Behavioral Health Training Specialist – Recovery and Community Supports

Job description

**We’re excited to share an upcoming opportunity pending a contract award and are connecting with qualified candidates in advance. Once we identify the right candidate, we anticipate extending a contingent offer, with employment dependent on final award confirmation and funding.** At Altarum, we’re driven by a simple but powerful mission: improving the health of individuals with fewer financial resources and populations underserved by the healthcare system. We partner with federal and state agencies to design and deliver solutions that make a real, measurable difference. ### About The Role You'll independently deliver training and technical assistance focused primarily on helping providers navigate Supplemental Security Income and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSI/SSDI) access for the people they serve. You'll bring both subject-matter expertise and strong facilitation skills to clinical and non-clinical audiences, and you'll help ensure the trainings you build stay grounded in real-world, person-centered practice. ### What You'll Do **Training Delivery and Facilitation** - Independently deliver training for clinical and non-clinical staff on disability benefits access and other behavioral health programs. - Develop training curricula and materials using adult learning principles, and contribute ongoing updates and improvements. - Provide coaching and technical assistance to agencies to help improve the quality and success rate of their applications. - Collect feedback and outcome data to continuously refine your trainings. **Technical Expertise** - Maintain working knowledge of SSI/SSDI programs, disability determination processes, and recovery-oriented behavioral health practices. - Apply evidence-informed practices and program evaluation findings to how you design and deliver training. - Track outcomes and flag opportunities for quality improvement. **Stakeholder Engagement** - Build and maintain relationships with behavioral health providers and community organizations to support training implementation. - Serve as a day-to-day resource for staff navigating disability benefit processes and best practices. - Incorporate input from individuals with lived experience to keep trainings relevant and person-centered. **Continuous Improvement and Collaboration** - Contribute to training resources, toolkits, and guides used statewide. - Collaborate with fellow trainers to share best practices. - Support the standardization of training practices across your assigned programs. ### What You'll Bring **Minimum Qualifications** - 2–4 years of experience in behavioral health, recovery supports, or related social services. - Experience delivering training, coaching, or technical assistance using adult learning principles. - Working knowledge of SSI/SSDI and other disability benefit processes. - Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to create clear training materials. - Ability to work independently and manage multiple training engagements at once. - Willingness to travel as needed to deliver in-person trainings. **Also Valued** - Lived experience navigating disability benefits or behavioral health systems — personally or through a family member — is valued and may substitute for some of the experience above. ### Even Better if You Bring **Experience or residence in the state of Michigan.** ### Why Join Our Team In this role, your work has a direct, measurable impact: every training you deliver and every agency you coach helps more people successfully access the disability benefits they're entitled to. You'll join a team of trainers who share best practices and work toward consistent, high-quality training across programs — and you'll help shape that work by incorporating real input from people with lived experience, keeping it grounded and person-centered. If you want a role where your expertise directly translates into stronger outcomes for vulnerable individuals and communities, this is it. ### Where You'll Work **Remote with occasional in-person collaboration days** **Willing to travel up to 10–15% of the time to deliver in-person trainings.** If you’re near one of our offices (Silver Spring, MD; or Novi, MI), you’ll be Hybrid and will join us in person one day every other month (6 times per year) for a fun, purpose-driven Collaboration Day. These days are filled with creative energy, meaningful connection, and team brainstorming. Non-local employees will join these days virtually and may be asked to join us occasionally in-person. ### Work Eligibility & Requirements - **Candidates must be currently eligible to work in the United States; sponsorship is not available.** - All work must be performed within the continental U.S. for the duration of employment, unless required by contract. - Ability to work core hours aligned with Eastern Time, unless otherwise approved by your manager. - Remote employees must maintain a dedicated, ergonomically appropriate workspace free from distractions, with reliable internet and a mobile device that supports efficient work. - Travel Requirements: <10%