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ContinuingEducationSpecialist3
“Continuing Education Specialist 3 at University of Washington. Skills: Lead Trainer in Psychiatric Rehabilitation, PACT/ACT-related training and support, PACT fidelity reviews, professional consultation to PACT teams, didactic mini-training. providing training, consultation, and fidelity reviews. Lead Trainer in Psychiatric Rehabilitation and related skills training for providers in Washington State’s Programs of Assertive Community Treatment (PACT) teams”
What You'll Achieve.
positive outcomes in the people who receive such services; meet its objectives in their Cooperative Agreement with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); meet SPIRIT Center's contractual obligations; meet the SPIRIT Center’s contractual obligations for these projects and initiatives; influences quality improvement and adherence to evidence-based practices across the country
Industry & Context.
creative problem-solving skills; quality improvement recommendations
Must be able to travel on at least a quarterly basis within Washington State, day travel and overnight travel required
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Master's degree in Psychology, Social Work, Human Services, or related field, minimum of two years of experience working within a PACT or ACT team, or another community behavioral healthcare program for people with serious mental illness (SMI), Must be able to travel on at least a quarterly basis within Washington State, day travel and overnight travel required
Nice to Have
Expertise in psychiatric rehabilitation or other forms of skills training with people with serious mental illness, Experience in Occupational Therapy, Experience with training and/or consulting to other behavioral healthcare clinicians, Experience in recovery-oriented care and shared decision making, Bilingual applicants and/or applicants with training in culturally-informed and trauma-informed care preferred
What You'll Do.
Lead Trainer in Psychiatric Rehabilitation and related skills training for providers in Washington State’s Programs of Assertive Community Treatment (PACT) teams
provide similar PACT/ACT-related training and support through the Northwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (NW-MHTTC)
Further develop and refine Psychiatric Rehabilitation training curriculum
and supporting resources and materials
conduct PACT fidelity reviews
Facilitate or co-facilitate professional consultation to PACT teams
Provide didactic mini-training within PACT ECHO Clinics and other webinars to teams in psychiatric rehabilitation strategies
Anticipate PACT teams’ training needs and coordinate with other trainers on ongoing training and support to the teams statewide
Respond to or triage training inquiries
and implementation strategy for training efforts
Assist administrative staff with developing and finalizing collaborating external trainers’ and consultants’ statements of work and contracts as needed
Work with colleagues to formulate and implement strategies to engage diverse groups of evidence-based practice implementation stakeholders
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
co-reviewers from other PACT and New Journeys teams and/or staff from UW SPIRIT Lab; work closely with Dr. Maria Monroe-DeVita and the UW PACT Training and Implementation Team on a daily basis; coordinate with other trainers; Collaboratively, with Project Leads, assess feasibility, timeline, and implementation strategy for training efforts; Assist administrative staff with developing and finalizing collaborating external trainers’ and consultants’ statements of work and contracts; Work with colleagues to formulate and implement strategies to engage diverse groups of evidence-based practice implementation stakeholders
Communication Scope
providing feedback to teams about fidelity findings
Process & Methodology
assessing feasibility, assessing timeline, assessing implementation strategy, developing statements of work, developing contracts
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