Behavioral Health Specialist (Bilingual Spanish Preferred)

Oak Street Health; New York (NY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 98,000; Full time

Job summary

Oak Street Health is seeking a Behavioral Health Specialist to join their team in New York. This role focuses on coordinating behavioral healthcare, providing short-term counseling, and collaborating with primary care teams to enhance patient outcomes. Ideal candidates will be licensed clinical social workers with a passion for behavioral health and a commitment to patient care.

Benefits

Paid vacation and sick time

Generous 401K match with immediate vesting

Health benefits

Collaborative and energetic culture

Fast-paced and innovative environment

Qualifications

• Motivated licensed clinical social workers with experience in behavioral health.
• Comfort supporting patients with co-occurring behavioral health and substance abuse issues.
• Proficient in evidence-based psychosocial treatments.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and support behavioral healthcare for patients.
• Screen and assess patients for mental health and substance use disorders.
• Develop care plans and facilitate referrals to resources.

Skills

Collaboration

Behavioral health conditions

Screening for mental health disorders

Assessment and treatment planning

Evidence-based psychosocial treatments

Motivational Interviewing

PC skills

Education

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Job description

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As the nation’s leading health solutions company, we reach millions of Americans through our local presence, digital channels and more than 300,000 purpose-driven colleagues – caring for people where, when and how they choose in a way that is uniquely more connected, more convenient and more compassionate. And we do it all with heart, each and every day.

Company: Oak Street Health

Title: Behavioral Health Specialist (Bilingual Spanish Preferred)

Oak Street Health is a rapidly growing, innovative company of community-based healthcare centers delivering higher quality health and wellness care that improves outcomes, manages medical costs and provides an unmatched experience for adults on Medicare in medically underserved communities. By providing holistic, comprehensive and integrated care right in our patientsâ communities, we can help keep them healthy and reinvest cost savings in further care for those same communities and others. Since 2013, Oak Street Health has brought its singular approach to tens of thousands of people across the nation. With an ambitious growth trajectory, Oak Street Health is attracting and cultivating team members who embody Oak Street values and are passionate about our mission to rebuild healthcare as it should be.

For more information, visit www.oakstreethealth.com.

Role Description

The Behavioral Health Specialist is a key resource for Care Teams across a region of Oak Street Health primary clinics. They are responsible for coordinating and supporting behavioral healthcare for our patients, in collaboration with Care Teams and a psychiatric consultant. The Behavioral Health Social Worker will assess the needs of patients, make referrals to appropriate behavioral health resources and specialists, and provide short-term counseling and evidence-based treatments as indicated.

Core Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the primary care teams to identify appropriate patients to refer into the Oak Street Behavioral Health program
• Screen and assess patients for common mental health and substance use disorders
• Develop care plans and provide or facilitate referrals to Oak Streetâs psychiatric consultant and/or external resources
• Provide short-term counseling and evidence-based treatments
• Coordinate care with Oak Streetâs psychiatric consultant, including warm hand offs for telehealth visits and collaboration on care plans
• Develop relationships with primary care teams and consistently communicate changes in behavioral health care plans
• Accurate and timely documentation of patient encounters and counseling sessions in Oak Streetâs electronic medical record
• Participate in regional and organizational efforts to advance Oak Streetâs Behavioral Health program through workshops, feedback sessions and surveys
• Other duties, as assigned
  
  

What are we looking for?

Weâre looking for motivated licensed clinical social workers with:

• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively in a team setting
• Experience and passion for working with behavioral health conditions
• Comfort supporting patients with co-occurring behavioral health and substance abuse issues
• Experience with screening for common mental health and/or substance use disorders
• Experience with assessment and treatment planning for common mental health and/or substance use disorders
• Working knowledge of differential diagnosis of common mental health and/or substance use disorders
• Working knowledge of evidence-based psychosocial treatments for common mental health disorders
• Familiarity with brief, structured intervention techniques (e.g., Motivational Interviewing, Behavioral Activation)
• Proficient PC skills
• US work authorization
• Someone who embodies being âOakyâ
  
  

What does being âOakyâ look like?

• Radiating positive energy
• Assuming good intentions
• Creating an unmatched patient experience
• Driving clinical excellence
• Taking ownership and delivering results
• Being scrappy
  
  

Why Oak Street?

Oak Street Health Offers Our Coworkers The Opportunity To Be At The Forefront Of a Revolution In Healthcare, As Well As

• Collaborative and energetic culture
• Fast-paced and innovative environment
• Competitive benefits including paid vacation and sick time, generous 401K match with immediate vesting, and health benefits
  
  

Oak Street Health is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and encourage all interested readers to apply to oakstreethealth.com/careers.

"The minimum base annual wage for this position is $65,720.00and the maximum base annual wage for this position is $97,880.00 This base pay does not include additional forms of compensation including bonuses, overtime, etc."

Anticipated Weekly Hours

40

Time Type

Full time

Pay Range

The Typical Pay Range For This Role Is

$72,627.00 - $155,538.00

This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors. This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above.

Our people fuel our future. Our teams reflect the customers, patients, members and communities we serve and we are committed to fostering a workplace where every colleague feels valued and that they belong.

Great Benefits For Great People

We take pride in our comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits – investing in the physical, emotional and financial wellness of our colleagues and their families to help them be the healthiest they can be. In addition to our competitive wages, our great benefits include:

• Affordable medical plan options, a 401(k) plan (including matching company contributions), and an employee stock purchase plan.
• No-cost programs for all colleagues including wellness screenings, tobacco cessation and weight management programs, confidential counseling and financial coaching.
• Benefit solutions that address the different needs and preferences of our colleagues including paid time off, flexible work schedules, family leave, dependent care resources, colleague assistance programs, tuition assistance, retiree medical access and many other benefits depending on eligibility.
  
  

For more information, visit https://jobs.cvshealth.com/us/en/benefits

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 05/12/2026

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.

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Job function

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  Hospitals and Health Care

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