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Behavioral Health Case Manager (O-5 Billet) Non-Supervisory

Department of Homeland Security
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
ICE Health Service Corps (IHSC)
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Summary

The Behavioral Health Case Manager is a non-supervisory role within. The incumbent coordinates behavioral health services for individuals in ICE custody, including care coordination and monitoring high-risk individuals. Responsibilities include compliance reviews, consultations, and facilitating care transitions. Requires advanced clinical credentials and travel.

This position is only open to current USPHS officers.
USPHS Call to Active Duty (CAD) candidates are not eligible for this position.

Overview

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Job canceled
Open & closing dates
10/21/2025 to 12/04/2025
Salary
$1 to - $150,000 per year

Please note that the salary is dependent on the officer's rank, years in service, and location of duty station.

Pay scale & grade
CC 5
Location
1 vacancy in the following location:
Washington, DC
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
No
Travel Required
25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Relocation expenses reimbursed
Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocation expenses in accordance with agency policy.
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Excepted
Promotion potential
None
Job family (Series)
Supervisory status
No
Security clearance
Other
Drug test
Yes
Position sensitivity and risk
Critical-Sensitive (CS)/High Risk
Trust determination process
Financial disclosure
No
Bargaining unit status
No
Announcement number
IHSC-BHCM-O5-NS-2025
Control number
846018400

This job is open to

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U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.

Clarification from the agency

Applicants must be a current USPHS Commissioned Corps Officer. USPHS Call to Active Duty (CAD) candidates are not eligible for this position. Civilians are not eligible for this position.

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Duties

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DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  1. Incumbent coordinates behavioral health services within the assigned area of responsibility for individuals in ICE custody. Behavioral health services include and are not limited to the following: case coordination/management, monitoring high risk individuals, independent behavioral health reviews, behavioral health consultation services, and health record reviews. Incumbent utilizes federal regulations, agency policies, agency procedures, local accreditation standards, national accreditation standards, and evidence-based treatment standards. Program functions require incumbent to communicate with individuals within and outside the department and requires extensive and basic collaboration to meet program goals. The incumbent independently performs a variety of functions which include fact-finding, analyzing data, developing reports, and resolving complex problems. Incumbent may serve as the primary contact for leading services as assigned.
  2. Maintains awareness of program operational issues. Briefs and advises supervisory chain on program activities. Communicates program activities to agency leadership and stakeholders. Communication may require different formats (e.g., reports, oral reports, support materials), reoccurring frequency, and multiple communications based on stakeholder (e.g., custody and health staff).
  3. Work in conjunction with local ICE/Office of Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA) providing written evaluation reports on the mental health status of individuals placed on SMI (Serious Mental Illness List).
  4. Work with Managed Care Coordinators to absorb Accessibility to Healthcare Services component for serious mental illness (SMI) patients.
  5. Facilitate appropriate placement for patients who require a higher level of care and transfer to an IGSA or IHSC-staffed facility with increased BH resources.
  6. Review and adjudicate requests for outside mental health services for detainees in ICE custody and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
  7. Conduct routine and ad hoc site visits to ICE designated facilities within the Field Office Director's Area of Responsibility (AOR).
  8. Provide orientation and guidance to the respective custody and medical staff members of facilities in which ICE detainees are held regarding IHSC policies and procedures.
  9. Collaborate with other BHCMs and the RBHC to provide coverage and support as needed (e.g., annual leave, TDY assignments, illness)
  10. Assist with the evaluation of compliance with the medical portion of the ICE NDS and PBNDS at local and county detention facilities within the incumbent's AOR and submits findings to RBHC for review and approval.
  11. Investigate complaints related to detainee behavioral health care and provides reports as assigned by IHSC Taskings or IHSC leadership.
  12. Ensure appropriate plan for continuity of care is established prior to release and removal of ICE detainees with complex health care needs to address urgent or emergent issues related to detainee health care, provide updates to the Field Office and IHSC Headquarters on detainees in the hospital, and respond to other significant event notifications as needed.
  13. Travel required - 25%. TDY as needed to provide clinical care support at IHSC- staffed detention facilities with critical staffing needs.
  14. Follows the supervisory chain of command.
  15. Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned. 16. Utilization review/management for inpatient behavioral health hospitalization for IHSC.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

  • You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position.
  • You must successfully pass a background investigation.
  • You must successfully pass a drug screen.
  • Males born after 12/31/59 must certify registration with Selective Service.
  • Requirements by Closing Date: Unless otherwise noted, you must meet all requirements by the closing date of the announcement.
  • Service Remaining Requirement Agreement: Upon appointment to this position, officers will be required to serve an 18 to 24-month commitment to IHSC.
  • ASSIGNMENT PAY AGREEMENT: You must not have a current Assignment Pay Agreement. However, if you have a current Assignment Pay Agreement, it must be fulfilled within 90 days of your application submission.
  • Applicants must be a current USPHS Commissioned Corps Officer. USPHS Call to Active Duty (CAD) candidates are not eligible for this position. Civilians are not eligible for this position.
  • PHS officers must participate in IHSC TDY On-Call Schedule (ITOS.) ITOS is either an entire month or two 16-day periods a year where, depending on the needs of the agency, the officer is required to be available to serve.

Qualifications

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

  1. Sitting and/or standing for extended periods of time [6-8 Hours].
  2. Performing repeated bending motion.
  3. Average manual dexterity for computer operation.
  4. Phone use for extended periods of time.

