Lead Behavioral Health Specialist

OVERVIEW

The Lead Behavioral Health Specialist provides direct behavioral health services to patients while offering clinical leadership, supervision, and program support to behavioral health staff. This role balances direct clinical care with oversight responsibilities, ensuring high-quality, culturally competent, trauma-informed services across the department. The Lead Behavioral Health Specialist works closely with Health Center Leadership and multidisciplinary teams to support integrated care, staff development, and program growth.

• Provide direct behavioral health treatment, case management, care coordination, and crisis intervention to individuals, families, couples, and groups.
• Conduct psychosocial assessments; develop, implement, and monitor treatment plans; complete progress notes; and facilitate referrals to internal and external support services.
• Deliver integrated, comprehensive care to patients experiencing co-occurring disorders.
• Participate in warm handoffs and respond to crisis situations during office hours.
• Work within a clinical behavioral health on‑call rotation schedule as needed and maintain accurate, thorough, and timely documentation in the electronic health record (EHR).

• Provide weekly individual and group clinical supervision to behavioral health staff, including provisionally licensed clinicians working toward clinical licensure.
• Lead departmental meetings, case staffings, and clinical consultations.
• Review and provide feedback on psychosocial assessments, treatment plans, and progress notes to ensure clinical quality and compliance.
• Monitor staff productivity and documentation standards to support departmental goals.
• Support staff performance management, coaching, and professional growth using a solution‑focused approach.
• Ensure staff maintain accurate, thorough, and timely documentation within IMAN’s EHR, Athena One.

• Assist with project leadership, program planning, protocol development, and departmental policies and procedures.
• Work closely with the Health Center Leadership Team to coordinate patient flow and integration of behavioral health services.
• Support grant applications, proposals, and other program development efforts as needed.
• Assist with departmental administrative tasks, including scheduling, monitoring staff time off, and on‑call coverage.
• Perform other clinical or administrative duties as assigned.

• Master’s degree in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, or Marriage and Family Therapy.
• Licensed to practice in the state of Illinois, specifically as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW).
• Minimum of two (2) years of experience providing clinical supervision to behavioral health staff.
• Demonstrated experience in program development and clinical leadership.
• Experience providing pragmatic therapeutic interventions (structural, strategic, and functional) with individuals, couples, families, and groups.
• Strong understanding of family systems, trauma, and a range of therapeutic modalities.
• Ability to lead teams using a solution‑focused, strengths‑based approach.
• Experience working in multidisciplinary and multicultural settings.
• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage crises and work effectively in a fast‑paced environment.
• Ability to work fully onsite during regular clinic hours is required.

• Bilingual in Spanish and English, or Arabic and English.
• Experience working in a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) or outpatient urban mental health setting.
• Experience providing trauma‑informed clinical counseling services.
• Demonstrated commitment to culturally competent, equity‑centered care.

• Ability to sit or stand for extended periods of time.
• Ability to work for extended hours with a computer.
• Ability to work flexible hours.
• Ability to lift to 50 lbs.

• Advanced Clinical Assessment & Treatment Planning – Conducts comprehensive psychosocial assessments and develops effective, evidence‑based treatment plans for diverse and complex cases.
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