What are the responsibilities and job description for the Behavioral Health Specialist (0.8) position at The Emily Program?
Our vision is a world of peaceful relationships with food, weight, and body image, where everyone with an eating disorder can experience recovery. We believe that exceptional, individualized care leads to lasting recovery from eating disorders. That's why our teams are comprised of compassionate, dedicated professionals from a variety of backgrounds who collaborate to provide the very best evidence-based care for our clients at all levels of care.
Position Overview
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.
Schedule:
Full time (0.8 FTE) Monday, Wednesday, Friday 7:30am-3:30pm & Saturday 7:30am-2:30pm
How Behavioral Health Specialists (BHS's) Empower Recovery
- Facilitates therapy groups including skills groups, 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 treatment team, mini team, therapy team, supervision, and/or case consultation meetings and seeks supervision when needed
- Completes clinical documentation in compliance with The Emily Program and Veritas policies and regulatory standards
- 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 required.
- Must have valid driver's license and be authorized to drive.
- Previous direct mental health experience preferred
What we offer:
Employee Benefits: We understand the importance of a well-rounded benefits package. That's why we're dedicated to providing a range of plans to meet your needs.
For full-time employees, we offer:
- HSA and PPO insurance with HSA or FSA options (Blue Cross Blue Shield)
- Dental insurance (Delta Dental)
- Vision insurance (EyeMed)
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Company-paid life insurance
- 401(k) plan available two months after start date
- Company 401(k) matching for up to 50% of your contribution, up to 6% of your compensation
Paid time off is a crucial part of maintaining work and life balance. Our generous PTO plan accrues annually and begins with your first whole pay period. Eligible employees enjoy seven paid holidays and one floating holiday in addition to their regular PTO.
