PROGRAM SUPPORT SUPERVISOR

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The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (PBSCI) within the UW School of Medicine is the third largest clinical department with 285 full-time faculty members, 280 clinical faculty members, and over 300 staff. Department faculty provide clinical services in 5 hospitals, 14 primary care locations, and several outpatient sites in addition to telepsychiatry consultations to more than 150 clinics in Washington and beyond. As the only academic psychiatry department serving the five state WWAMI region (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, Idaho), the Department’s highly competitive residency training program is largely responsible for developing the mental health workforce in the Pacific Northwest. The Department’s robust research portfolio totals $35 million in grants and contracts per year for projects ranging from clinical neurosciences to treatment development to health policy and population health. The Department is recognized as an international leader in developing, testing, and implementing Collaborative Care, an integrated care model increasingly seen as a solution for population-based mental health care. Other areas of excellence include Addictions, Autism, High Risk Youth, Neurosciences, and Trauma, and the Department is developing innovative new programs in Technology and Mental Health, Global Mental Health, Maternal and Child Mental Health, and Targeted Intervention Development.

The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences has an outstanding opportunity for a Program Support Supervisor to join their team.

The aim of the project is to center the voices of youth and young adults with lived experience of homelessness in order to co-develop and evaluate a comprehensive and effective service model that promotes healing, well-being, and improved quality of life for affected individuals and the broader community.

The primary purpose of this appointment is to coordinate and facilitate the growth of the Doorway Project in alignment with goals developed within the community.

Under the direction of the Principal Investigator, and community partners, the Doorway Program Supervisor II will help oversee the day-to-day operations of the program, including maintaining organizational communications and planning, facilitating outreach strategies. Specifically, this individual will represent the program to external partners, facilitate relationships with partner organizations and schedule and forecast planning for special events that publicize the Doorway Project and its programs in the community.

This position is responsible for supporting the Faculty Lead/Program Director (Dr. Clifasefi) in building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders throughout the Seattle/King County region. The individual in this role will provide organizational leadership by engaging these stakeholders in dialogues that inform and further the strategic mission of the Doorway Project as well as further the coordination of and access to Doorway Project services and initiative. This position will report directly to the Faculty Lead/Program Director (Dr. Clifasefi)

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