Behavioral Health Consultant

Adapt Integrated Health Care is looking for a qualified Behavioral Health Consultant to join their team!

As a Primary Care BHC, you will promote a strong belief in Adapt Integrated Health Care’s philosophy, purpose, and ideals. Thorough understanding of individual/family/social problems found in mental health and chemical abusing or dependent clients and their families; ability to establish therapeutic relationship with clients; working understanding of individual and group counseling; excellent written and verbal communication skills; demonstrate mastery skills on Dimensions for Counselor Competencies (skillful in complex clinical situations; able to design services; knowledgeable about issues relating research to practice).

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Social Work or related behavioral health field required.
• LCSW, LPC, or Ph.D. with extensive experience working as a counselor in a social service field required.

Primary Responsibilities

• Works as a member of the primary care team, to screen, assess, evaluate level of care, diagnose behavioral health issues, including physical health, mental health, and substance use diagnoses.
• Provide brief intervention or referral to specialty mental health and SUD services.
• Provide crisis counseling.
• Ability to work effectively with dually diagnosed patients, using both individual and family/group interventions.
• Developed skills utilizing theoretical approaches known to be effective in working with a broad spectrum of presenting concerns, including physical health concerns, substance use disorder, and mental health issues such as depression, ADHD, PTSD, and anxiety disorders.
• Facilitate groups using education, discussion, and group process. Focus on emotional/social/family issues relevant to patients with mental health and/or chemical abuse/addiction problems.
• Initiate and respond to necessary correspondence relevant to each patient, including consultation and treatment planning with primary care providers.
• Work within a multidisciplinary team that may include primary care providers and staff, other BHCs, case managers, and a psychiatric prescriber.
• Staff cases bi-weekly with supervision group, supervisor and/or peers.
• Provide supervision to trainees and those seeking individual licensure as needed.