Behavioral Health Clinician to provide Counseling Support Services for IDNG Service Members and their families. Role will help support to manage a Behavior Health Counseling program designed to identify Service Members and families eligible for support and provide them with information on available benefits and connect them with sources of support/services. The role will perform all functions necessary to develop and implement programs to identify and provide services to Service Members and their family members, to inform and educate them on available programs at the national, state and local levels and develop information on improving program effectiveness and offerings

Required Qualifications:

• EDUCATION – Bachelor’s Degree and demonstrated practical experience in the area(s) of expertise required by the technical specifications, as well as demonstrated capability in program / project coordination applications with a minimum of one year experience working in a behavior health field. 
• Knowledge of diagnosis treatment protocols for psychopathologies.  Knowledge of trauma treatment preferred.  Licensed to practice at independent level. Will be involved with complex programs involving multiple tasks. 
• Demonstrated experience with military family challenges is highly desired. Age specific competencies from children to older adults is preferred.
• Licensed or eligible to receive a license". This should allow for hire of a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor. 

• The core working hours are Monday through Friday from 07:30(am) to 4:30(pm).   

•  Overall responsible for personnel of the counseling program and activities.  Provide feedback and training on activities with a goal of all clinicians fully trained to complete assigned tasks.

• Provide clinical services including assessment, intervention, exit planning, referral, and monitoring of clinical progress.  Asses the Service Member and/or family member for his/her presenting issues; define an appropriate intervention plan; work with collateral agents (if applicable); conduct follow up with the clients and collateral agents; and consult with the Service Member’s supervisor/commander with duty re-entry issues (if applicable). These services may be conducted in person, telephonically or by secured video conferencing.

•  Clinicians are expected to carry an average case load of approximately 28-30 clinical hours per week. Each Clinician will maintain a minimum of two new intakes per week.

•  A treatment plan will be established within the first three visits. At each visit various screeners, as approved by the DPH, will be utilized to assess progress. If long-term therapy is deemed appropriate by the clinician, Service Member or their family members will have an appropriate referral to community resources.

• Clinicians will provide evidenced based treatment (EBT). At a minimum each clinician will be able to provide at least one of the following, but all three are preferred: CPT, DBT, EMDR. Other EBTs may be accepted upon approval by the DPH.

•  Split 24 hour on-call and queue responsibility of the IDNG Crisis Line with the other members of the Integrated Behavioral Health Team. There are currently four other contractors and the DPH in the rotation; this number may vary because they are under a contracted effort. Currently, the DPH rotates manning the queue during business hours daily and rotate after-hours coverage on a weekly basis.

• Maintain follow up and interface with IBHT relative to high-risk patients in an effort to maintain cohesive, wrap around services to prevent suicide.

• Assist the DPH with the development of a Creative Action Plan to promote behavioral health and wellness and the promotion of counseling and treatment services.

• Provide public outreach including, but not limited to, welcome home events, brigade education, crisis intervention and response, debriefs after significant events, and interface with substance abuse team (inclusive of suicide prevention coordinator) to provide training and education.

• Manage a system of record keeping and chart review which, at minimum, includes a description of the presenting problem, HPI (history of present illness), psychological and substance abuse histories, social and legal histories, risk assessment, diagnostic formulation, and plan of care for initial assessment period (1-3 visits), as well as session notes documenting evidenced based interventions addressing the stated presenting problem.

• Keep records and maintain random audit of sample of 20% of records to ensure compliance with minimum standards of documentation and care.
• Coordinate with the DPH to provide supplemental 24/7/365 access to critical incident event support and behavioral health intake, assessment, evaluation, screening, diagnosis and treatment as well as referral services.  These services may be conducted in person or telephonically.  Time spent with SMs seeking support and/or services will be considered time worked.
• Attend specialized training courses, seminars and meetings to maintain awareness of information and resources supporting initiatives for Service Members.
• Limitations on Services to Minors: Direct permission from a parent or legal guardian is required to serve a minor in person, telephonically, or via a referral to an affiliate.  No services may be provided to minors who purport to be emancipated until the emancipation criteria are validated through legal channels.  The legal definition of a minor is determined by state statues.
• The primary user of this program is any National Guard Service Member (current or former) and/or his/her family members.  Additional users are any Service Member and their immediate family members, from any active or reserve branch of service (Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines, Cost Guard and Space Force).  Any veteran of any branch, with their immediate family members are also eligible.  Service Members, with their immediate family members, who are not veterans, but have served, are eligible after verification of service is provided.  Individuals that do not fall within these categories are not eligible for services and should be provided with community referrals.

• Ensure treatment plans and all referrals are being resourced through the DPH. This includes consults for those initially using the VA, TRICARE network providers, and/or other non-network providers.

• Be knowledgeable on all state and federal programs available to support the needs of the Service Members and their family members. Be significantly familiar with all programs available to provide quality referrals to support the needs of the veterans and their family members.

•  On a monthly basis, each clinician will develop a schedule of clinical hours, crisis line coverage, and travel to be shared with the DPH and BH Case Manager to coordinate and schedule care.