Job Description
Job Title: Behavioral Health Specialist
Department: Clinical
Reports to: Behavioral Health Supervisor
FLSA classification: Non-exempt
Position summary:
Provide integrated behavioral health care services to patients and families.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- Perform biopsychosocial Behavioral Health Care Services (BHCS) assessments.
- Establish a treatment plan that provides maximum benefit to the patient.
- Involve the patient in identifying and understanding presenting problem.
- Consult with medical/referring providers integrating behavior and primary health.
- Educates and support the patient regarding options and services available.
- Provide for a multi-disciplinary approach to a treatment plan, coordinating with other staff.
- Coordinate care of patients with referring health provider(s) or agencies.
- Assess patient progress and modifies the treatment program accordingly.
- Maintain documentation on all case files including patient information, treatment plan, progress and outcomes.
- Attend and participate in conferences to discuss patients’ care and other staff meetings. Participates in committees as requested.
- Participate in professional development activities and maintains professional affiliations.
- Assist clients with interpreting when needed.
- Assessment screenings on the PHQ-9, Audit, Edinburgh, etc.
- Maintain patient confidentiality by following protocol and procedures set for
HIPAA guidelines
- Maintain patient confidentiality.
- Responsible for contributing to the patient team care approach as it relates to social worker supervisor/behavioral health care worker duties.
Performance requirements:
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:
Knowledge of the principles and practices of social work and counseling techniques.
Knowledge of community resources and referral agencies. Knowledge of group dynamics. Skill in counseling. Skill in interviewing and communicating to elicit information and cooperation from patients, staff, and the public.
Abilities:
Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. Deductive
Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. Fluency of Ideas — The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). Written Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. Ability to speak Spanish preferred.
Education:
Master’s degree in Social Work.
Completion of an internship required by degree.
Experience:
Social work experience required.
Special requirements, qualifications, licenses or certifications:
Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) in the State of Michigan.
Substance abuse certification or specialty
Supervision exercised:
Supervise social work students
Typical physical demands:
It is necessary to view and type on computer screens for long periods and to work in an environment that can be stressful. Requires full range of body motion including manual and finger dexterity and hand-eye coordination. Requires standing and walking for extensive periods. Requires corrected vision to normal range. Requires working under stressful conditions or working irregular hours. Requires exposure to communicable diseases or body fluids.
Typical working conditions/environment: Involves frequent contact with patients.
Work may be stressful at times. Interaction with others is constant and interruptive.
Frequent exposure to communicable diseases, toxic substances, medical preparations and other conditions common to a clinic environment.
Accommodation: CHASS has the right to modify the duties and functions of the job description based on the needs of the organization.
Job description review: This job description will be reviewed and updated, if necessary, during the employee’s review.
This job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualification required of employee assigned to this job.
Locations:
1. 5635 W. Fort St. Detroit, Michigan 48209
2. 2915 W. Hancock St. Detroit, Michigan 48208
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $30.30 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
License/Certification:
Ability to Relocate:
- Detroit, MI: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person