[Hiring] Behavioral Health Specialist II @Cincinnati Children's

Role Description

The role involves care delivery, planning of care, therapeutic relationships, communication, and documentation and data management.

• Care Delivery:
  • Develop and implement individual crisis and safety plans with youth and family.
  • Facilitate referrals and linkages, monitor care plan implementation.
  • Manage 1915(c) Waiver funds ensuring prior authorization and ODM approval.
  • Ensure effective referrals and linkages with appropriate assessments, support, and services.
  • Respect youth and family’s rights to define goals and choose providers.
  • Facilitate member outreaches, assessments, and meetings in person or virtually.
  • Operate at a ratio of ICC-1:10 and MCC-1:20.
  • Integrate comprehensive and evidence-based strategies into CFT meetings.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of behavioral health management skills.
• Plan of Care:
  • Implement/document patient response to individualized care plans.
  • Participate in regular team planning meetings as needed.
  • Engage newly referred youth and family in care coordination.
  • Develop Child and Family-Centered Care Plan (CFCCP) with family.
  • Facilitate Child and Family Team (CFT) meetings at least monthly.
  • Complete comprehensive assessments including CANS assessments.
  • Engage youth and family in forming their unique CFT.
  • Ensure CFT meetings are convenient for the family.
  • Implement trauma-informed care principles and culturally responsive approaches.
• Therapeutic Relationships/Communication:
  • Coach and develop new staff, enhancing quality in care planning.
  • Engage with system of care peers for adherence to the model.
  • Facilitate CFT, ensuring collaborative CFCCP development.
  • Coordinate care with all providers and agencies involved.
  • Communicate ongoing CFCCP implementation progress to Team members.
  • Develop community resources to meet youth and families’ needs.
  • Utilize culturally competent and trauma-informed care principles.
• Documentation and Data Management:
  • Complete patient care plan documentation accurately and timely.
  • Bill for care coordination activities.
  • Ensure quality information management and documentation.
  • Ensure written CFCCP is signed and placed in youth’s record within 2 weeks.
  • Provide CFCCP to Aetna for quality review and authorization process.
  • Develop SMART goals with clear measures for achieving goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 2+ years’ experience or Master’s degree with 1 year experience in one or more of the following areas:
  • Family systems
  • Community systems and resources
  • Case management
  • Child and Family counseling or therapy
  • Child protection
  • Child development
• May require clinical license, certification, or training.

Benefits

• Recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a top 10 best Children's Hospitals in the nation for more than 15 years.
• Consistently among the top 3 Children's Hospitals for National Institutes of Health (NIH) Funding.
• Recognized as one of America’s Best Large Employers (2025).
• America’s Best Employers for New Grads (2025).
• One of America’s Most Innovative Companies as noted by Fortune.
• Consistently certified as a great place to work.
• A Leading Disability Employer as noted by the National Organization on Disability.
• Magnet® designated for the fourth consecutive time by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).

Company Description

Cincinnati Children’s is committed to making children’s health better through a holistic team approach in caring for patients and their families, and in advancing science and discovery.