Behavioral Healthcare Consultant

SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES:  Responsible for providing specialty behavioral health service advice to Department of Children & Families (DCF), Child Protective Investigators, and DCF Legal Staff.  Attends multidisciplinary case staffing, interagency staffing, provides case consulting to CPIs, and assists in identifying community services to assist children and families related to mental health issues.  Requires experience with related systems of care and knowledge of community resources.  This position reports to the Vice President of Clinical Operations

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:  This position requires a Master’s degree from an accredited university or college in the field of counseling, social work, psychology or a related human services field and 5 years of post-master’s clinical experience.  Florida LMHC or LCSW license required. 

 ESSENTIAL DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provides specialty behavioral health services and consultation to DCF Child Protective Investigators and DCF Legal Staff.

• Participates in multidisciplinary case staffing and interagency staffing.

• Assists in identifying community services to assist children and families related to mental health issues.

• Provides screening, counseling, crisis intervention, and other interventions as necessary.

• Demonstrates a working knowledge of cultural, social, religious and bio-psychological factors that impact individual and group definitions of self/individual.

• Demonstrates skills in assessment of co-occurring disorders presented by clients.

• Demonstrates the ability to provide appropriate interventions based on recovery and individual roles in the community.

• Completes and documents assessments, integrated summaries, treatment plans and continuing care/discharge plans, diagnosis in a timely and professional manner.

• Provides least restrictive but most appropriate treatment.

• Demonstrates ability to facilitate individual, interpersonal and communal interactions within a group context.

• Demonstrates skill in facilitating the exploration of continuing care issues.

• Demonstrates ability to maintain knowledge of current trends in the field.

• Displays sound theoretical knowledge of substance abuse treatment, psychopathology, and personality theory and growth and development.

• Demonstrates a good theoretical understanding of family system theory.

• Computer Literacy

• Completes all training requirements in a timely manner.

• Completes all other duties and special projects as assigned.

COASTAL CORE COMPETENCIES

Demonstrates Dependability:

• Arrives to work on time according to CBH policies.

• Uses leave time according to CBH policies.

• Completes documentation/paperwork and projects within deadlines.

Demonstrates Flexibility & Initiative:

• Assumes additional responsibilities and a willingness to assist colleagues.

• Works different shifts when necessary.

• Recommends program changes and improvements.

Demonstrates Teamwork:

• Maintains an overall work attitude of cooperation and professionalism in all interactions with agency staff and community professionals.

• Attends and participates in required staff meetings and agency-wide committees.

• Receptive to direction and feedback from supervisor

Demonstrates Professionalism:

•  Conducts self in a professional manner with colleagues, peers, and clients.

• Recognizes the rights of clients; and will protect client’s privacy at all times by following CBH, State, and Federal mandated privacy procedures and regulations. 

• Adheres to CBH Code of Ethics at all times.

• Complies with all agency policies and procedures, laws and regulations under which Coastal operates.