Behavior Health Practitioner (School Based)

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BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PRACTITIONER (SCHOOL-BASED)
| Job Code: | 2022-COPPER I-001
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FLSA Status: | Exempt
Employment Status: | Regular Full-Time
FTE: | 80 hours bi-weekly
Location: | Copper Island Academy
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Summary:
The Behavioral Health Practitioner serves as an integral member of the clinical care team. Responsible for providing a full array of behavioral health services to patients from children and adults, including but not limited to screening and assessment, care planning and coordination, and interventions providing brief, focused prevention, treatment, recovery services, and support for patients with persistent illness, within an integrated primary care clinic environment or via telehealth. Additional Substance Use Disorder-related services may be provided if the Practitioner has CAADC or MCBAP credentials. _This position will have a focused patient population of school aged children and will provide care within a school-based health center._

Job Qualifications:
**Education, Training, Licensing and Credentialing

Required:

**- Licensed Master Social Worker
– Evidence of basic life support training (BLS), or willingness and ability to obtain prior to, or upon hire

**Preferred:

** – Current Certified Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CAADC) credential in accordance with the Michigan Certification Board for Addiction Professionals (MCBAP), or eligibility to pursue and willingness to obtain certification

**Experience and Skills

Required:

** – Experience maintaining confidential information and adherence to HIPAA and CFR 42 Part 2
– Typing and computer skills including use of email and documentation in electronic medical record
– If recovering from chemical dependency, a minimum of two years of continuous sobriety immediately preceding the date of hire

**Preferred:

** – Two years post master’s relevant experience in behavioral health field
– Two years experience working within a medical clinic
– Experience with tele-medicine
– Knowledge of case management functions and chronic disease model
– Demonstrated experience or understanding of team-based care in a medical home
– Strong understanding of medical terminology and chronic conditions
– Familiarity in treatment of episodic and chronic BHS/SUD Medical conditions
– Experience with solution-focused, brief therapy interventions
– Experience using motivational interviewing techniques
– Prior work experience in an FQHC or another integrated clinic environment
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Work Schedule:

Varied