BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONSULTANT - 60005230

Requisition No: 846926 

Agency: Children and Families

Working Title: BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONSULTANT - 60005230

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 60005230 

Salary:  $60,000.00-$73,000.00 

Posting Closing Date: 02/21/2025 

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What they will do: 

The Behavioral Health Integration Specialist position will play an integral role in promoting Department priorities such as prevention, integration, and collaboration by providing expertise on a Teaming Prototype focused on multi-agency collaboration to provide coordination, linkage, and support within the system of care for youth, children and their families to prevent utilization of deeper-end services. This position will work within multiple systems and with multiple stakeholders Statewide. 

 

How you will make an impact: 

The Behavioral Health Integration Specialist (BHIS) will provide support to children and families with behavioral health conditions in the child welfare and community system, with a concentrated focus on family behavioral health issues and improving access to care. The BHIS will consult and collaborate with community and child welfare providers to ensure families are being served appropriate and timely in the system of care.  

  

Job Duties: 

• Fostering relationships with law enforcement, community-based care (CBC) agencies, regional managing entity, managed care plans, schools, peer networks, network service providers, Department of Juvenile Justice, Agency for Persons with Disabilities, and other agencies to provide ongoing technical assistance and consultation related to the identification of behavioral health conditions and best practices to engage and treat, to include the demonstration of engagement techniques with the family. 

• Establish collaborative relationships with service providers, community resources, and agencies to ensure clients can quickly access essential services. 

• Oversees and coordinates services for clients, helping them navigate complex systems and ensuring they receive appropriate and timely care. 

• Connects clients to specific resources and conducts follow-up to confirm they are successfully engaged and receiving necessary support. 

• Provides clients and their families with education on mental health, wellness, and coping strategies to enhance understanding and empower informed decision-making. 

• Work collaboratively with community service providers and the Managing Entity (ME) to develop contacts, facilitate referrals, and assist investigative staff with engaging clients in recommended services and improving timely access to treatment. Work collaboratively with the ME and service providers to establish processes to track the referrals and entry into treatment for children and adults with disorders. 

• Facilitation of multi-agency staffing and participation in legal, and any other meetings that will assist the child and family. <