Mental Health Coordinator

Job overview

The Mental Health Coordinator is a full-time onsite role at Sedgwick County Juvenile Detention Center in Wichita, KS, with a Monday–Friday schedule. Compensation is not specified. VitalCore Health Strategies provides correctional health care and describes its focus as delivering quality services in a respectful, supportive work environment. The coordinator develops, implements, supervises, and monitors the facility’s behavioral health delivery system in line with NCCHC/ACA standards. The role coordinates treatment programs, staff supervision, quality improvement, and collaboration with facility and clinical leadership to support timely behavioral health services.

What you'll do

• Serve as an administrative point of contact for treatment programs and problem resolution
• coordinate behavioral health policies and procedures
• supervise treatment program planning and implementation
• provide clinical or administrative staff supervision
• monitor timely and professional services
• assign clinical on-call duties
• coordinate staffing and quality improvement
• support psychiatric staff.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

mental health coordinator

wichita ks

vitalcore health strategies

full-time

monday–friday

correctional health care

behavioral health

juvenile detention

kansas license required

psychology

social work

quality improvement

401(k)

medical dental vision

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Holiday pay
• medical, dental, and vision insurance
• life and disability insurance
• identity theft protection
• pet insurance
• employee assistance program and discount center
• 401(k)
• paid time off
• annual incentive bonus.

Why this role

Requires a doctorate or master’s degree in psychology or a related field and a Kansas license, or license eligibility with an application pending, to practice psychology or social work.

About the employer

VitalCore Health Strategies is hiring for this role. Industry: Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers. Sector: 62.