What are the responsibilities and job description for the Qualified Behavorial Health Specialist -- School Based position at Unison Health?
Qualified Behavioral Health Specialist –School Based
Starting at $23 an hour.
This position provides mental health interventions to assigned clients with severe and persistent mental illness who require individual community based rehabilitative services and/or group rehabilitative services to maximize the reduction of symptoms of mental illness in order to restore clients to the highest level of functioning.
Education/Experience/Other Requirements:
- Requires a bachelor’s degree in related field. Experience with youth preferred.
- Must demonstrate knowledge of mental illness including the SED population, crisis management and the ability to establish and maintain therapeutic relationships with clients.
- Must demonstrate the ability to define problems, analyze data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, and make recommendations.
- Must demonstrate positive attitude, commitment to provide superior services and enthusiastic support for the mission of the agency.
- Must establish and maintain effective working relationships.
- Must demonstrate the ability to represent the agency in a positive manner when in the community.
- Must be able to work with ill, disabled, emotionally upset and at times hostile individuals.
Primary Duties:
- Provides Therapeutic Behavioral Services to an assigned caseload of clients in accordance with the State mandates and established Agency and program policies, procedures, philosophy and client individual service plan.
- Provides transportation to and from various locations in support of the assigned program.
- Documents all services provided and maintains records utilizing the electronic record in accordance with agency policy/procedure
- Participates in team meetings, supervision, in-service training, and conferences according to established policies, procedures, and applicable regulations.
- Maintains client confidentiality and ensures release of information is handled in accordance with federal guidelines and agency policy/procedures.
Unison also offers:
Eight paid holidays
Medical, dental and vision insurance, short and long-term disability plans and life insurance
403b retirement plan that includes a base and match
On-site education and training
Tuition reimbursement
Generous PTO starting day one
HSA with employer contribution
EOE
Salary : $23
