Behavioral Health Clinician

The mission of the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless is to work collaboratively toward the prevention of homelessness and the creation of lasting solutions for homeless and at-risk families, children, and individuals throughout Colorado. The Coalition advocates for and provides a continuum of housing and a variety of services to improve the health, well-being, and stability of those it serves.
The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless seeks a Behavioral Health Clinician I for the PATH team within the Department of Outreach and Engagement Services. The PATH team provides behavioral health services to single adults and couples who are actively experiencing homelessness or are at-risk of homelessness and have a severe and persistent mental illness. The Behavioral Health Clinician I provides therapeutic interventions, assessments and related diagnoses, consultation, education, and referral/linkage for individuals with behavioral health concerns in accordance with the goals of the PATH program and the overall mission, values, and objectives of CCH. This position is located at 2100 Stout Street, Denver, CO 80205 and reports to the Clinical Program Manager.

NOTE: In order to ensure that our consumers receive the best possible care the candidate chosen to fill this position will be required to complete our internal credentialing and privileging process prior to a start date.  The credentialing and privileging timeline is dependent on the selected candidate's submission of documents necessary for clearance.  Please note that a start date will be scheduled once credentialing and privileging is complete.

Coalition Benefits 

• Choice of HMO or PPO health insurance coverage options: full-time employees contribute only 1% of their earnings for their own HMO health coverage and no more than 4% of their earnings for coverage of eligible dependents. We’re proud to offer same-and opposite-sex domestic partner coverage. 
• Choice of dental insurance or discount plan. 
• Vision insurance.  
• Flexible spending accounts for health care / dependent care / parking expenses. 
• Free basic life and AD&D insurance coverage. 
• Employee Assistance Program, a problem-solving resource available to you and your household members. 
• Dollar-for-dollar retirement plan matching contributions up to 5% of earnings with 3-year vesting. 
• Extensive paid time-off, including 9 holidays, 12 days of sick leave, and three weeks of vacation for new full-time employees in their first year. 
The effective date for your benefits will be the first of the month following your date of hire.

Essential Job Functions 

• Works in close collaboration with case managers to identify and outreach adults experiencing homelessness who need behavioral health care.
• Performs intensive outreach and engagement services to invite adults to engage with recovery supports through referrals to behavioral healthcare, primary care, case management, peer support, housing, and related services.
• Provides targeted brief interventions and therapy, which is often crisis and recovery focused and episodic in nature.
• Provides individual and group therapy for adults who are interested in ongoing behavioral health care, using treatment models including motivational interviewing, solution focused therapy, harm reduction, and cognitive behavioral therapy.
• Completes biopsychosocial assessments and utilizes DSM-V-TR criteria for diagnosis.
• Develops comprehensive treatment plans, monitoring patient progress and accessing direct psychiatry and medical care through Stout Street Health Center
• Assists in connecting adults experiencing homelessness with the resources necessary to obtain and maintain housing, healthcare, community connection and meaningful daily activity.
• Collaborates with the consulting psychiatric prescribers and primary care physicians as part of the integrated health team.
• Provides proactive collaborative services to clients/patients with face-to-face and telephone contacts, or as otherwise appropriate.
• Develops and maintains a partnering relationship with SSHC patients engaged through outreach in order to assist in the implementation of the treatment plan.
• Provides transportation in CCH vehicle or arranges for other transportation assistance to help clients in accessing care and meeting treatment goals.
• Serves as liaison with collaborating agencies to establish and maintain effective working relationships with organizations and groups providing services to shared clients (care coordination).
• Advocates for the needs and rights of individual clients and, when indicated, for systemic change both within and outside CCH for the benefit of PATH and Outreach clients.
• Performs the initial intake in electronic health r