What are the responsibilities and job description for the Behavioral Health Specialist position at Cayuga Centers?
Cayuga Centers is hiring immediately for a Behavioral Health Specialist
Location: Oswego, NY
Pay: $62,000 - $82,800/annually (Based on licensure/experience)
Plus great benefits, including:
3 weeks of vacation (with eligibility to cash out earned vacation time)
10 holidays (including 1 floating holiday), 3 personal days
Medical appointment time, 12 sick days a year (hold up to a maximum of 80 sick days) and sick leave pool
Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance, Pet/Legal Insurance, Supplemental Insurance (life insurance, critical illness, enhanced short-term disability)
Employee Assistance Program
FSA/Transit/Parking saving accounts
Supervision availability for licensure
Identity protection
Corporate discount programs
401k with a match up to 6%
Join our team and make a difference in the lives of children, youth and families in our community!
About Cayuga Centers
Cayuga Centers is an accredited non-profit, human services agency dedicated to family support and preservation, trauma-informed care, and serving vulnerable populations with the most unique needs. Founded in 1852 in Auburn, NY, we have a long history of delivering high-quality and innovative services to individuals, children, youth and families. We have 22 offices across 8 states and serve over 16,000 individuals and families annually. Join us!
At Cayuga Centers, we embrace Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB). We do this by taking a firm stance against hatred, inequality, bias, and injustice. We do this by providing our staff with the training, coaching, and resources necessary to grow and serve with cultural humility, acceptance, and understanding. We are responsive to the diverse needs of those we serve and staff, and are committed to ensuring that everyone feels respected, valued, and a sense of belonging.
Cayuga Centers is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee, prospective employee, or applicant based on race, color, creed, hair style/texture, religion, national origin, citizenship status, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable federal, state, and/or local laws.
About the Program and Position:
The Preventive Case Planning Program provides support and coordinated treatment provision for children and families to work through high-risk family-identified concerns, learn new skills, and prevent the removal of children. Behavioral Health Specialists will partner with families directly to ensure children, youth, and families’ needs are met safely. We serve youth and families by teaming with Local Department of Social Services officials, Office of Child and Family Services, and community resource partners to provide bundled, strength-based, therapeutic interventions that change families’ lives.
Behavioral Health Specialists provide clinical services to children and families in the home and/or community to help achieve stability and improvement in daily living and family and interpersonal relationships in school and community integration. This program provides ample opportunities to expand your application and experience of assessment, evaluation, and evidence-based practice while supporting program growth within the agency and community.
Does this sound like it interests you? We’d love for you to join our team in helping children and families create safe, happy and healthy environments.
How you get to use your skills…
Demonstrate your areas of clinical strength by implementing a variety of therapeutic interventions/modalities in your practice.
Utilize a strengths-based and trauma-informed practice to help children, youth, and families identify their strengths and needs.
Become a primary support in helping children/youth and families respond and intervene to crises.
Complete psychosocial assessments, mental health assessments, and treatment plans.
Learn internationally utilized evidence-based treatment models.
Participate in 24-hour on-call availability for program youth and parents.
Provide record keeping and documentation for all clinical activities (case documentation).
Respond in a positive and respectful manner to diversity among the agency’s service population and staff.
Partner with Case Planners to ensure children, youth, and families are quickly connected to needed programs and services.
Demonstrate an inclusive practice both in the office and in the field to support a diverse and accepting culture.
Contribute to a multidisciplinary team that shares your passion for children and families.
Schedule:
Looking for an applicant who is willing to work with the youth/families at a time that suits the youth and family needs on a flexible schedule. This is a full-time, 40-hour-a-week position.
Experience and Skills:
NYS licensed clinical degree in Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, Creative Arts Therapy or Mental Health Counseling
and/or Limited Permit with 2 years of experience in strength-based family and children’s services.
Experience working with children and families in a community-based or 'in-home' setting.
Excellent communication, organizational, and collaboration skills.
A strong belief in the capacity of people to grow and change.
Possess the knowledge, skills, and attitude needed to appreciate and encourage diversity, and understand the concept of cultural trauma as it applies to individual and family functioning.
Familiarity with formulating clinical diagnoses and/or impressions.
Ability to engage families who may have been unsuccessful in clinic settings.
Ability to have flexibility in hours worked both routinely, so as to meet children and families when they are available, and occasionally, in response to crises which may occur at any hour of any day.
Physical Requirements:
Computer work requires sitting at a desk for long periods of time
Time on your feet for up to several hours a day
Lifting up to 10 pounds
Time driving and/or taking public transportation to conduct client and family visits
Job Benefits:
3 weeks of vacation (with eligibility to cash out earned vacation time)
10 holidays (including 1 floating holiday), 3 personal days
Medical appointment time, 12 sick days a year (hold up to a maximum of 80 sick days) and sick leave pool
Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance, Pet/Legal Insurance, Supplemental Insurance (life insurance, critical illness, enhanced short-term disability)
Employee Assistance Program
FSA/Transit/Parking saving accounts
Supervision availability for licensure
Identity protection
Corporate discount programs
401k with a match up to 6%
Why Cayuga Centers?
Certified Great Place to Work ®
Workplace Wellness Award Finalist
Council on Accreditation (COA) Accredited
Implement best practices and evidence-based interventions
Committed to employee professional development and advancement
We embrace change, innovation and opportunities
Our diverse workforce acts and leads with human sensitivity and respect
Large and growing national footprint
From: Cayuga Centers
Salary : $62,000 - $82,800
