Behavioral Health Specialist

Position Summary:

The Behavioral Health Specialist supports the Inpatient and Residential milieu by facilitating therapeutic skills and activity groups, providing therapeutic meal support at mealtimes and snacks, assisting residents in acquiring skills to manage their eating disorder, maintaining a recovery-oriented environment, and providing general support and assistance.

Responsibilities:

· Facilitates therapy groups including skills groups (including CBT and DBT), self-monitoring groups, and experiential activity groups which may include art activities, music, journaling, mindfulness, relaxation, and movement

· Participates in therapeutic supported meals and snacks

· Contributes to the creation and maintenance of a recovery-oriented therapeutic environment

· Participates in client therapeutic outings

· May meet with residents to provide support and provide in-the-moment skills coaching

· Supports individualized treatment plans as developed by therapist and treatment team

· Participates in treatment team, mini team, therapy team, and/or case consultation meetings

· Participates in scheduled supervision meetings and seeks supervision when needed

· Ability to engage, coach, monitor, and support residents as needed

· Completes clinical documentation in compliance with The Emily Program and Veritas Collaborative policies and regulatory standards

· Maintains at all times the confidentiality of proprietary information, which includes but is not limited to, trade secrets, sensitive company information, and generally any company information not made available to the public.

· Maintains at all times the confidentiality of former and current Emily Program and Veritas Collaborative clients’ protected health information, as directed by state and federal law, and Emily Program and Veritas Collaborative policy. Additionally, maintain confidentiality in any position with access to employee personal information.

· Completes all assigned mandatory trainings

· Performs additional duties as assigned

Qualifications:

· Bachelor’s Degree in mental health-related field required. If degree is not in a mental health-related field, a degree in another field and equivalent experience in mental health required.

· Must have valid driver’s license and be authorized to drive.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Medical specialties:

• Psychiatry

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Weekend availability

Application Question(s):

• What is you requested compensation?
• Is your bachelor's degree in psychology or social work?

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

• Eating Disorder: 1 year (Preferred)
• Group therapy: 1 year (Preferred)
• Mental Health: 2 years (Required)

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Required)

Work Location: In person