Community Behavioral Hlth Spec

Summary: THIS POSITION IS GRANT FUNDED: This position is located Clinical Services Administration, Department of Behavioral Health (DBH). The incumbent serves as a Community Behavioral Health Specialist on the Intensive Care Coordination Team ICC and functions as a responder to the needs of the District residents struggling with homelessness, mental health and addiction problems. The incumbent is responsible for performing a wide array of community based behavioral health services including outreach, engagement and supportive services, crisis management, and counseling for identified parties through intensive case coordination activities and collaboration with crisis response team (CRT), core service agency (CSA), and comprehensive psychiatric emergency program (CPEP) partners, service providers, housing providers and other community organizations. The incumbent is critical to bridging gaps and helping individuals in the program achieve stability, address obstacles to successful treatment and barriers to access of social services. The incumbent is responsible for participating with the ICC in engaging individuals in the community who have been referred to the ICC program because of vulnerabilities such as homelessness, substance us, and mental illness inthe community to promote service enggement. Participates with the ICC to evaluate and help reduce barriers to successful program completion; assists with behavior modeling as well as ongoing support to promote successful completion. Incument assists ICC in responding to community-based incidents as directed and assists ICC in engaging community members and stakeholders in behavioral health resource eduction. The incumbent uses judgment in interpreting and adapting guidelines, such as agency policies, regulations, precedents, and work directions for application to specific cases or problems.

Qualifications: As a basic requirement, all applicants must have successfully completed a four (4) year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a Bachelors or higher degree which involved major study in an academic field related to health or allied sciences. In addition to the basic requirements, applicants must possess one (1) year of specialized experience at least equivalent to the DS-07 level. Specialized experience is experience which is directly related to the position to be filled which has equipped the candidate with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position to be filled.

Education: As a basic requirement, all applicants must have successfully completed a four (4) year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a Bachelors or higher degree which involved major study in an academic field related to health or allied sciences.

Licensures, Certifications and other Requirements: N/A

Number of Vacancies: Three (3)

Duration of Appointment: Term Appointment (Not-to Exceed 13 Months)

Area of Consideration: Open to the Public

Work Experience: Comprehensive practical knowledge of the signs and symptoms of mental illness and substance abuse.

Work Environment: Some degree of hazard may be present in working with emotionally disturbed consumers and their families and caretakers. The ICC functions as an intensive care coordination team and as a result, assignments and locations can vary based on need.

Tour of Duty: Rotating Shifts (May include weekends and holidays)

Collective Bargaining Unit: This position IS in the Collective Bargaining Unit represented by SED NUHHCE and you may be required to pay an agency service fee through an automatic payroll deduction.

First Screening Date: February 4, 2022 and every 10 days thereafter.

RESIDENCY REQUIRMENT:

A person applying for a position in the Career Service, Educational Service, Management Supervisory Service, a line attorney position in the Legal Service (series 905), or an attorney position in the Excepted Service (series 905) who is a bona fide District resident AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION for the position may be awarded a 10-point residency preference over non-District applicants, unless the person declines the preference points. If selected, the person shall be required to present proof of a non-expired DC Driver’s License or Non-driver’s license and maintain such residency for 7 consecutive years from the effective date of the appointment. Failure to maintain bona fide District residency for the 7-year period will result in forfeiture of employment.

COVID-19 VACCINATION:

The Government of the District of Columbia values the safety of our employees, our residents, and our visitors. In support of these values, if you are selected for a job with the Government of the District of Columbia, you must be fully vaccinated against COVID 19, except when vaccination is not medically advised or violates your sincerely held religious beliefs. If you are invited to join our team, you must submit proof that you are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, or you must request an exemption from your representative.

Position Designation: This position is deemed as “Protection Sensitive” pursuant to Section 410 of Chapter 4 of the D.C. Personnel Regulations, in addition to the general suitability screening, individuals applying for or occupying protection sensitive positions are subject to the following checks and tests: