Behavioral Health Specialist, LifeCircles PACE
- Muskegon, MI
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Career Growth & Development – Advance your career with tuition assistance and school scholarships up to $3,000 per semester.
- Wellness Program & Reimbursement – Prioritize your health and well-being, reimbursed 120 a year!
- Competitive Benefits for Full-Time Team Members – Enjoy Medical, Vision & Dental Insurance starting on the 1st of the month after 30 days of hire.
- Retirement Savings Plan – Secure your future with employer contributions.
- Generous 6 weeks of Flexible time off per year—plus paid holidays on top of that.
- Team Member Referral Bonus Program – Earn $500 when you bring great people to our team!
- Mileage Reimbursement – Offered for work-related travel.
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members to ensure comprehensive, integrated care that aligns medical and behavioral health strategies.
- Train staff in evidence-based mental health approaches to elevate overall service quality.
- Coach care partners to strengthen their ability to support participants with behavioral health needs.
- Conduct thorough bio-psychosocial assessments to understand participants’ full range of needs.
- Perform differential diagnoses to accurately identify mental health conditions and guide individualized care planning.
- Offer behavioral health expertise to guide the development of personalized, wellness-focused treatment plans.
- Create care strategies that promote autonomy and support participants in remaining safely within their communities.
- Provide individual and group therapy across diverse settings including day centers, participant homes, acute care, and long-term care environments.
- Deliver therapeutic interventions tailored to meet each participant’s mental health goals.
- Lead and support initiatives to enhance behavioral health programming and person-centered care models.
- Implement data-informed quality improvement strategies that benefit participants, care partners, and interdisciplinary staff.
- Master’s degree in a behavioral health field such as Counseling Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Applied Psychology, Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy, or Mental Health.
- Licensed or license-eligible in the State of Michigan (e.g., LMSW, LLMSW, LPC, LLP, LMFT, etc.).
- CPR certification or willingness to obtain within 6 months of employment.
- Demonstrated experience providing behavioral health services, including assessments, therapy, counseling, and behavioral consultation.
- Experience working with older adults, individuals with serious mental illness, and/or people with disabilities.
- Solid understanding of evidence-based practices and comfort working in integrated care environments.
- Ability to accurately identify differential diagnoses and create effective treatment plans.
- Preferred: Experience with substance use treatment, dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), or caregiver training.
- Preferred: Previous work in medical or interdisciplinary care team settings is strongly