What are the responsibilities and job description for the Wellness Coordinator position at Hamilton County Sheriff's Office?
The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) founded in 1803, is Ohio's 3rd largest sheriff's office. HCSO has approximately 900 employees dedicated to ensuring the safety of nearly one million residents who call Hamilton County Home.
At the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office, our goal is to recruit a high-quality, diverse group of candidates that reflect the community we serve. If you wake up with a heart and mind to serve your community, we're looking for you!
Our Wellness Coordinator has the following Job duties:
Serves as the primary point of contact for HCSO's Wellness Program, including Peer Support Teams, and the Critical Incident Stress Management Team. Serves as liaison in matters of officer wellness for internal and external partners; serves as designee in matters of peer support, mental health resource development, and interagency mental health initiatives.
Coordinates, plans, and facilitates health and fitness and financial wellness programs for employees. Plans and implements classes, speakers, seminars, and other events that promote healthy lifestyles.
Supervise the Police Chaplain and the Police Chaplain Program that provides confidential support to the organization and the communities served. This includes but is not limited to officer wellness and support, spiritual support, and community-police engagement. The Coordinator will assist the Police Chaplain to support other law enforcement agencies as requested
Maintains accurate records of wellness items such as training, team rosters, contacts, etc.; maintains list of available community resources to be accessible to all Department Members.
Establish and maintain positive partnerships with County and community mental health resources. Oversee and provide updates to wellness resources such as the Wellness App and intranet; Monitors and responds to Peer Support Team emails; Creates and distributes quarterly mental health newsletter.
Conducts ongoing research of mental health issues concerning first responders, available training, and innovations in comparable programs in an effort to enhance wellness initiatives; conducts ongoing evaluation of program and Department needs and modify program for increased effectiveness as necessary.
Assists the Director of HR in the development of budget, policies, and procedures relevant to the operation of the wellness program.
Assists the Therapy K9 Program and all handlers with implementing an immersive therapy dog program at the organization cohesively with wellness programming to assist first responders process the trauma they experience, reduce anxiety, cope with grief, and reset between calls.
May perform other duties as assigned.
Required Skills/Abilities:
- Ability to work cooperatively with people at all levels with respect.
- Must be able to interpret a variety of instructions in written, oral, picture or schedule form
- Intermediate knowledge of MS Office Suite
- Ability to do presentations to different audiences
- Maintain accurate records; gather, collate, and classify information about data, people, and or things
- Ability to handle material of a sensitive or confidential nature
- Must be able to work around dogs on a regular basis
- Ability to respond positively to inquiries and complaints from county officials and the general public
- Experience preparing meaningful, concise, and accurate reports
- Exercise discretion and sound judgement
- Calculate fractions, decimals, and percentages
- Copy material accurately and recognize grammatical and spelling errors
Education and Experience:
- A Bachelor's degree in health education, psychology, counseling, social work, or a related field required; Master's degree preferred.
- Three or more years of experience in wellness program management.
- Previous work experience in law enforcement preferred.
Physical/Mental Requirements:
- Ability to move light objects weighing less than 20 pounds short distances.
- Ability to walk between buildings outside
- Ability to read, understand and analyze data
The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal state, or local laws.
Salary : $75,000 - $80,000
