Behavioral technician Jobs in Rochester, NY

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Behavioral Health Specialist, Child Protective Services (CPS)

Child and Family Services

Monroe County Department of Human Services

Rochester, NY [On-Site]

FULL-TIME] [Nonexempt] : 40 hours / week

Coordinated Care Services Inc (CCSI) seeks a talented Behavioral Health Specialist to contribute their expertise in providing essential business services to our provider organizations and customers. The Child and Family Services Behavioral Health Specialist (CPS) provides short-term consultation and linkage to youth and families, identified by Child Protective Services, who present with an array of behavioral health needs. The primary purpose of the Behavioral Health Specialist CPS is to ensure behavioral health and developmental needs are considered, actively identified and addressed for all youth involved with DHS Child and Family Services, in order to prevent further involvement into the DHS system, while promoting better outcomes and hope for youth and families. The Behavioral Health Specialis t will work closely with FACT, Child Protective Services and community providers to stabilize youth and family, avoiding placement into DHS Foster Care.

CCSI is partnering with Monroe County Department of Human Services to hire a Behavioral Health Specialist. This position is employed by CCSI and working on behalf of Monroe County .

In this role, you will

• Participate in consultation groups or individual meetings in which creative collaborative planning is needed to keep youth safely in the home.
• Attend meetings with CPS and other service providers as requested by CPS supervisors, with goals of assessing complex challenges and contributing to stabilization planning for youth and family.
• Utilize trauma-informed lens to inform service planning and decisions.
• Develop expertise of community resources and interventions to support youth at risk of out-of-home placement.
• Successfully navigate cross system youth and families and leverages appropriate responses while working together to support Monroe County System of Care.
• Utilize Hope Science with youth and families, fully integrating Hope into goal-setting and all aspects of collaboration and support.
• Collaborate with CPEP and CPS to work with families to develop plans that support youth leaving CPEP to return home.
• Participate in CPS, FACT and OMH Children’s Priority team meetings.
• Maintain Salesforce and FFF data to meet BHS CPS metric.
• Other duties as assigned.

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Additional Requirements

We Are CCSI!

CCSI employs more than 500 talented, dedicated professionals who provide program management services, consulting, and operational support needed by local departments of mental health and social services, state agencies, community-based organizations, and school districts across New York State and beyond! Our mission, simply put, we help people and communities.

CCSI’s vision is to be an exceptional place for individuals to grow and build a career, while expanding our capacity to invest in communities. We do this by prioritizing employee voice and equity to ensure we protect employees from harm; provide connection and community; enable work-life harmony; foster mattering at work; and creating opportunities for growth and development.

We Can Offer You

CCSI does not accept inquiries from third-party recruiters or search agencies.

Coordinated Care Services, Inc (CCSI) provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.