Behavioral Health Care Coordinator at JOURNEY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC

Description

Come with work a cohesive, supportive team in the CCS GROW program! The Behavioral Health Care Coordinator position works within the CCS program for Dane County, providing robust and comprehensive care for people with mental health and/or substance use recovery. This includes community based direct services with clients and their systems, creating individually tailored recovery plans, assessments, and services to fit their needs.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

Journey Mental Health Center upholds a strong commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) that guides our daily operations. We foster a caring community for all individuals to feel a sense of belonging. We prioritize delivering services that are centered around ensuring fairness and inclusivity for all. We are dedicated to demonstrating courage and initiative within our agency and community to actively dismantle structural oppression for all affected communities. 

Qualifications

Education and Experience:

Education/Licensure

ESSENTIAL

• Bachelor’s degree in a related behavioral health field

PREFERRED

• Master's degree in a related behavioral health field

Experience:

• Experience in related behavioral health field.
• Commitment to work toward improving cultural diversity and inclusion.
• Strong commitment to principles of recovery and to facilitating consumer participation in treatment/service planning and provision.
• Knowledge of evidence-based practices for treatment of mental health and co-occurring disorders.
• Experience in community-based mental health and substance abuse assessment, case management, treatment planning and crisis resolution.
• Ability to communicate effectively (both orally and in writing).
• Ability to work effectively with an interdisciplinary team with a positive and creative attitude.
• Ability to work independently with highly developed organizational skills and ability to multitask.
• Superior ethics and interpersonal boundaries as evidenced by experience in community-based work with related professional references.
• Possession of a valid driver's license, a favorable driving record, adequate insurance (per WI law) and access to a vehicle with willingness to use it for work (i.e., transporting consumers.

PREFERRED

• Bi-lingual, and/or bi-cultural (Spanish/Hmong/Cambodian).
• Fluent in American Sign Language.
• Experience with use of evidence-based practices in mental health, and substance abuse.

Physical Requirements:

• Requires sitting, standing, light lifting, bending, and reaching; and the ability to use and operate standard office equipment, including computer, calculator, phone, printer, cell phone, facsimile, etc.
• This position requires computer work and at times sitting at a desk for two or more hours at a time.

Working Conditions

• May require evening hours depending on program and consumer’s needs.
• Work is performed in a busy office environment and in the community serving consumers of all ages.
• A significant amount of consumer contact occurs in the community and at times within consumers' homes.
• A limited amount of work may be done via telehealth dependent on program needs.

Journey Mental Health Center provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.