Behavioral Health Specialist: Part-Time/Evening Hours

About the role

The Behavioral Health Specialist provides behavioral health services to patients of all ages at Camino Health Center. The Behavioral Health Specialist works alongside the health center’s medical teams to provide comprehensive whole person care.

Responsibilities

• Provides same day mental health consults, psychosocial assessments, crisis intervention, psychotherapy, alcohol and drug screening using the SBIRT (Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment), education/support groups and resource information.
• Provides timely and clinically indicated referrals to community providers for patients who are experiencing severe and persistent mental illness and/or substance use disorders.
• Collaborates with medical, dental, psychiatry, optometry and other healthcare team members as appropriate for integration, consultation, and referral and follow-up.
• Assists Medical Director and Behavioral Health Director in program development, implementation, and evaluation as necessary.
• Participates in all aspects of the Behavioral Health Integration services at Camino Health Center; huddles, warm hand offs, provision of resources to patients and staff, and treatment planning.
• Demonstrate cultural awareness and humility. Understand the function of culture to human behavior, recognize the strengths that exist in all cultures.
• Comply with California mandated reporting under the Welfare and Institutions Code sections 15610.15610.70.

Essential Values-Based Competencies

• Dignity: Demonstrates competence in communication and interpersonal relations.
• Excellence: Demonstrates competence in continuous improvement, continuous learning, and teamwork/collaboration.
• Service: Demonstrates competence in customer/patient focus, adaptability, and shaping change.
• Justice: Demonstrates competence in community orientation, stewardship, and strategic planning and action.

Minimum Position Qualifications

• Education: Master’s degree in Social Work from a program accredited by the Council of Social Work Education, CSWE’s Commission’ on Accreditation.
• License/Certification: Active LCSW in the state of California and current BLS/ACLS certification.
• Experience/Training: 3 years of experience providing direct behavioral health services to patient of all ages; ability to work through brief patient contacts as well as to make quick and accurate clinical assessments of mental and behavioral conditions; should be comfortable with the pace of primary care, working with an interdisciplinary team, and have strong communication skills.
• Preferred Position Qualifications: Bilingual in English/Spanish OR English/Farsi preferred; experience in and out-patient or community mental health setting; previous experience with motivational interviewing, crisis intervention, problem-solving therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy and solution-based counseling.