Behavioral Health Professional - Child ACT

Job Code:12682

Location:Saco 04072

Department:ACT Team

FT/PT Status:Full Time

Summary:

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Behavioral Health Professional (BHP) will work within the ACT team, consisting of the Senior Director, Clinical Supervisor, Nurse Practitioner, Case Manager, Employment Specialist, Youth Peer, and the Family Support Specialist, to support youth with serious emotional disturbance (SED) and their families in the community with the management of physical and behavioral health needs. The BHP is an individual who will support Clients and Families in home with activities of daily living, routines, and will work in collaboration with the Clinical team to support Clients and Families with treatment goals. This position includes some after-hours on-call responsibilities.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Assists Clients and Families by reviewing and reinforcing treatment goals and plans in the home.

• Supports the Treatment Plan, including goals and activities, involving students in community and social programming based on individual need, including but not limited to scheduling and assigning instructional activities and following up on results.

• Assists families by performing short-term instruction and in-home behavior management.

• Demonstrate full inclusion and respectful partnerships by engaging in respectful conversations with the Behavioral Health Home team, (Senior Director, Clinical Supervisor, Nurse Practitioner , Employment Specialist and Peer roles ).

• Facilitate youth and family engagement within the program.

• Navigate educational, employment and community service support for children and families.

• Participate in crisis intervention, resolution, and follow up services.

• Identify, with families, opportunities, and methods to develop new supportive relationships in their community as youth transition from out-of-home placement back into the community.

• Facilitate satisfaction of shelter, food, clothing, affiliation, and other basic needs.

• Identify with family's methods they can use for the storage of documentation and schedules that supports services for their children, for the family to track and attend scheduled appointments.

• Support guardian, youth, and other natural supports by assisting in identifying methods for discovering, developing, and strengthening natural supports in their lives by searching for and participating in classes, support groups or other types of services, and resources to the help the person served to learn more about their condition(s) and/or maintain health.

• Facilitate transportation to medical appointments and other community integration activities. This may involve occasional transportation in employee’s vehicle and/or coaching and/or modeling the use of public transportation.

• Comply with all requirements for appropriate documentation.

  CLINICAL PRODUCTIVITY:

  The team is expected to work with each family for a minimum of one hour monthly and the work of the Family Support Specialist contributes to the expected attestation.

  EDUCATION:

• High School Graduate/GED Required; College preferred.

  CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS REQUIRED:

• Maintain adequate personal vehicle insurance.

• Valid state driver’s license.

  EXPERIENCE:

• Lived experience as a caregiver for a child with severe emotional disturbance and/or developmental delay required.

• Experience in behavioral healthcare preferred.

• Customer service and/or other business experience preferred.

• Experience with electronic health records preferred.

  KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

• Communicate ideas and opinions in a clear and constructive manner both verbally and in writing.

• Able to work both as part of a team and independently.

• Ability to organize and prioritize.

• Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills: patience, active listening and curiosity. Skill with and training in Motivational Interviewing preferred.

• Knowledge in the following areas preferred: Child development, adverse childhood events, family systems, special education, mental health, developmental delays, juvenile justice system.

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