Colorado Nonprofit Association

Behavioral Health Clinician

Job title: Behavioral Health Clinician

Reports to: Housing Retention Team Clinical Lead

Status of position: Full Time (40 hours per week)

Position Overview:

All Roads has provided homeless services for nearly 40 years. More recently, All
Roads has rapidly expanded its impact by partnering with a variety of housing
providers and funders in executing Permanent Supportive Housing programing
throughout Boulder County. Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) provides housing
and in-home supportive services to the Community’s most vulnerable and
at-risk individuals. In partnership with the City of Boulder, All Roads
developed the Housing Retention Team, which is a behavioral health team that
is intended to supplement existing tenant supportive services with in-home
clinical services to individuals with a high acuity of need resulting in
behaviors/symptoms that are a threat to their housing stability and overall
well-being.

Job Summary:

Operating in partnership with All Roads Permanent Supportive
Housing Case Managers, Focus Reentry and other community agencies, the
Housing Retention Team (HRT) provides supplementary in-home clinical services
to address issues that frequently destabilize housing for those with extreme
physical health/mental health/addiction impairments. Whenever possible, these
services will be integrated into each client’s transition out of
homelessness. The HRT Behavioral Health Clinician provides direct clinical
mental health services to clients that are placed in supportive housing
programs, primarily through All Roads, with histories of chronic
homelessness.

Primary
Responsibilities:

• Receive and review referrals from
  HRT Clinical Lead and provide access to HRT services in a timely manner.
  Triage cases to determine status (emergent, urgent, routine) and make
  referrals for other services as appropriate.

· Conducts mental health assessments, psychotherapy, and
clinical case management to clients who are participants of the Housing
Retention Team program.

· Provides crisis intervention services to established HRT
clients when available and makes appropriate referrals to community supports
when unavailable (i.e. walk-in crisis center, Colorado Crisis Line, emergency
services, etc.)

· Act as agency representative at interagency meetings of
providers as assigned.

· Completes timely and thorough documentation of all
clinical encounters through the EHR system.

· Completes all required consent paperwork with clients and
updates appropriately.

· Communicates with PSH Case Managers and Housing Retention
Team Clinical lead about the status and progress of clients on their
caseload.

· Works collaboratively with the PSH Case Managers and other
community providers to coordinate care and meet the complex needs of clients
who are a part of the HRT program.

· Meets weekly with HRT Clinical Lead for clinical
supervision.

· Attends monthly staff meeting with PSH team to keep up to
date on programs.

· Other responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications, Skills & Abilities:

• Master’s degree in social work, counseling, or related field.
• Licensed
  LCSW, LPC, or LMFT. If not licensed, you must already be registered with
  DORA as a candidate for licensure (i.e. LSW, LPCC, or MFTC).
• Valid driver’s license required.
• At least two years of experience
  in working with persons with severe and persistent mental illness or
  related field.
• Working knowledge of
  Medicaid/Medicare regulations and billing procedures.

· Clinical
experience in homelessness and severe persistent mental illness preferred.

· Demonstrate leadership and effective interpersonal skills
in working with clients, clinical staff, members of the community.

· Experience coordinating complex care across various
agencies to serve clients with multiple areas of need.

• Strong organizational skills; ability to solve problems.
• Great communication, ability to take direction and prioritize tasks.
• Must be able to remain in a stationary position for long periods of time,
  exchange information, and move about workspaces. Must be able to
  ambulate in non-accessible settings (for instance: stairs) in order to
  serve clients.
• Represent All Roads in alignment with our mission and core values: treat all with dignity, offer support
  and opportunity, achieve results through competence and creativity, and
  practice responsible stewardship.

All Roads is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

Note for Colorado Applicants: You may redact age-related information, including
your date of birth or school attendance dates, from your application. This
will not affect your application process.