Community Behavioral Health Worker (I-FAST)

Integratedservice; Chillicothe (OH); On-site; USD 26,174 - 30,665; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Vision

Short-term Disability

Long-term Disability

401K w/ Employer Match

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Job summary

Integrated Services for Behavioral Health in Ross County, OH, seeks a Community Behavioral Health Worker (I-FAST) to empower youth and families through the I-FAST framework, collaborating with schools, probation, child welfare and community partners.

The role involves direct clinical treatment, thorough assessments, weekly case planning, and cross-systems teamwork, with ongoing supervision and support for professional growth.

Qualifications

• Effective verbal and written communication with families and partners
• Ability to work with diverse communities and complex family dynamics
• Experience coordinating with schools, probation, child welfare, and community agencies
• Strong collaboration and teamwork across multisystem settings
• Understanding of I-FAST model concepts and trauma-informed care

Responsibilities

• Provide direct clinical treatment using the I-FAST model with strength-based approaches
• Conduct thorough assessments of client and family contexts to inform care planning
• Engage primary caregivers and supports in change-oriented treatment
• Lead weekly case planning and progress evaluation with supervision
• Ensure access to 24/7 support and cross-systems collaboration

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Cultural awareness

Team collaboration

Case planning

Education

LSW/LPC/LISW/LPCC license preferred

Job description

Community Behavioral Health Worker (I-FAST)

Ross County, OH

Do you have a passion for working with children and families? Integrated Services for Behavioral Health is looking for compassionate, dedicated people who want to empower youth and families by creating strength-based behavior change that will be sustained long after treatment ends.

You will receive ongoing training in the Integrated Family and Systems Treatment (I-FAST) model as you work with families, children/youth, their communities, and other key members of their ecology to implement I-FAST as designed. I-FAST Community Behavioral Health Workers work in collaboration with all involved to address the needs of youth and families that are experiencing a wide range of DSM diagnoses, including complex cases of children at risk for out-of-home placement. You will empower families to address challenging and/or problematic behavior and to help children/youth aged 5-21 make life-transforming changes. Treatment progress is made through intensive interventions such as skill building, changing unhelpful family interactions, and increasing social support, to name a few.

The pay range for this position is $19.00 - $22.26 per hour based on experience, education, and/or licensure.

Essential Functions

• Provide direct clinical treatment using the I-FAST treatment model and principles. Some principles include leveraging strengths and focusing on the positive, understanding sequences of behavior, and increasing mature behavior.
• Conduct a thorough assessment of the client and family: gather information on behaviors of concern and strengths in the family and their ecology to inform conceptualization of the problem behaviors and interactions within the family’s ecological context.
• Comfort working with a diverse community of clients.
• Knowledge of the types of families in the community.
• Continuously work to engage the primary caregiver, family members, supports, and community agency staff (school, probation, child welfare) in change-oriented treatment.
• Dedicate time to weekly case planning and evaluation of case progress, with ongoing support from your supervisor and team members.
• Receive regular training, professional development, supervision, and consultation activities designed to help you acquire extensive clinical skills within the I-FAST treatment model.
• Assure, along with fellow clinicians, that clients have access to 24 hours/day, 7 days/week support as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Experience working with multisystems such as: Court, Child Protective Services, Schools, OhioRise, Family Children First Council.
• Current license/certification, including LSW, LPC, LISW, or LPCC, is preferred.
• Experience working with complex family systems and youth who are experiencing severe emotional/mental health issues.
• Demonstrated a high degree of cultural awareness.
• Experience with multi-need individuals and families.
• Broad knowledge of community service systems.
• Willing to participate in and lead cross-systems team-building activities.
• Able to effectively communicate through verbal/written expression.
• Must be able to operate in an Internet-based, automated office environment.

Enjoy a great work environment with an excellent salary, generous paid time off, and a strong benefits package.

Benefits include

• Medical
• Vision
• Short-term Disability
• Long-term Disability
• 401K w/ Employer Match
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) provides support and resources to help you and your family with a range of issues.

Our Mission

Delivering exceptional care through connection

Our Values

Dignity - We meet people where they are on their journey with respect and hope

Collaboration - We listen to understand and ask how we can best support the people and communities we serve

Wellbeing - We celebrate one another's strengths, and we support one another in being well

Excellence - We demand high-quality care for those we serve, and we are a leader in how we care for one another as a team

Innovation - We deeply value a range of perspectives and experiences, knowing it is what inspires us to stretch past where we are and reach towards what we know is possible

We’re an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.