Children & Youth Behavioral Health Specialist

• Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) job protection and State of Colorado Paid Family Medical Leave (PFML)
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Variety of discounts on services and products available through the State of Colorado's Work-Life Employment Discount Program
• Automatic Short-Term and Optional Long-Term Disability Coverage
• Free RTD EcoPass to all eligible State Employees
• Credit Union of Colorado Membership Eligibility
• Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. For more
• 11 Paid Holidays Annually and Accrued Annual and Sick Leave
• Flexplace and Flextime work arrangements
• Accrued Sick Leave for State of Colorado Temporary Employees
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
• Reduced college tuition through CSU Global
• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance coverage
• PERA retirement benefits including PERA Defined Benefit Plan, PERA Defined Contribution Plan, plus 401K and 457 plans

• Provides research, technical support and coordination activities on SOC services to the Department, Service Agencies, Community Centered Boards, and Case Management agencies.
• Works collaboratively with Regional Accountable Entities (RAE), Service Agencies, Community Centered Boards, Case management Agencies, families, advocates and other youth and child serving systems to ensure alignment of services for children and youth with disabilities.
• Department staff authority in children and youth behavioral health with a specialty in children and youth with disabilities to include intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD), high-fidelity wraparound services, and SOC.
• Leads work with the Office of Medicaid and CHP Behavioral Health Initiatives to ensure development of a Wraparound workforce that includes training specific to working with children and youth with disabilities.
• Provides expert knowledge on specific system challenges that children and youth with disabilities and their families or other supports report experiencing in order to recommend policy changes to improve access to services..
• Department staff authority for SB19-195, Children and Youth Behavioral Health Systems Enhancements to implement high fidelity wraparound and improve services for Medicaid enrolled children and youth who are at risk of out of home placement.
• Supports internal staff at HCPF for System of Care (SOC) activities in identifying new Federal authority needed to implement wraparound services and requires close collaboration with Accountable Care Collaborative (ACC) program specialists and MCEs.
• Department staff authority with the Systems of Care & Section in the Office of Medicaid and CHP Behavioral Health Initiatives and Coverage for Systems of Care (SOC) at meetings, task forces, committees, and commissions.
• Focuses on developing and maintaining clarity on how systems can best support children and youth with disabilities through the ACC program.
• Monitors, tracks, and works to resolve service gaps for children and youth with disabilities.

• Health care gap analysis
• Delivering of community-based services in a culturally competent manner
• Engaging in provider, client, stakeholder participation and development
• Working with child and youth serving systems
• Working with children/youth/families with intersection of identities who experience challenges navigating supports and services (e.g., race, ethnicity, LGBTQIA+, different abilities, socioeconomic status, geographic locations, etc.)
• Previous relevant professional state experience
• Professional experience:
  • Working with child and youth serving systems
  • Engaging in provider, client, stakeholder participation and development
  • Health care gap analysis
  • Delivering of community-based services in a culturally competent manner
  • Working with children/youth/families with intersection of identities who experience challenges navigating supports and services (e.g., race, ethnicity, LGBTQIA+, different abilities, socioeconomic status, geographic locations, etc.)

  • Planning, assigning, organizing, prioritizing, and delegating work of self and others to accomplish work assignments

• Planning, assigning, organizing, prioritizing, and delegating work of self and others to accomplish work assignments
• Masters degree in Business, Communications, Political Science, Public Health, Public Administration, Legal Studies, Public Policy, or related field

Skills to Support Success:

• Skilled in nuanced communication
• Personable and friendly demeanor with an ability to work across teams
• Creative thinking approach to problem solving
• Confident in decision making in situations that demand timeliness
• High attention to detail
• Adept professional discretion
• Exceptional communication skills, verbal and written, as well as the ability to exercise a high degree of interpersonal skills and professionalism.
• Lifelong learning mindset with an openness to new ideas and ways of doing things
• Naturally organized mindset with ability to effectively prioritize duties
• Independently motivated and self-starting

• This is a term-limited position with funding through December 31, 2024. Successful candidates will sign a Waiver of Retention Rights and normal personnel rules regarding retention will not apply.
• All positions at HCPF are security sensitive positions and require that the individuals undergo a criminal record background check as a condition of employment.
• Employees who have been disciplinary terminated, resigned in lieu of disciplinary termination, or negotiated their termination from the State of Colorado must disclose this information on the application.
• This position may require occasional travel within the state.