Bridge Builder: Behavioral Health & Justice Access

MIMH Professional Training; Missouri; On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

MIMH Professional Training is seeking a Community Behavioral Health Liaison to connect law enforcement, courts, and local behavioral health systems across Henry, Benton, Cedar, Bates, and Vernon counties. This full-time role involves travel and a Monday–Friday schedule, focusing on crisis response and ensuring access to appropriate care.

You’ll build partnerships with CITs, diversion courts, and crisis teams, provide training and consultation, and support crisis assessment and diversion efforts

Qualifications

• High School/GED required.
• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in a human services field preferred.
• Experience with criminal justice background preferred.

Responsibilities

• Build and coordinate local systems of care connecting individuals with behavioral health needs to services with law enforcement, courts, jails, and crisis teams.
• Partner with Crisis Intervention Teams (CIT) and specialty or diversion courts to support safe, timely, recovery-oriented responses.
• Provide consultation, training, and coordination to justice/public safety partners to improve behavioral health awareness and response.
• Support crisis assessment, resource linkage, and diversion efforts—prioritizing access to treatment.
• Maintain an active, community-based presence across assigned regions to ensure responsiveness and collaboration.

Skills

Effective communication

Collaboration

Crisis management

Education

High School diploma or GED

Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in a human services field

Job description

MIMH Professional Training is seeking a Community Behavioral Health Liaison to connect law enforcement, courts, and local behavioral health systems across Henry, Benton, Cedar, Bates, and Vernon counties. This full-time role involves travel and a Monday–Friday schedule, focusing on crisis response and ensuring access to appropriate care.

You’ll build partnerships with CITs, diversion courts, and crisis teams, provide training and consultation, and support crisis assessment and diversion efforts