Since its founding in 1985, Queen of Peace Center (QOPC) has been providing family-centered behavioral healthcare for women, children, and families. As a member of the Federation of Catholic Charities, we serve the metropolitan and surrounding St. Louis area through four core programs: prevention, education, treatment, and housing.
POSITION SUMMARY
Queen of Peace Center, a ministry of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, is seeking a Clinical Trainer to advance the Zero Suicide Initiative across the organization. This grant-funded role leads clinical training, staff development, and workflow implementation to strengthen suicide prevention practices and build organizational consistency across adult-serving ministries. The Clinical Trainer collaborates with leadership, staff, and community partners to support program development, enhance clinical capacity, and sustain evidence-based Zero Suicide practices throughout Catholic Charities.
OVERVIEW & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Design and deliver training that supports core competencies and best practices in suicide screening, assessment, safety planning, and suicide-safe interventions.
- Facilitate Zero Suicide training programs across all adult-serving ministries of Catholic Charities of St. Louis.
- Partner with the Zero Suicide Steering Council to identify organizational training needs and align curriculum, resources, and educational activities with strategic priorities.
- Develop, update, and maintain training materials to ensure relevance, quality, consistency, and alignment with evidence-based practices.
- Create and manage systems for tracking training participation, satisfaction outcomes, and completion certificates for all Zero Suicide-related training activities.
- Represent Catholic Charities of St. Louis in external training, educational, and community-based settings to enhance organizational visibility and promote suicide prevention efforts.
- Actively participate in Zero Suicide Steering Council meetings, ministry work groups, and SAMHSA grant-related meetings, conferences, and initiatives.
- Collaborate with internal and external partners to strengthen implementation, sustainability, and outcomes of the Zero Suicide initiative.
- Support workflow development and continuous improvement efforts that promote the consistent application of suicide prevention practices across ministries.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
- Master's degree in Counseling, Social Work, Psychology, or a related behavioral health field.
- Three (3) to five (5) years of clinical behavioral health experience, including experience providing training, staff development, clinical consultation, or workforce development.
- Current Missouri behavioral health licensure preferred, including LCSW, LMSW, LPC, PLPC, or LMFT.
- Knowledge of evidence-based suicide prevention, risk assessment, safety planning, and crisis intervention practices.
- Experience developing and delivering training programs for adult learners in behavioral health, healthcare, or human services settings.
- Experience collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to implement clinical initiatives, practice improvements, or organizational change efforts.
Queen of Peace Center does not discriminate on the basis of handicapped status in the admission or access to, or treatment or employment in, its federally assisted programs and activities. Queen of Peace Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, or disability.
Pre-Employment Screening
All candidates receiving an employment offer must submit a pre-employment screening. The screenings will include criminal background check and other background checks (as needed), Family Care Safety Registration, drug screen, an employment and education or licensure/certification verification, and Covid-19 and Influenza vaccination. Various positions will require physical examination, Tuberculosis screening and Hepatitis A. All offers are contingent upon successful completion of required screening.