Youth Behavioral Health Liaison Level 2

The Youth Behavioral Health Liaison (YBHL) is a mental health professional who forms local community partnerships with various youth-serving organizations to address specific behavioral health needs of vulnerable children and youth. Through their interactions with the YBHLs, youth and families with behavioral health issues and developmental disabilities will have improved access to behavioral health treatment. YBHL will have frequent interaction with Children’s Division, juvenile justice, law enforcement, schools, and inpatient hospitals.

Knowledgeable about the local system of care, including but not limited to the operation of the community providers, the ACI system, inpatient psychiatric resources, civil commitment procedures, and guardianship laws

Knowledgeable about behavioral health disorders and co-occurring disorders

Trained in crisis intervention (or complete within 90 days of hire)

Master's Degree in human services field.