Youth Behavioral Health Liaison
FCC Behavioral Health•Poplar Bluff, MO
19d
About The Position
The Youth Behavioral Health Liaison (YBHL) is a mental health professional who forms local community partnerships with various youth-serving organizations to address specific behavioral health needs of vulnerable children and youth. YBHLs will function as service connectors for youth with co-occurring mental illness, substance use and/or developmental disability to link youth to services available through community partners.
Requirements
- A qualified addiction professional (QAP);
- A qualified mental health professional (QMHP);
- An individual with a bachelor’s degree in a human services field: social work, psychology, nursing, education, criminal justice, recreational therapy, human development and family sciences, counseling, child development, gerontology, sociology, human services, behavioral science, and rehabilitation counseling;
- An individual with any four (4) year combination of higher education and qualifying experience;
- An individual with any four (4) year degree and two (2) years of qualifying experience;
- An individual with an A.A.S. in Behavioral Health Support degree from an approved institution; or
- An individual with four (4) years of qualifying experience.
Responsibilities
- Act as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Work closely with Access Crisis Intervention (ACI), Crisis Intervention Teams (CIT), or other initiatives to coordinate services and develop local systems of care for individuals with behavioral health needs.
- Attend monthly conference calls, webinars, and face-to-face meetings/trainings, and conferences such as the annual MBHC and MO CIT, if possible.
- Attend all quarterly YBHL meetings coordinated by MBHC and DMH.
- Work closely with all agencies which have Community Behavioral Health Liaisons and corresponders to prevent duplication of efforts, duplication of data, and to prevent confusion with community stakeholders and partners.
- Complete all mandatory documentation.
- Adherence to all applicable evidence-based practice models.
- Orally communicate information effectively and accurately.
- Assure program operates within the constraints of the agency’s certification (CARF, DMH) standards and strategic plan related to clinical care.
- Abide by program and agency policies and procedures.
- Other job duties and special projects as assigned.
