# Behavioral Health Specialist - Columbus GA - Requires LCSW, LPC or LMFT

**Company**: Oak Street Health
**Location**: Columbus, GA
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $54,095.00 - $116,760.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We’re building a world of health around every individual , shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience.

The purpose of a Behavioral Health Specialist at Oak Street Health is to provide care management services and to provide evidence-based short-term psychotherapy to patients with behavioral health needs.

**Core Responsibilities:**

- Collaborate with primary care teams to identify patients to refer to 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 Street’s psychiatric consultant and/or external resources

- Provide short-term counseling and evidence-based treatments

- Coordinate care with Oak Street’s psychiatric consultant, including warm handoffs 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 Street’s electronic medical record

- Participate in regional and organizational efforts to advance Oak Street’s Behavioral Health Program through workshops, feedback sessions, and surveys

- Possibly covering multiple clinics, depending on the maturity and panel sizes of those clinics

- Other duties, as assigned

**What are we looking for?**

**Required:**

- Master’s Degree in the field of mental health counseling/healing arts required from an accredited school (Social Work, Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy, etc.)

- Highest clinical level of license (or local equivalent) to practice independently

- 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

- Familiarity with brief, structured intervention techniques (e.g., Motivational Interviewing, Behavioral Activation, Problem Solving, Cognitive Behavioral, etc.)

- US work authorization

**Strongly Preferred:**

- Proficiency in providing brief, structured intervention techniques (e.g., Motivational Interviewing, Behavioral Activation, Cognitive Behavioral)

- Working knowledge of differential diagnoses of common mental health and/or substance use disorders

**Preferred:**

- Proficient PC skills

**Anticipated Weekly Hours**

40

**Time Type**

Full time

**Pay Range**

$54,095.00 - $116,760.00

**Benefits:**

This full-time position is eligible for a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the physical, emotional, and financial well-being of colleagues and their families. The benefits for this position include medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, retirement savings options, wellness programs, and other resources, based on eligibility.

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## Skills

### Required
- LCSW
- LPC
- LMFT
- Mental health counseling
- Substance use disorders
- Brief structured intervention techniques

### Nice to have
- Motivational Interviewing
- Behavioral Activation
- Cognitive Behavioral
- Differential diagnoses

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