Overview

Part-Time Clinical Support Staff

Pay : $20 - $24 per hour DOE

Shift : 8 : 30am - 7 : 30 pm Monday through Friday (flexible scheduling)

Embark Behavioral Health is seeking an experienced Part-Time Clinical Support Staff Specialist to help us take adolescent anxiety, depression, and suicide rates from all-time highs to all-time lows at our PHP / IOP Outpatient clinic in Cabin John, MD.

Our ideal candidate has a heart for bringing about systemic change in struggling families alongside colleagues who value empathy, trust, service, growth, and meaningful results.

Clinical Support Staff provide broad support to our outpatient behavioral health team by helping lead group therapy, assisting with client check-in and orientation, and helping clients practice skills that promote emotional regulation.

Responsibilities

• Assist the clinical staff in supporting clients in treatment groups and activities.
• Helps clinical staff enforce Group Rules and Norms.
• Assists students in processing through the students’ various issues and concerns.
• Develops a healthy and meaningful staff / student relationship with each student.
• Advises students regarding problem solving and offers healthy coping strategies for dealing with the students’ emotions.
• Observes and charts student behavior, affect, and participation.
• Comforts and supports struggling students. Listens to them as needed.
• Monitors the environment surrounding the girls at all times for safety, and is aware of emergency procedures.
• Assists Clinical Team in Assessing clients for suicide risk and performing appropriate screening for suicide risk when needed.
• Works to create a therapeutic environment on shift.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Completion or near completion of Bachelor's Degree or higher in Behavioral Sciences
• Experience working with youth is a must

Experience working in a behavioral health setting is preferred however education in a behavioral health science related field may substitute for actual work experience.

• Ability to pass a state background check
• Effective communication skills.
• Team player.
• Flexibility a must.
• First Aid & CPR certification preferred

Embark is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Embark is committed to enriching the therapeutic and healing experience it offers through the diversity of its employees and community.

Embark seeks to recruit and support a broadly diverse staff who will contribute to the organization's excellence, diversity of viewpoints and experiences, and relevance in a global society.

Last updated : 2024-04-23