B.H. Specialist I/II/III Limited Term (Sheriff's Office) - San Luis Obispo County, CA

The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office is seeking collaborative and adaptable professionals to join their team as a Jail Healthcare Community Reentry Specialist (Behavioral Health Specialist I/II/III). This is an exciting and rewarding opportunity to work in forensic social work. The California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) program administered by the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) mandates all jails to provide pre-reentry services to incarcerated persons preparing for release to the community. This position will be working side by side with a dedicated team of Correctional and Healthcare staff seeking to improve the opportunities for releasing individuals and enabling connections to services once they leave. The position will be located in the county jail and serve as a case manager for this group of individuals, creating reentry care plans under the supervision of an LCSW, RN, or LMFT that includes a warm handoff to a community-based reentry case manager. ASWs of MFTs seeking hours for licensure should strongly consider applying. These care plans will confirm that comprehensive medical and behavioral health assessments by embedded contract clinical staff have occurred. The position will assist the discharge planners to assure that services, like access to release medications, durable medical equipment, referral coordination with probation, have all occurred as clinically indicated. 

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This position may be eligible for a $2.00 per hour differential for all hours worked in the jail facility. 

This recruitment may be used to fill future permanent, substitute, limited term, and temporary positions, both full-time and part-time throughout the County.