health and substance abuse services are addressing needs of the students and their families
• Utilizes monitoring and evaluation plans, data collection, and continuous quality improvement for the purpose of assessing and evaluating the program to meet grant requirements, ensuring high quality standards of care, and ensuring the desired outcomes of education and behavioral health services.

Additional Responsibilities:

This position description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties performed by this employee.  He or she will be required to follow any other instructions or to perform any other duties requested by his or her supervisor.

Qualifications:

• Education:  Bachelors in Project Management, Social Work, Public Administration, Psychology or related field; or, an AA/ AS in a related field with 5 years of related supervisory or grant experience in the field of education, mental health, substance abuse, social work, or counseling.
• Experience/Basic Knowledge: Knowledge and sensitivity to American Indian mental health issues and ability to develop culturally affirming services. Demonstrated experience of statewide and local public education systems; Knowledge of behavioral health systems and ability to be a contributing member of an integrated mental health care team. Demonstrated program management style that elicits dedicated efforts from staff and fosters collaboration. Ability to implement continuous quality improvement practices. Strong written and oral communication. Proficient in the use of technology. Detailed oriented.  
• Required Licenses/Certifications: Valid New Mexico driver’s license.
• Physical Requirements: Must have manual dexterity to enter and retrieve data from a computer. Ability to sit and stand for long periods. Bends and stoops regularly.
• Preferences: San Felipe tribal member and Keres speaking preference.

Working Conditions:

Works in office. Sits for long periods of time and types.

Additional Info:

Supervision and Guidelines: Incumbent will supervise AWARE prevention staff and oversee the daily operations of the grant under the supervision and guidance of the SOC Program Director. Incumbent will adhere to all applicable Board and Education guidelines, policies, practices, legislation and regulatory requirements at each school, as well as tribal organizational policies and procedures.

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