As a Behavioral Health Clinician, you will have an opportunity to address the most pressing health and wellness needs in Native American communities. Through telehealth counseling services and crisis support, you will serve Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) school staff, students, and families. As part of our ambitious and passionate team supporting the BIE Behavioral Health and Wellness Program (BHWP), you will have a lasting impact on the mental health and wellness of Native American students.

The BIE BHWP provides culturally relevant, evidence-based, and trauma-informed behavioral health and wellness services for school staff, students, and families at all Bureau-funded institutions, including Bureau-operated schools, Tribally Controlled Schools, post-secondary institutions, and Tribal colleges and universities.

Who We Are: Tribal Tech is a Native American, Woman-Owned Small Business providing professional services to federal, state, local, tribal, and private sector clients. Our mission is to empower communities and individuals with the knowledge and resources to achieve better health, security, and well-being. Tribal Tech was founded in 2010 to serve Native American communities, though over the past couple of years, we have expanded our reach into the National Security and Defense sectors. Tribal Tech is named on the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Companies Hall of Fame.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform initial evaluation of prospective clients (i.e., students and staff) based on their needs, desires, and barriers.
• Conduct psychosocial assessments; coordinate, monitor, evaluate and advocate for appropriate services.
• Build rapport with clients and relay client care concerns to BH Lead.
• Develop person-centered, solution-focused care plans for students, families, and staff, and provide therapeutic support as needed.
• Maintain constant communication with clients while addressing their concerns.
• Monitor client progress and modify their treatment plans as needed.
• Ensure timely completion of assessments, treatment plan reviews, and discharge summaries to ethically manage all phases of therapy.
• Demonstrate the utilization of appropriate evidence-based and solution-focused interventions in the treatment of clients.
• Coordinate with social and medical agencies, healthcare providers, and community outreach programs to provide clients with needed referral services.
• Educate clients on stress and trauma coping mechanisms.
• Complete documentation in accordance with tele-health counseling services policy and procedure.
• Participate as an active member of the BIEBHWP Crisis and On-call Team.
• Participate as a member of clinical team to secure clinical feedback and direction on caseload.
• Adhere to patient confidentiality and comply with program policy, state licensure guidelines, and federal regulations under the privacy rules of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
• Provide training & technical assistance (TTA) to a portfolio regarding the prevention of substance use/misuse, prevention of suicide, promotion of mental health, and addressing behavior management skill building.
• Conduct webinars, conference calls, telephone support, and email with the BIE audience.
• Assist the BIE audience in strengthening existing services and/or begin building infrastructure for prevention efforts.
• Coordinate with other TA Coordinators and the contract staff to ensure collaboration, communication, joint development of materials, and training.
• Provide culturally appropriate clinical services for various mental health, co-occurring disorders, and age groups.
• Must adhere to mandated reporting laws.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills and Knowledge:

• Knowledge and experience in conducting behavioral health assessments, leading individual and group counseling sessions, and facilitating psychoeducational sessions focused on behavioral health and/or wellness topics.
• Demonstrated knowledge of clinical issues/culturally appropriate intervention techniques.
• Effective communication skills, including how to summarize and convey complex information to multiple audiences.
• Proven ability to form positive, effective, and culturally competent relationships with clients and team members.
• Experience and background working Tribal communities providing onsite/virtual training and technical assistance.
• Strong interpersonal communication and public speaking skills.
• Ability to prioritize, manage multiple tasks, and deliver quality results under tight deadlines, with keen attention to detail.
• Ability to work both individually and in a team environment.
• Demonstrated problem solving skills.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products, SharePoint, Smartsheet, Adobe Connect,and database management.
• Strong skills in written and verbal communication, assessment, advocacy, and crisis response.
• Ability to provide on-call and after-hours service as needed.
• Ability to travel on short notice to provide on-site crisis support.
• Must be able to favorably complete a background investigation.

Education Requirement: Must possess a master’s degree in a behavioral health related field, such as social work, psychology, marriage and family therapy/counseling, or rehabilitation counseling from an accredited graduate program.

Experience Requirement: Shall have a minimum of three (3) years’ experience in providing counseling/therapy to children, adolescents, and/or adults and a minimum of one (1) year experience providing crisis intervention services. Experience working within Tribal communities and schools although not required, is very highly desired.

Licensure/Certification Requirement: Mental Health Specialists shall possess a valid, unrestricted counseling license/certification from a state or U.S. Territory that grants legal authority to provide counseling services as an independent practitioner as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Psychologist, Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist or other types of fully licensed behavioral health professionals for a minimum of three (3) years. Clinicians shall meet the standards of professional and ethical conduct prescribed by their particular discipline or licensing board.

DISCLAIMER: The above position description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Job duties and responsibilities are subject to change based on changing needs and conditions.

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