Education

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

  • Clinical Social Workers require successful completion of a master's degree in Social Work (MSW) from a graduate program in social work accredited by Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). Licensed Clinical Social Workers must hold a current, active, valid, and unrestricted clinical license to practice clinical social work independently offered by a U.S. State, the District of Columbia, Commonwealth, territory, or jurisdiction is required. The clinical social worker license must be maintained in a permanent, full, independent, and unrestricted status during the term of employment. The clinical social worker license must be the highest clinical license of clinical social work designated by the licensing board where it was received. This position requires clinical privileging by IHSC
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  • Clinical Psychologists require successful completion of a PhD or PsyD in Clinical Psychology from an accredited graduate program. A graduate program in Clinical Psychology accredited by the American Psychological Association is preferred. Psychologists must hold a full, current, and unrestricted licensed by a State or Territory at the Doctoral level for psychologists. The Clinical Psychologist license must be maintained in a permanent, full, independent, and unrestricted status during the term of employment. This position requires clinical privileging by IHSC.
  1. Minimum of three years' experience as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker or Clinical Psychologist, at the independent level as recognized in the state licensed, whereby clinical supervision is not required.
  2. Maintains BLS for Healthcare Providers® certification through the American Heart Association®.
  3. Knowledge of the case management process commensurate with training and education at the master's level.
  4. Knowledge of a diverse set of group and individual therapeutic modalities (examples include, but are not limited to art, music, drama, creative-writing, life skills, etc.).
  5. Ability to utilize telephonic interpreter/translation services to complete assigned duties if not fluent in a language the patient understands.
  6. Ability to navigate in an electronic work environment including electronic health records, web-based training, and communications.
  7. Knowledge of regulations (HIPAA/Privacy Act) regarding the confidentiality of patient medical records and information as well as Personally Identifiable Information (PII).
  8. Strong knowledge and experience with differential diagnosis of common mental health and/or substance use disorders, screening and assessment, treatment planning for common mental health and/or substance use disorders, and suicide prevention and intervention strategies
  9. Ability to work with patients or their providers to coordinate care telephonically, via tele-psych videoconferencing, and/or in-person.
  10. Knowledge of evidence-based counseling techniques, psychosocial treatments, and brief behavioral interventions for common mental health disorders, when appropriate (e.g., CBT, DBT, ACT, motivational interviewing, problem-solving treatment, behavioral activation, etc.).
  11. Knowledge of transgender population healthcare services
  12. Ability to plan and organize own workload and travel schedule utilizing the IHSC travel policies.
  13. Computer literate on Microsoft Office applications.
  14. Knowledge of ICE National Detention Standards (NDS), and Performance-Based National Detention Standards (PBNDS) and Family Residential Standards (FRS) and maintain proficiency in detention healthcare standards.
  15. Must obtain National Association of Social Work (NASW) Board Certification in Case Management or Case Manager Certification (CCM) credential through the Commission for Case Manager Certification within 18 months of hire (Clinical Psychologist will need to earn the CCM only).
  16. Experience in a detention/correctional or residential healthcare setting preferred.
  17. Verbal and written proficiency in English (required) and Spanish (preferred).

Additional information

This is a U.S. Public Health Service position within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), ICE Health Service Corps (IHSC), Division, Clinical Services. This is a non- supervisory position.

Incumbent serves as a behavioral health case manager for IHSC Headquarters. The program is a national IHSC program affecting all IHSC staff. The incumbent operates within the Behavioral Health Unit, which serves as the national mental health authority for IHSC. The incumbent provides case management, care coordination, and monitoring on high-risk individuals in ICE custody pursuant to the IHSC National Policies and Procedures.

In Fiscal Year (FY) 2021, the ICE Health Service Corps (IHSC) administered and managed a health care system that provided direct care to over 88,000 detainees housed at 21 designated facilities throughout the nation, to include medical, dental, mental health care, and public health services. Oversaw health care for over 169,000 detainees housed in 150 non-IHSC-staffed facilities, totaling over 53,000 beds. In FY 2021, there were a total of 205,242 individuals in ICE custody, with an average length of stay of 37 days. IHSC also directly supports ICE field office directors on medical issues within their area of responsibility. IHSC executed a budget that approached $316M in FY 2021.

SUPERVISORY CONTROLS:
The Behavioral Health Case Manager works under the general supervision of the IHSC Regional Behavioral Health Clinical Consultant within their area of responsibility. The incumbent plans and organizes his/her own work, determines the sequence of assignments, selects, and develops methods, and seeks assistance from experts only rarely. Assignments are usually long-term, recurring, or broadly defined. Work is reviewed for feasibility, compatibility with other work, and effectiveness in meeting requirements or expected results.

Incumbent reports to the Regional Behavioral Health Consultant.

Assignments are usually of a long-term, recurring or broadly defined nature. Officer plans, and organizes own work, determines sequence of assignments, selects, and develops methods and seeks assistance from experts only rarely. Work is reviewed for attainment of objectives. Guidelines may be applicable to some but not all parts of assignment and may contain some inconsistencies and be partially unconfirmed. Selection and adaptation from available possibilities involving a moderate amount of modification and innovation is required. The officer uses judgment in interpreting and adapting guidelines such as PHS policies, regulations, precedents, and work direction for application to specific cases.

The officer analyzes results and recommends changes in guidelines and program policies. Innovations and modifications to accepted procedures must be approved and clearly documented. The officer keeps the supervisor informed of the status on projects and consults with him/her on any significant problems encountered.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

We will review your resume and supporting documentation to ensure you meet the minimum qualification requirements. You may be selected for an interview at the hiring authority's discretion. You will be notified of selection or non-selection.

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