Behavioral Health Practitioner (Bilingual - Spanish)

Job Description:

Behavioral Health Practitioner (Bilingual - Spanish)

Description

Our ideal candidate

You are a culturally competent and empathetic professional with creative problem-solving skills who cares deeply about the students and families receiving your services. You are a team player, skilled in your area of expertise, and you use your knowledge and skills to accomplish collective goals.

General description

Under general direction, provide culturally competent individual, group, and family therapy in order to: help children and students succeed academically, socially, and emotionally; strengthen families and connect them with the resources they need; and create a safe, healthy, and supportive learning environment, in collaboration with educators and other professionals.

• Provide individual, group and family services - including therapy, treatment coordination, and case management - to children, students, and families served by a variety of SBCEO programs, including students with a history of disciplinary and/or behavioral issues in traditional school environments and students in the juvenile justice center.
• Make recommendations to school or program staff and families for behavioral health services and placements, as well as referrals to families for accessing and utilizing school and community resources, as appropriate.
• Provide consultative support and professional expertise to instructional or program staff, service providers, administrators, and families regarding behavioral health, behavioral issues, and substance abuse.
• Provide crisis support to students and their families, helping students regain academic, social, and emotional success and promoting family stability to enable the student to function more effectively in school and community; provide post-crisis intervention case management, including helping families link to intensive, wrap-around behavioral health services.
• Participate in the intervention/coordination of services team with other behavioral health professionals serving community school students.
• Review and approve services provided by other staff for purposes of billing MediCal and other payers.
• Attend and participate in various in-services, committees, and workshops; develop, implement and conduct in-service training sessions for families and staff.
• Maintain treatment and case management records, observing all relevant legal regulations related to patient and student confidentiality.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Salary:

$10,039 - $11,572 USD Monthly