Behavioral Health Consultant

General Development :

1. Requires more advanced organizational skills, in order to organize projects or the work of

others.

2. Job duties require the ability to work independently and as part of a team.

3. Job responsibilities require individual development of priorities for effective performance of

duties, including re-prioritization in response to changes in circumstances.

4. Employees are expected to devise effective solutions to situations encountered based on

general goals and objectives of the function.

5. Work requires the incorporation of departmental / functional process into the overall

functioning of the organization.

6. Duties require drawing conclusions using inference and logic, which may be different than

the conclusion that could be drawn by others.

Professional and Technical Knowledge :

1. Possesses an understanding in the application of behavioral health theory, case management

interventions and ethical practices of the behavioral health profession.

2. Requires the equivalent of extensive formal training in providing behavioral health and case

management interventions, usually acquired in the completion of a Master s Degree with a

major in social work, counseling, or related field.

Licenses and Certification :

1. Possesses a license to provide behavioral health interventions / counseling.

2. Possesses a valid driver s license.

Technical Skills :

1. Ability to prepare basic correspondence and simple reports in Microsoft Word.

2. Ability to use Microsoft Excel to create tables and simple displays of information.

3. Ability to create basic presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint.

4. Ability to enter and manage data into a centralized electronic health records.

Communication Skills :

1. Job duties require the employee to effectively communicate their opinions and extrapolations

of information they collect and synthesize / analyze.

2. Employees are required to negotiate resolutions to complex situations which may be

inherently adversarial.

3. Job duties require the compilation and analysis of information prepared in effective written

form, including correspondence, reports, articles, or other documentation.

4. Duties involve convincing others to take actions or to behave in specific way desired by the

employee.

5. Proficiency in speaking, reading, writing and translating both English and Spanish