School-Based Behavioral Health Manager

Primary Health Solutions•Hamilton, OH

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About The Position

The School-Based Behavioral Health Manager leads and oversees behavioral health services embedded within school-based setting - combining clinical leadership, program management, staff supervision, and direct patient care. The SBHM is responsible for overseeing and managing PHS’ behavioral health services within school-based settings. This includes supervision of therapists and crisis intervention clinicians to ensure continuity of care, collaborating with school staff and community providers. The serves SBHM is a key leader in integrating behavioral health supports within the educational environment to promote student well-being and academic success.

Requirements

Master’s degree (or higher) in a behavioral health discipline (e.g., Clinical Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, Counseling Psychology, or related field) from an accredited institution. Active, unrestricted licensure in the relevant behavioral health discipline per state of Ohio requirements
Minimum of 2 years of post-licensure clinical experience providing behavioral health services, ideally including experience in educational or collaborative settings.
Independently licensed within 6 months of hire.
Supervision certification within 1 year of hire.
Excellent communication, consultation, collaboration, and teamwork skills; ability to function as part of a multidisciplinary team (school staff, PCPs, nursing, care management, BH, community resources).
Strong organizational, administrative, and leadership skills; ability to manage program operations, oversee workflows, monitor quality, and support continuous improvement.
Comfort working with diverse patient populations, vulnerable communities, and individuals with co-occurring physical health, behavioral health, and social needs.
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of an organization.
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
To perform this job successfully, an individual should have the ability to gain knowledge of current practice management system, electronic medical record, Microsoft Word, text paging, Internet, and Intranet.
Skill with patients in lower socio-economic sectors of the community.

Responsibilities

Provide direct behavioral health services ensuring the SBH Manager remains connected to patient care and care model fidelity.
Participate in program planning, development, and evaluation for the school-based behavioral service line
Oversee the school-based behavioral services within educational environments.
In collaboration with Chief Health Officer, Quality and Operations departments develop or refine policies, procedures, standards of care, workflows, and referral pathways to support school-based services and efficient collaboration between care teams.
In coordination with the Director of Behavioral Health, oversee quality assurance, key performance indicators and initiatives e.g., productivity, clinical quality metrics.
In coordination with Student Program Coordinator, participate actively ensures successful student/preceptor program.
Participate actively in supporting grant work plans that are supporting behavioral health services.
Provide supervision, mentorship, and ongoing training to behavioral health clinicians.
Conduct staff performance evaluations, participate in hiring/onboarding/off boarding (in coordination with HR), and support professional development and retention strategies.
Collaborate with leadership on service capacity planning, productivity targets, scheduling, and resource allocation to sustain a financially viable school-based behavioral health service line.
Driving results by taking initiative, managing execution, and holding self and others accountable to achieve goals, even in challenging circumstances.
Understanding the business from the customer’s perspective, using data to make informed decisions, and ensuring timely decisions that advance the organization.
Engaging people through effective communication and building collaborative relationships across the organization.
Holding oneself accountable by fostering trust, demonstrating self-awareness and self-development, and remaining flexible and adaptable.
Maximize contribution to ensure meeting company strategic goals, key performance indicators or initiatives.