What are the responsibilities and job description for the ACCS Behavioral Health Specialist I position at Eliot Community Human Services?
Join one of Massachusetts' largest social service nonprofits: We will empower you, provide professional development and mobility, and are committed to creating a Diverse, Inclusive, and Equitable workplace.
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We provide in-house training, including First Aid & CPR, and will provide you with the skills to make a difference in people's lives!
Responsibilities:
- Provide side by side interventions to Persons that focus on problem solving, skills training, modeling behavior, optimism and encouragement.
- Assist the team and Persons in providing on-going assessment of symptoms and responses to staff interventions.
- Participate in the development of treatment plans
- Support Persons in their desire for recovery and rehabilitation in the development of their goals.
- Support the pursuit of services that are culturally competent, strengths based, recovery based, focused on rehabilitation and are inclusive of Person preferences. accessing community resources that supports these healthy areas.
- Provide assistance to Persons related to transportation to work sites, daily activities, appointments.
Requirements:
- Valid driver's license
- Reliable vehicle
- Ideally prior experience working with adults having severe and persistent mental illness
Schedules:
- Tuesday-Saturday, 8am-4pm (40 hours)
- Sunday-Thursday, 3pm-11pm (40 hours)
Eliot's benefits include the following:
- 75% Company Contribution to Medical and Dental Insurance,
- 12 Paid Holidays, 15 to 20 Vacation Days Annually, 12 Sick Days Annually
- 401(k) Retirement Plan With Employer Match
- 100% Company-Paid Life & Accidental Death Insurance
- 100% Company Paid Short & Long Term Disability Insurance
- Employee Referral Bonus
- $3000 Dollar Tuition Reimbursement Annually
- Comprehensive Staff Orientation and Training Programs & Professional Development Assistance
- Credit Union Affiliation
Eliot is committed to identifying and dismantling barriers that prevent people with marginalized racial identities from actualizing their full employment potential, assuming leadership roles, or from fully engaging at all levels in the workplace.
Experience
Preferred- 1 year(s): Working with adults having severe and persistent mental illness
Education
Required- High School or better
Licenses & Certifications
Required- MA Driver's License
Skills
Preferred- Bilingual
- Experience with population
- Computer Software Skills
- Communication Skills
- Administrative Tasks
