Voice Up Founding Director LCSW Health Partnerships 100% Remote, Washington

Founding Director of Behavioral Health Partnerships&Workforce Innovation (LCSW) Voice Up Purpose Driven Decisions Remote Founding Equity Role After-Hours Part-Time Full-Time WHERE THIS WORK BEGINS This work did not begin in a classroom, clinic, or grant proposal. It began with a grandmother Mary Douglass who created space for something rare:uninterrupted conversation deep listening reflection without judgment and a quiet expectation that your life had meaning Years later, those conversations recorded, revisited, and studied revealed something profound: The most powerful form of intervention is not instruction. It is structured conversation that helps a person recognize who they already are.That became the Douglass Fuller Method. And over time, that method became Voice Up. THE FOUNDER’S PATH This system was built in real-world conditions not theory. The Founder has led across: Federal behavioral health grants (SAMHSA, U.S. Department of Education) Multi-million dollar program implementationCertified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) transformation Statewide Medicaid-aligned systems and policy Workforce development across education and behavioral health This includes: Principal Investigator roles on multiple federal grants Oversight of $7M+ in active grants and $50M+ in system operationsLeadership within large-scale community mental health systems National recognition in behavioral health transformation Why This Matters This model is being built by someone who has already operated inside and successfully led the systems it is now redesigning. THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION Voice Up is grounded in an IRB-approved, multi-state doctoral study.Key Finding: The Naming Gap People often already possess the lived experience and capacity to enter behavioral health but lack the language to recognize it. Mechanism: Definitional Clarity Cascade When individuals receive: clear definitions visible roles pathway language They demonstrate:immediate awareness expansion increased motivation rapid identity alignment Core Insight The barrier is not ability. It is recognition + pathway clarity. WHAT VOICE UP DOES Voice Up turns that insight into a system. It helps individuals: Reflect on lived experience Recognize existing strengthsConnect to purpose Translate into real-world pathways What consistently happens: Participants say: I’ve never thought about it like that. Then: engagement increases planning begins action follows ️ THE SYSTEM YOU ARE HELPING BUILD 1. Purpose-Centered Engagement Rooted in the method of Mary DouglassFocused on youth&transition-age populations 2. Workforce Activation Engine Identifies and activates informal helpers Connects to: CHW roles social work pathways behavioral health careers 3. Medicaid-Aligned Delivery CHW-based model Billable services include: care coordination engagement group facilitation4. LCSW-Led Oversight (Your Role) Non-clinical leadership Workforce system design Ethical alignment 5. Data + Research Infrastructure Thousands of participant data points Longitudinal tracking Academic integration CURRENT SCALE 2,900+ participants 1,300+ qualitative datasets 5,000+ program activities20+ institutional implementations WHY THIS ROLE EXISTS The system gap: Workforce shortages Late-stage clinical intervention Lack of early engagement The opportunity: People already have the capacity to help but are not connected to pathways. YOUR ROLE You are not stepping into a defined system.You are helping build one. Core Responsibilities Lead the LCSW Accelerator Develop pathways from purpose profession Build National LCSW Network Mentorship + supervision ecosystem Expand Institutional Partnerships MSW, MPH, nonprofit integration️ Align with Medicaid Systems Support scalable implementationMaintain Model Integrity Ensure alignment with: research ethics outcomes Support Growth Grant strategy + system expansion ROLE DISTINCTION Not: therapy traditional supervision Yes: system-building workforce design partnership leadership COMPENSATION STRUCTURE Year 1: Founding Phase (After-Hours)5 hours/week 100% remote Equity: 2.0% 4.0% Stipend: $250 $1,000/month (variable&grant-dependent) Year 2: Scale Initiation (25% FTE) Approx. 10 hours/week equivalent Increased grant-funded compensation Formalized leadership role Continued equity participation Year 3: Full Implementation (100% FTE) Full-time leadership role Market-rate salary aligned with senior LCSW leadership positionsEquity retained Performance-based incentives tied to system growth IDEAL CANDIDATE An LCSW who: Believes conversation is intervention Sees workforce as prevention Understands systems not just services Is willing to build something new Wants to scale impact nationally WHAT YOU ARE JOININGThis is not just a model. It is a continuation of something that started long before it had a name: A grandmother creating space A family passing down dignity A realization that conversation can unlock purpose A system now designed to scale that reality FINAL POSITIONING In One Sentence This is a founding leadership role for an LCSW to help scale a nationally relevant, research-backed behavioral health workforce model rooted in the lived methodology of Mary Douglass, informed by doctoral research on the Naming Gap, and built by proven leadership with real-world system impact.Innovation Memo Voice Up Visiting Scholar Program A Credit-Bearing, Research-Grounded Model for Purpose-Driven Learning and Workforce Relevance Executive Summary The Voice Up Visiting Scholar Program is an academically rigorous, fully online instructional model designed to help institutions of learning respond to the most pressing challenge in higher education today: how to prepare learners to create real value in a rapidly changing, AI-influenced economy while maintaining academic integrity and mission alignment.Grounded in NIH-grade qualitative and mixed-methods research, the program offers credit-bearing Visiting Scholar and Practitioner-Adjunct courses that integrate applied research, purpose development, and real-world contribution. Each course enables students to earn academic credit while producing tangible work products that serve communities, organizations, or emerging markets.