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Under direction:
- Facilitates families’ access to funding assistance for copays and deductible payments to reduce barriers to mental health services.
- Receives referrals from school social workers, counselors, psychologists, other faculty, students, families, and other community members to provide information, resources, and referrals.
- Engages referred student and/or student’s natural supports as needed.
- Conducts brief screening.
- Refers to appropriate supports and services.
- Crisis services.
- In-school supports.
- Community-based supports and services (e.g., outpatient mental health services, support groups).
- Acts as primary liaison between OCHN, mental health service providers, and school.
- Determines eligibility for OCHN Medicaid specialty mental health services and, when applicable, appropriate level of care by utilizing clinical level of care tools (e.g., CAFAS, LOCUS, ASAM).
- Conducts follow-up to ensure successful and timely access to supports, services, and/or resources
- Participate on the planning work group conducting program design.
- Identify primary agency (ies) for participants to be referred for behavioral health services.
- Develop preferred methods, forms, and timetables for exchanging information between OCHN, agencies providing mental health supports and services, and schools.
- Participate in treatment team meetings when indicated.
- Arrange and coordinate with substance use agencies for substance use disorder treatment services for persons with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.
- Provide training to team members on how to screen for individuals exhibiting symptoms of mental illness and/or co-occurring disorders.
- Participate in trainings related to mental health issues and schools.
- Evaluates overall efficacy of School Mental Health Program services and engages in continuous quality improvement activities (CQI).
- Other duties as assigned.
Education:
- Individual must possess a Master’s degree in a mental health field.
***Bilingual in Spanish desirable***
Training Requirements (licenses, programs, or certificates):
- LLP, LP, LMSW, LPC, LMFT, LLMSW.
- CAADC, CADC, CCS, CPS, CPC-R, CCDP or development plan preferred.
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Experience Requirements:
- Two (2) years of experience in social work, human services, education, psychology, or related field (required).
- Experience with crisis intervention, screening and assessment of children and adolescent populations, and experience with serious emotional disturbance, substance use disorders, and intellectual/developmental disabilities (strongly preferred).
Preferred Requirements:
- Knowledge of the OCHN system, providers, eligibility criteria, and community referral resources.
- Knowledge of OCHN provider network, and how to access additional community services.
- Knowledge of public, private, and charter school systems and mental health resources available in schools.
- Knowledge of DSM-V criteria.
- Knowledge of Michigan Mental Health Code.
- Understanding of recipient rights policies.
- Understanding of trauma informed principles.
- Knowledge of Children’s Waiver and SED Waiver requirements.
- Knowledge of LOCUS, MichiCANS, and ASAM requirements.
- Knowledge of substantial functional limitations.
- Ability to use screening, assessment, and intervention skills including skills for crisis intervention.
Job Specific Competencies/Skills:
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Be able to articulate a complex service system while establishing positive rapport with individuals in need.
- Create a welcoming environment that demonstrates empathy and non-judgment.
- Demonstrates high level of proficiency with Word, Excel, database, and other relevant software programs.
- Demonstrates high level of interpersonal skills both in direct personal interactions and on the telephone.
- Demonstrates high level of oral and written communication skills.
- Demonstrates ability to handle a high volume of relatively complex assignments accurately and timely.
Demonstrates organizational skills needed to establish office procedures and maintain files and records.
Oakland Community Health Network’s Core Competencies: |
- Interacting with others in a way that gives them confidence in one’s intentions and those of the organization; demonstrating loyalty to the organization and its mission and values; maintaining social, ethical, and organizational norms; firmly adhering to codes of conduct and ethical principles. (Integrity/Building Trust)
- Making customers and their needs a primary focus of one’s actions; developing and sustaining productive customer relationships, recognizing that the ultimate customer is the person served. (Customer Focus)
- Actively identifying new areas for learning; regularly creating and taking advantage of learning opportunities; using newly gained knowledge and skill on the job and learning through their application. (Continuous Learning)
- Setting high standards of performance for self and others; assuming responsibility and accountability for successfully completing assignments or tasks; self-imposing standards of excellence in addition to consciously adopting organizational standards of excellence. (Work Standards)
- Clearly conveying information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message. (Communication)
(Travel required, physical requirements, etc):
- Must have available means of transportation to and from OCHN and for required offsite meetings or site visits.
- Must be available for meetings and events which may occur outside of standard office hours.
- Work performed primarily in an office/community environment.
- Hybrid (onsite/remote) work schedule available.
- The ideal candidate must be able to complete all physical requirements of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation.
OCHN is committed to building a diverse team and fostering an inclusive and equitable culture. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer that embraces and encourages our employees’
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