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Safety Coordinator

Denver, CO, USA|Onsite, Remote, Travel

Job Overview

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Employment Type

Full-time
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Compensation

Type:
Salary
Rate:
Range $62,000.00 - $93,000.00
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Benefits

competitive salary
Comprehensive benefits package
Opportunity to work for one of the premier community mental health centers in the US
Great team environment that highly encourages work/life balance
Recovery focused, strengths-based treatment model

Job Description

Mental Health Center of Denver (MHCD) is a leading community mental health center renowned for providing comprehensive outpatient services to individuals recovering from serious and persistent mental illnesses. As a well-established and innovative organization, MHCD fosters a dynamic environment that embraces diverse perspectives and continuously evolves to meet the changing needs of the community it serves. The center places a strong emphasis on inclusivity, equitable hiring practices, and employee wellness, making it a workplace committed to supporting the growth and development of its team members. With a commitment to pay equity, MHCD ensures fair compensation based on experience, education, and... Show More

Job Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or higher, preferably in a safety or security related field
  • Minimum 1 year of health, safety and/or environmental related experience
  • Experience with OSHA regulations
  • Able to maintain confidentiality in matters involving safety, security, and/or personnel issues
  • Frequent local travel between sites in the city of Denver is required
  • Ability to sit, stand, bend and reach, drive, operate standard office equipment such as phone, computer, facsimile, copier/printer, and other business machines
  • Occasional lifting up to 40 lbs

Job Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or higher, preferably in a safety or security related field
  • Minimum 1 year of health, safety and/or environmental related experience
  • Experience with OSHA regulations
  • Able to maintain confidentiality in matters involving safety, security, and/or personnel issues
  • Highly organized, flexible, reasonable, and creative
  • Able to effectively manage large and complex workload
  • Excellent documentation skills
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Comfortable and skilled at presenting to groups and leading meetings
  • Ability to build positive relationships with others and to work in an integrated team environment and with different teams in different Denver locations
  • Enthused by a work culture that focuses on teamwork, collaboration, staff well-being, and a recovery focused, trauma-informed care approach to treatment of those we serve
  • Ability to work with large degree of independence
  • Ambitious, self-starter that is excited by program development opportunities and challenges that accompany a new position
  • Demonstrates interest in behavioral health and wellbeing

Job Duties

  • Develop safety programs and procedures including development and maintenance of safety captain manuals, with expansion of these items into the residential and community-based teams
  • Hold regular site-specific safety captain meetings and begin having these meetings with residential and community-based teams
  • Conduct safety captain mini-drills (e.g. Revolution, panic buttons, overhead paging system, emergency door locks, emergency response checklists) and address deficiencies as needed, with expansion of these items into the residential and community-based teams, as appropriate
  • Identify safety improvement opportunities, compliance concerns, and possible safety risks by conducting frequent audits
  • Assist in identifying adverse safety trends and help develop plans to address them, collaborating with the appropriate Program Managers, Directors, and Vice Presidents
  • Assist Manager of Strategic Safety Initiatives and other organizational leaders in addressing union representatives concerns regarding safety, when requested
  • Assist in managing, auditing, investigating, and responding to safety related Confidential Incident Reports (CIRs)
  • Assist with facilitating and supporting annual drills including active threat, fire and severe weather drills
  • Support Risk Management's efforts to ensure compliance with organizational safety program expectations and applicable federal and state laws
  • Manage the video surveillance system, including (but not limited to) trouble shooting camera errors, reviewing incident footage, and supporting MHCD staff with use of the system
  • Develop urban safety programs and initiate outreach to other local organizations in collaboration to support these programs
  • Serve as liaison between MHCD and local police departments, and emergency response departments, as appropriate
  • Serve as an active member of the MHCD's Emergency Response Team
  • Assist in responding to contacts made to the Risk Management phone line and email address
  • Complete administrative duties and special projects, such as participation in presentations, research, program development, and other related projects as requested by the manager
  • Assist in maintaining an environment of well-being using the equity lens and trauma informed principle
  • Other duties, as assigned

Job Qualifications

Experience

Mid Level (3-7 years)

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