What are the responsibilities and job description for the ACCS Behavioral Health Specialist I position at Eliot Community Human Services?
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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
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
SCHEDULES:
Sunday-Monday 9am-5pm, Tuesday-Thursday 11am-7pm
Friday 3-11pm; Saturday-Sunday 9am-9pm, Monday 2-10pm
Tuesday-Saturday 2pm-10pm
Sunday - Thursday 3pm-11pm
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
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