Licensed Behavioral Health Professional Coordinator
About The Position
The Licensed Behavioral Health Professional Coordinator supervises designated staff and supports their ongoing development to provide high-quality, integrated, comprehensive, and individualized care. The coordinator directs operations and services toward individuals’ self-identified goals and organization-defined recovery and wellness outcomes, and ensures services are culturally and linguistically responsive and consistent with organizational priorities and values, including reducing disparities in access to services. The role includes conducting interviews with individuals and families by telehealth and/or in person; developing treatment plans with individuals, families, and the clinical team; and ensuring assessments, counseling, and crisis intervention are individualized, use evidence-based approaches with fidelity, meet facility documentation policies, and comply with direct-care service standards. The coordinator participates in interdisciplinary staffing and clinical consultations, provides staff evaluations, completes administrative duties, and participates in the facility’s on-call rotation to support continuity of care. Other duties may be assigned. The position is based in the Social Work Department at Tulsa Center for Behavioral Health. Primary working hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; agency coverage needs may require variation in hours and location, weekend work, and overtime. The facility serves adults 18 and older experiencing mental health crises, with or without co-occurring substance use disorders, who are medically stable.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in psychology, social work, counseling, or a closely related field.
- Meet one of the stated qualification pathways: (1) hold a practitioner license issued by an eligible Oklahoma state licensure board and have three years of post-master’s experience providing professional behavioral services to consumers in a state-approved facility or similar entity; or (2) be actively and regularly receiving board-approved supervision toward licensure, with extended supervision by a fully licensed clinician if the board’s supervision requirement is met, and have four years of experience providing professional behavioral services to consumers in a state-approved facility or similar entity.
- Eligible practitioner licenses include Licensed Psychologist, Licensed Clinical Social Worker (clinical specialty), Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed Behavioral Practitioner, Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor, or Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor/Mental Health, as applicable to the listed Oklahoma boards.
- For the supervised, not-yet-licensed qualification pathway, board-approved supervision must begin no later than 30 days after the start date.
- Possess and maintain a valid Oklahoma Driver’s License.
- Be willing and able to perform job-related travel normally associated with the position.
- Participate in the on-call rotation unless exempted by the Executive Director.
Nice To Haves
- Preference may be given to candidates who meet Licensed Mental Health Professional (LMHP) status as defined by Title 43A 1-103(11).
- Some agencies may require certification through a specific Oklahoma licensure board.
Responsibilities
- Supervise designated staff and support their ongoing development to provide high-quality, integrated, comprehensive, and individualized care.
- Direct operations and services toward individuals’ self-identified goals and organization-defined recovery and wellness outcomes.
- Ensure services are culturally and linguistically responsive and consistent with organizational priorities and values, including reducing disparities in access to services.
- Provide staff evaluations and complete other organization-defined administrative duties.
- Interview individuals and families by telehealth and/or in person to explore the needs and resources of those requesting services.
- Develop treatment plans collaboratively with individuals and families in services and the clinical team.
- Ensure assessments, individual, group, and family counseling, and crisis intervention are individualized, delivered with fidelity to evidence-based approaches, documented according to facility policy, and within organizational direct-care service standards.
- Participate in interdisciplinary staffing and clinical consultations to support high-quality clinical care and meet the needs of individuals served.
- Participate in facility on-call rotations to ensure continuity of care.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Perform job-related travel normally associated with the position.
Benefits
- Generous state-paid benefit allowance to help cover insurance premiums
- Choice of health insurance plans with no pre-existing-condition exclusions or limitations
- Flexible spending accounts for health care or dependent care expenses
- Employee assistance programs and health and fitness programs
- 11 paid holidays
- 15 days of vacation and 15 days of sick leave during the first year
- Retirement Savings Plan with a generous match
- Longevity bonus for years of service
- Student loan repayment options
- Training opportunities for CEU requirements
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
