Qualified Behavioral Health Assistant
Issued by
Colorado Community College System
Earners will have entry-level behavioral health knowledge and competencies. Upon completion of this coursework, they will be a Qualified Behavioral Health Assistant as outlined by the Behavioral Health Administration (BHA) and eligible to serve as part of a Medicaid reimbursed care team. The curriculum includes entry-level skills and foundational knowledge about behavioral health and wellness, intercultural competency, therapeutic communication, case management, and crisis intervention.
- Type Validation
- Level Foundational
- Time Months
- Cost Paid
Skills
- Behavioral Health
- Boundaries
- Case Management
- Community Needs Assessment
- Crisis Intervention
- Crisis Management
- Cultural Competency
- Cultural Responsiveness
- Cultural Sensitivity
- Documentation
- Empathy
- Group Intervention
- Healthcare Systems
- Health Education
- Individual Intervention
- Medicaid
- Needs Assessment
- Referral
- Screening
- Service Orientation
- Therapeutic Communication
- Trauma-informed Care
- Wellness
- Wellness Management
- Wellness Promotion
Earning Criteria
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Competencies include: Understanding of Care Systems, Therapeutic Communication, Trauma-Informed Care, Cultural Competency, Case Management, Documentation, Crisis Intervention and Wellness, Empathy, Boundaries; Medicaid Competencies: Under supervision, QBHAs will be able to do elements of: Wellness Promotion, Education, Community Needs Assessment, Screening, Referral, Crisis Management, Case Management, Orientation to Services, and Individual and Group Interventions.