CDOC (Social Worker/Counselor IV) - Behavioral Health Peer Mentor Program Coordinator (Hybrid)
State of Colorado
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Behavioral Health Case Manager
Military Treatment Facilities under DHA
Department of Defense
Location
Colorado
Salary
$91,870 - $119,434
per year
Type
Full Time
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February 3, 2026
GS-11 Pay Grade
Base salary range: $62,107 - $80,737
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-10. Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 years graduate study.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This job involves helping military personnel and their families with mental health needs by assessing their situations, creating personalized treatment plans, and coordinating care across different healthcare services.
A good fit would be someone with a background in health sciences who enjoys working in a team to support patients through challenges like accessing resources and transitioning between care levels.
It's based at an Air Force base in Colorado and focuses on improving overall behavioral health outcomes.
Key Requirements
- Bachelor's or higher degree in a field related to medical, health sciences, or allied sciences
- One year of specialized experience in behavioral health assessments, individual/group support, and assisting with healthcare access
- Ability to develop, implement, and coordinate individualized patient treatment plans
- Experience serving on multidisciplinary teams in a medical or professional setting
- Skills in monitoring patient progress and intervening during care transitions
- Familiarity with empirically informed strategies for improving healthcare access
- U.S. citizenship required for this federal position
Full Job Description
About the Position: This position is located in the 21st MDG Mental Health Services at Peterson Air Force Base, Peterson AFB, Colorado.
This is a Direct Hire Solicitation Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the Behavioral Health Case Manager requirements described below.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social).
You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.
Additional information about transcripts is in this document.
Basic Requirement for Behavioral Health Case Manager Degree: Bachelor's or Graduate (or higher level) degree with major study in an academic field related to the medical field, health sciences or allied sciences appropriate to the work of Behavioral Health Case Manager.
In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes performing behavior health assessments; providing individual and group support; and assisting patients with access to healthcare systems and resources.
This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11).
Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify.
For the GS-12, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. Major Duties:
- Serves as expert behavioral health case manager and member of multidisciplinary team of medical and professionals.
- Develops, implements, communicates, and coordinates individualized empirically informed patient treatment plans.
- Coordinates the weekly At-Risk/Multi-Disciplinary Treatment Planning (ARCT/MDTP) meeting.
- Develops and recommend strategies to improve healthcare access.
- Monitors, tracks and intervenes as patients transition between levels of care.
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