Behavioral Health Specialist Jobs

The Department of Human Services (DHS) is seeking an experienced Behavioral Health Specialist to serve as a Case Manager. for the Behavioral Healthcare Division and provide services to clients with mental illness and/or substance use disorders. This position will provide assigned clients with outreach, engagement, support, coordination, and direct case management services and will collaborate with multidisciplinary providers including psychiatrists, medical doctors, therapists, the community and other natural supports. Full range of mental health services to special populations such as clients who do not speak or understand English take place mainly in the community and client’s homes with some in office meetings.
Specific duties include:

• Conducting risk assessments, crisis stabilization services and making determinations regarding placement and level of care decisions;
• Coordinating services with internal and external partners, families, and clients;
• Completing extensive medical records that are reviewed to ensure compliance with clinical, funding, and program licensing regulations/standards;
• Monitoring progress toward service goals, and facilitating appropriate termination of treatment;
• Performing case management and related administrative duties.
• Conducting comprehensive clinical assessments of clients;
• Working with clients and providing encouragement of functional skills such as money management and other self-help tasks;
• Participating on inter or intra-departmental task forces to assist in short- and long-range planning for the delivery of services; and
• Developing, implementing, and evaluating treatment plans based on diagnosis and functional needs of client;
• Linking clients to various resources in the community or within the agency based on their needs, such as housing, healthcare, food security, benefits, employment, and social supports;

Minimums:

• Two years of experience providing behavioral health services to the adult population.
• Bachelor's degree in a clinical discipline such as Counseling, Psychiatric Social Work, Psychology, Art Therapy, or other directly related clinical discipline; and

• Providing services to clients with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.
• Providing case management services to seriously mentally ill adults in an outpatient setting; and

Employment restrictions: To ensure that dual relationships are avoided and that employees who are also clients do not relate to their service provider as co-professionals, employees will not be hired by the County to provide or support services to the team or program in which they are current clients:

• At least 24 months must have passed between receipt of CSB services from Arlington County and employment in an Arlington County CSB program.
• You cannot concurrently receive behavioral health services from Arlington County Community Service Board (CSB) programs while employed in an Arlington County CSB program (exception Crisis Intervention services).

Work Hours: Monday through Friday 8:30 am to 5:00 pm.; hours can be flexible within normal business hours and some telework available.
The pay ranges listed above are effective June 18, 2023.
Your responses to the supplemental questionnaire are considered part of the selection process and are required for this position. Please do not give "see resume" as a response to the questions. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
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