Mental Health Associate (1.0 FTE) - Collaborative Care Model (grant-funded)

Hennepin Healthcare; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Hennepin Healthcare is seeking a Mental Health Associate to join the Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) team as a Behavioral Health Clinician. This grant-funded role supports adults in a downtown primary care clinic, coordinating care with PCPs and a consulting psychiatrist.

Under clinical supervision, you will provide brief psychotherapy, participate in team rounds, and contribute to continuous program improvement to ensure long-term sustainability.

Qualifications

• Post Master’s graduate in Behavioral Health with supervision hours toward independent licensure (LICSW/LMFT/LPCC).
• Eligibility or licensure tracks available for LGSW, LPC, or LAMFT.
• Strong psychotherapy skills and ability to work within an integrated care team.

Responsibilities

• Participates in multidisciplinary care team rounds
• Provides mental health services including screening, diagnostic assessment, treatment planning updates, psychoeducation, psychotherapy, crisis services, referrals, and discharge planning
• Completes documentation for accurate and timely billing of clinical services
• Provides psychoeducation to patients, families, and community organizations as needed
• Provides care coordination including discharge/termination planning
• Provides on-call phone coverage for patient coaching as required
• May act as a preceptor to interns and students
• Maintains accreditation standards and state licensure/certification requirements
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Psychotherapy

Team collaboration

Documentation

Diversity & inclusion

Education

Post Master's Behavioral Health

Supervision hours toward licensure (LICSW/LMFT/LPCC)

LGSW, LPC, or LAMFT eligibility

Job description

JOB DETAILS Department: Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) FTE: 1.0 (80 hours per pay period) Workdays: Monday - Friday Shift(s): Days Shift Length: 8 hours Location: In-Person Other: This is a grant-funded role.

We are currently seeking a Mental Health Associate to join our Collaborative Care Model team as a Behavioral Health Clinician (BHC). This is a grant-funded position backed by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), in collaboration with the Minnesota Department of Human Services. The Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) is a specific integrated behavioral health model, and is widely agreed upon as the integrated care approach with the most robust evidence base proving its effectiveness. Our team at Hennepin Healthcare is leading Minnesota in its implementation. It is a team-based approach to treating mental health conditions – especially commons ones like depression and anxiety – within primary care settings.

The Behavioral Health Clinician (BHC) is a core member of the CoCM team, facilitating communication among all team members and acting as the lead contact person for the patient.

This position will work with adults in our downtown primary care clinic. Applicants should feel comfortable working with a growing program and willing to share new ideas with leadership to help with continuous improvement efforts and long-term sustainability.

The SAMHSA grant that funds this position is set to run through September 30, 2028, but efforts are underway to continue this work into the future.

Build a career with an organization that’s here for the community, transforming health and providing exceptional care with compassion. We offer great benefits, better than competitive salary, friendly colleagues, and an opportunity to make a real difference in our community.

Purpose of this position: Under the clinical supervision of a mental health professional, the Mental Health Associate is responsible for supporting and coordinating the behavioral health care of patients on an assigned patient caseload in partnership with the patient’s medical provider (PCP) and a consulting psychiatrist. Effective BHCs support the PCP in their role by coordinating the overall treatment plan, providing brief psychotherapy interventions, supporting medication management, alerting the PCP when the patient is not improving, and communicating with the psychiatric consultant regarding treatment changes. This role will also systematically track treatment response and monitor patients (in person and/ or virtually) for changes in clinical symptoms and treatment side effects or complications.

Ideal candidates have experience in providing cognitive and behavioral interventions using evidence-based techniques such as behavioral activation, problem-solving treatment, motivational interviewing, and solution focused brief therapy.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Participates in multidisciplinary care team rounds
• Provides mental health services including initial and ongoing screening, diagnostic assessment, treatment planning (including regular updates), psychoeducation, psychotherapy services, crisis services, referrals, and discharge/termination planning
• Completes necessary documentation for accurate and timely billing of clinical services provided
• Provides psychoeducation to patients, families, and community organizations as needed
• Provides care coordination including discharge/termination planning
• Provides on-call phone coverage for patient coaching as required
• May act as a preceptor to interns and students
• Assists in maintaining standards of accreditation by health management organizations and state licensure/certification
• Other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS

• Post Master's graduate in Behavioral Health field, obtaining supervision hours for complete independent licensure as LICSW, LMFT, or LPCC
• LGSW, LPC, or LAMFT

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in providing individual, family, and group psychotherapy, working with persons living with mental illnesses, and chemical dependency experience is highly desired

KNOWLEDGE/ SKILLS/ ABILITIES

• Ability to provide psychotherapy to patients and families; ability to recognize and document patient progress
• Ability to work cooperatively with other members of the multidisciplinary clinical team
• Ability to interact with individuals of widely diverse lifestyles including ability to deal objectively with individuals whose attitudes and behaviors differ from his/her own
• Ability to read and interpret written instructions, patient charts, and physicians' notes
• Ability to interpret policies and procedures in an advisory capacity (educate)
• Ability to use computer systems, including electronic medical records, along with working knowledge of Microsoft Office Products (Outlook, etc.)