BHIS Specialist

Family Access Center; Council Bluffs (IA); On-site; USD 48,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mileage/Travel reimbursement

Tuition Assistance

Paid Time Off

Holiday Pay

Sick Time/Leave

Health Insurance

Life Insurance

401(k) plan

401(k) matching

Referral Bonus

Job summary

Family Access Center is seeking a BHIS Specialist to join our team in the Council Bluffs and surrounding areas. The role focuses on delivering skill-based behavioral health interventions to families, individuals, and groups, with collaboration to assess needs and ensure safety.

Responsibilities include crisis response, connection to community resources, and documentation within defined timeframes, while upholding confidentiality and ethics. Bachelor’s degree and relevant experience are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required and two years of full-time experience in a mental health setting or 30 hours working with children in a mental health setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide skill-based interventions to reduce behavioral health challenges by teaching skills such as conflict resolution, problem solving, coping, impulse control, and relationship building.
• Teach skills in individual, family, and/or group settings.
• Collaborate with assessing clinician on individual needs, strengths, and family functioning.
• Monitor risk factors to ensure family’s service needs are met.
• Respond to crises as needed.
• Connect families to community resources and services to reduce recurring child abuse and neglect.
• Use evidence-based practices to work with families.
• Schedule continued service reviews or annual assessments with the assessing clinician.
• Complete required documentation, progress reports, and discharge summaries within time frames.
• Adhere to mandated reporter requirements, confidentiality, and social work ethics.
• Set-up and maintain files on computer systems for case documentation.
• Collaborate with other professionals by attending staff meetings and supervision sessions.

Skills

Communication skills

Time management

Independence

Community resources knowledge

Flexibility/crisis readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Job Description:

Family Access Center is seeking a BHIS Specialist to join our team in the Council Bluffs and surrounding areas.

Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree and two years of full-time experience working in a mental health setting or 30 hours working with children in a mental health setting.

Essential Functions and Job Duties

• Provide skill-based interventions for individuals focused on reducing behavioral health challenges by teaching skills such as conflict resolution, problem solving, coping, impulse control, and relationship building.
• Teach skills in an individual, family and/or group setting.
• Work with the clients from a wide range of cultural, racial, and ethnic groups.
• Collaborate with assessing clinician regarding individual needs, strengths, and family functioning.
• Monitor potential child and family risk factors to assure family’s service needs are met.
• Respond to crisis as needed.
• Connect families to community resources and services to reduce recurring child abuse and neglect.
• Use evidenced based practices to work with families.
• Schedule continued service reviews or annual assessments with assessing clinician.
• complete required documentation, progress reports and discharge summaries within the allotted time frames.
• Adhere to mandatory reporter, confidentiality, and social work ethics.
• Yearly mandated training.
• Set-up and maintain files on computer systems to ensure case documentations.
• Collaborate with other professionals by attend staff meetings and individual supervision meetings or other assigned duties as requested.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Applicant must possess strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Time management skills.
• Ability to work independently.
• Knowledge of community resources and service providers in the service area.
• Flexibility and willingness to work days/evenings/weekends and be available for crisis intervention.

Benefits:

• Mileage/Travel .62 a mile
• Tuition Assistance
• Paid Time Off
• Holiday Pay
• Sick Time/Leave
• Health Insurance
• Life Insurance
• 401(k) plan
• 401(k) matching
• Referral Bonus