Behavioral Health Specialist

The Emily Program; Saint Paul (MN); On-site; USD 29,000 - 34,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

HSA and PPO insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

Company-paid life insurance

401(k) matching up to 50%

Paid time off and holidays

Job summary

The Emily Program in Saint Paul, MN seeks a Behavioral Health Specialist to support the milieu, facilitate therapeutic groups, and provide meal support for clients with eating disorders. You will help clients develop coping skills, maintain a recovery-oriented environment, and participate in outings.

The role includes case management duties, discharge planning, and thorough documentation in collaboration with the treatment team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a mental, behavioral, counseling, or behavioral sciences health-related field is strongly preferred.
• An associate’s degree may be considered if combined with equivalent experience in the mental or behavioral health field.
• Minimum of 1 year of direct patient care experience in a mental/behavioral health setting is required.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates therapy groups including CBT/DBT, self-monitoring groups, and experiential activity groups.
• Participates in therapeutic supported meals and snacks.
• Maintains a recovery-oriented therapeutic environment and supports outings and client activities.
• May meet with residents to provide in-the-moment skills coaching and supports individualized treatment plans.
• Completes clinical documentation in compliance with policies and regulatory standards.
• Maintains confidentiality of client information and protected health information.
• Participates in supervision, team meetings, and case consultations.
• Assesses post-discharge needs and coordinates discharge plans; documents activities in the EHR.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a mental, behavioral, counseling, or behavioral sciences health-related field

Associate’s degree in mental/behavioral health

Job description

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 milieu by facilitating therapeutic skills and activity groups, providing therapeutic meal support at mealtimes and snacks, assisting clients in acquiring skills to manage their eating disorder, maintaining a recovery-oriented environment, and providing general support and assistance .

Schedule

• 4 shifts a week, 32 hours/week
• Rotating holiday coverage

Compensation Disclosure

• Starting hourly range between $21.00-25.00

Final Compensation offered will be within pay range based on qualifications/experience met for the position

How BHS's Empower Recovery

• Facilitates therapy groups including skills groups (including CBT and DBT), 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 client therapeutic outings.
• May meet with residents to provide support and provide in-the-moment skills coaching.
• Supports individualized treatment plans as developed by therapist and treatment team.
• Participates in treatment team, mini team, therapy team, and/or case consultation meetings.
• Participates in scheduled supervision meetings and seeks supervision when needed.
• Ability to engage, coach, monitor, and support residents as needed.
• Completes clinical documentation in compliance with company policies and regulatory standards.
• Always maintains the confidentiality of proprietary information, which includes but is not limited to, trade secrets, sensitive company information, and any company information not made available to the public.
• Always maintains the confidentiality of former and current clients’ protected health information, as directed by state and federal law, and Emily Program and Veritas Collaborative policy. Additionally, maintain confidentiality in any position with access to employee personal information.
• Completes all assigned mandatory trainings .
• Performs additional duties as assigned.

A small portion of this role includes case management responsibilities such as:

Assess clients’ post-discharge needs, including ongoing treatment, lodging, and community resources.

• Communicate discharge needs and plans with the treatment team to ensure cohesive care.
• Collaborate with internal staff to coordinate step-downs to lower levels of care, ensuring clients receive the appropriate follow-up treatment.
• Maintain thorough and accurate documentation of all case management activities, including case notes and any necessary client communications, in the electronic health record in accordance with organizational policies and regulatory standards.
• Maintain a close working relationship with the treatment team to communicate updates, coordinate discharge dates, and address any evolving client needs.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in a mental, behavioral, counseling, or behavioral sciences health-related field is strongly preferred.

OR

• Anassociate’sdegree may be considered if combined with equivalent experience in the mental or behavioral health field.
• Regardless of degree, a minimum of 1yearsof direct patient care experience in a mental/behavioral health setting isrequired.

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)
• Vision insurance (EyeMed)
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Company-paid life insurance
• 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.

Voluntary Self-Identification

For government reporting purposes, we ask candidates to respond to the below self-identification survey.Completion of the form is entirely voluntary. Whatever your decision, it will not be considered in the hiringprocess or thereafter. Any information that you do provide will be recorded and maintained in aconfidential file.

As set forth in The Emily Program’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy,we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

If you believe you belong to any of the categories of protected veterans listed below, please indicate by making the appropriate selection.As a government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA), we request this information in order to measurethe effectiveness of the outreach and positive recruitment efforts we undertake pursuant to VEVRAA. Classification of protected categoriesis as follows:

A "disabled veteran" is one of the following: a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.

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