Salary: 25.67 - 32.76 Hourly
Job Category: Behavioral Health
Location: Los Angeles Area
Job Type: Full-Time
Close Date: 06/19/2026
* Prequalification Questionnaire Required
$2500 Sign-on Bonus eligible!
Intermittent Teleworking Schedule available!!
Tri-City Mental Health Authority is looking for a Behavioral Health Specialist (BHS) who will provide a variety of rehabilitative support services to clients. This position will be a part of a 3 year- federally funded MHSSA Grant Team set to end in December 2026. Candidates must be able to facilitate the following: behavior modification, skill building, and self-care and safety in individual and/or group settings; demonstrates and coaches clients to promote and reinforce the use of effective coping strategies and techniques based on individual needs and treatment plans; performs outreach and provides linkages and referrals to a variety of behavioral health, community, and social services, resources, and systems of care; encourages full client engagement in services to promote wellness and recovery; and performs related duties as assigned. The BHS will report to Clinical Supervisor I.
This position is responsible for a variety of ongoing responsibilities including, but not limited to:
- Provides individual, group, family, and collateral rehabilitative support services to facilitate behavior modification including skill building, needs assessment, self-care/safety, and coping strategies and techniques; may provide case management services in the office and in the field.
- Develops, monitors, and evaluates client rehabilitative and case management goals and increases/decreases in targeted behavior according to client needs; monitors goal progress/regression.
- Provides linkages, resources, and referrals to address basic needs and other barriers to wellness and recovery including food, housing, clothing, transportation, and other financial resources.
- Encourages and supports clients to fully engage in services; provides outreach and assists clients in addressing and overcoming barriers to treatment.
- Plans and facilitates and/or co-facilitates group sessions for clients and community members focused on skill building; tracks client attendance and follows-up with individual clients, as necessary.
- Provides advocacy for clients to ensure inclusion in all aspects of the community including socialization, employment, education, and housing to meet client needs.
- Participates as a member of multidisciplinary treatment teams; addresses client goals, barriers, progress, and other relevant information to enhance treatment services; assists and supports clients in maintaining cooperative and effective relationships with treatment teams.
- Attends and participates in a variety of meetings, trainings, utilization and peer review activities, and other functions involving supervision, case consultation and public information and education.
- Maintains accurate, detailed, and thorough documentation, case records, and notes of all billable and non-billable activities and services related to client care; completes necessary documentation for billing purposes.
- Maintains client confidentiality in compliance with all Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPAA) regulations.
- Performs crisis intervention counseling within scope; assists professional staff in coordinating or arranging for the provision of appropriate care services.
- Performs a variety of office administrative and clerical duties in support of assigned program/function, as necessary.
- Provides transportation to clients as necessary or as assigned.
- Observes and complies with all Authority and mandated safety rules, regulations, and protocols.
- Performs related duties as required.