Clinical Training Coordinator

Our Mission:

Since 1967, Odyssey House has been providing innovative services and programs to a broad population of individuals and families struggling with substance use and mental health disorders. Odyssey House helps New Yorkers of all ages—and across all five boroughs—beat drugs and alcohol with highly individualized treatment programs. Odyssey House provides high quality, holistic treatment impacting all major life spheres, including psychological, physical, social, family, educational and spiritual in order to support personal rehabilitation, renewal and family restoration.

If that sounds different than other treatment programs, you’re right. Because Odyssey is where recovery gets real.

MAJOR FUNCTIONS:

The Clinical Training Coordinator is responsible for coordinating and delivering in-service training; acting as system administrator for the electronic learning management system; and as Program Director for grant-funded opioid overdose prevention program. The Clinical Training Coordinator’s primary responsibility is to address the training needs of Odyssey House clinical programs. The Clinical Training Coordinator also assures that training remains responsive to the goals and objectives of the Human Resources Department.

SPECIFIC DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Research evidenced based clinical approaches and uses information to develop course content for in-service training presentations which assure staff proficiency with clinical and administrative skills.        
2. Regularly assesses in-service training needs of the organization; develops, distributes and updates a monthly in-service training calendar.        
3. Directly delivers clinically focused in-person, remote synchronous and remote non-synchronous in- service training. 
4. Coordinates delivery of in-person, remote synchronous and remote non-synchronous in-service training delivered by subject-matter experts.    
5. Manages logistics associated with delivery of in-service training. 
6. Maintains electronic learning management system to assure compliance with the training requirements of funders, regulators and Odyssey House standards.
7. Maintains accurate and current files with supportive documentation for all in-service training activities.  
8. Assures that employees are provisioned in the electronic learning management system upon hire and that credentials are disabled when employees leave the organization. 
9. Aggregates and shares completion and compliance reports from learning management system with program level and senior managers. 
10. Assures that program and role specific employee training plans remain up to date with funders and regulators requirements.
11. Assures that content for policies and procedures remain current, uploads current content as policies and procedures are revised.        
12. Manages attendance at in-person and remote in-service training sessions; produces and distributes completion certificates. 
13. Utilizes electronic learning management system to track completion and recurrence of all live, remote and electronic learning management-based training. 
14. Maintains the organization’s NYS OASAS Training and Education and NYSED OP SW and MHC provider certification and assures that training and documentation reflect the requirements of each oversight body. 
15. Serves as liaison for training delivered by consultants; develops contract agreements and assures course content is well integrated with current clinical practices. 
16. Coordinates activities related to opioid overdose response preparedness; acts as Program Director for grant funded opioid overdose prevention program.     
17. Attend all required in-service training seminars.
18. Performs other relevant duties as required.

REQUIREMENTS:  EDUCATION/TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

1. Master’s Degree in a behavioral health discipline with NYS licensure (LMSW, LCSW or LMHC or comparable scope of practice) is required.
2. Experience with delivery of training in a healthcare or behavioral health setting preferred. 

3. Proficiency with computer operation (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other MS Office programs) required. 
4. Must demonstrate excellent written, verbal, interpersonal and organizational skills. 
5. Position requires frequent local travel to Odyssey House facilities.          

6. Must be able to work a flexible schedule.

In addition, Odyssey House offers to our Clinical Training Coordinator:

• A 35-hour work week (as opposed to a 40-hour work week)
• Vacation Plan and Holiday Schedule
• Life Insurance
• Medical Insurance (Two Plans)
• Dental and Vision Insurance
• Additional Insurance Coverages (hospitalization, accidental, critical illness coverage)
• Long-Term & Short-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Account/Health Reimbursement Account
• 403(b) Plan
• Corporate Counseling Associates (CCA) EAP benefit
• Ability Assist Counseling Services (through The Hartford)
• Commuter Benefits
• Educational Assistance Programs
• Special shopping discounts through ADP Marketplace and PlumBenefits
• RUFit?! Fitness Program
• Legal Assistance through ARAG
• Optum Financial Service through ConnectYourCare
• Benefit Advocacy Center through Gallagher

Odyssey House is an equal opportunity employer maintaining a non-discriminatory policy on hiring of its personnel. Odyssey House, and its operational divisions, will not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, disability, marital status, sexual orientation or citizen status in all employment decisions including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, demotion, downgrading, transfer, training, rate of pay or other forms of compensation, layoff, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment.