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Mental Health Specialist - Community Based

The Buckeye Ranch
Columbus, OH Full Time
POSTED ON 6/2/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/1/2026
The Buckeye Ranch is seeking a Mental Health Specialist to join our Community Based program. A mental health specialist in our community based program empowers youth and their families to overcome dynamics that put youth at risk for being removed from their homes. Our program provides a variety of intensity of mental health interventions to our most at need clients in the community. Mental Health Specialists’ caseloads are based on the intensity of clients they are assigned and provide services in the home at times convenient to the family. The average length of treatment is between 6 and 12 months. A successful candidate will go through intensive on-site training to learn the agency’s treatment model and then receive ongoing training and supervision to help develop their clinical skills to ensure they provide the best services possible to their clients. All Buckeye Ranch employees are part of a smaller close-knit team that support each other in and out of the workplace and must effectively work with and be respectful and sensitive to persons from various cultures, socioeconomic, ethnic, religious, and racial backgrounds.

Learn About The Buckeye Ranch

For decades, The Buckeye Ranch has been restoring hope and providing healing for children, youth, and families in Central Ohio. Our continuum of care addresses every stage and aspect of what children may be experiencing after traumas caused by mental illness, abuse, or neglect. With help from The Buckeye Ranch, they’re empowered to overcome obstacles, tap into their resilience, and move forward toward healthy, fulfilling lives.

Our Benefits

Benefit effective date: First of the month following 30 days of employment.

  • Wonderful medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Paid Time Off (Three weeks within the first year)
  • Company Paid Life Insurance
  • Company Paid Short Term Disability
  • 401K Employer Contribution
  • Non-Profit Student Loan Forgiveness Program
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Tuition Assistance
  • Employee Referral Program

Qualifications

Who you are:

  • You have a bachelor’s degree in a human services related field.
  • You preferably have previous behavioral health experience.
  • You have an active driver’s license and proof of auto insurance.

Applicants are considered for all positions in accordance with statutes and regulations concerning non-discrimination on the basis of race, ancestry, age, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, non-disqualifying disability, veteran status, or other protected classification. The Buckeye Ranch is an equal opportunity employer, as well as a substance and tobacco free workplace. All offers of employment are contingent on satisfactory pre-employment drug screen, references, FBI/BCI background check, ARCS registries check, and SACWIS database checks. At this time, The Buckeye Ranch is unable to provide visa sponsorship. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship now or in the future.

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