Community Behavioral Health Worker (I-FAST)

Integrated Services for Behavioral Health; Columbus, Northern (OH, KY); On-site; USD 18,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Vision

Short-term Disability

Long-term Disability

401K w/ Employer Match

EAP

Job summary

Integrated Services for Behavioral Health (ISBH) is seeking a Community Behavioral Health Worker to support children and families in Franklin County, Ohio. The role uses the I-FAST model to empower youth and families by building skills, improving family interactions, and expanding social supports.

Work involves collaboration with schools, probation, and child welfare, starting with comprehensive assessments and ongoing case planning.

Qualifications

• LSW, LISW, LPC or LPCC license preferred.
• Experience collaborating with multisystem services (schools, probation, child welfare).
• Experience working with youth aged 5-21 and families.
• Demonstrated cultural awareness and ability to work with diverse communities.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct clinical treatment using the I-FAST model.
• Conduct thorough client and family assessments.
• Engage primary caregiver and community supports in treatment.
• Plan weekly case goals and evaluate progress with supervisor.
• Participate in training, supervision, and professional development.
• Ensure clients have access to 24/7 support as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

I-FAST knowledge

Youth and family engagement

Education

LSW/LISW/LPC/LPCC license preferred

Job description

Integrated Service for Behavioral Health (ISBH) is an innovative, community-oriented organization dedicated to promoting mental health and overall well-being. Our team provides compassionate, personalized support to individuals and families in Southeast and Central Ohio, meeting them in their homes and communities to connect them with the resources they need.

Our comprehensive range of services includes behavioral health treatment, as well as other support programs that are tailored to each person's unique needs. We work closely with local partners to foster healthy individuals and communities.

At ISBH, we believe in a collaborative approach to care, empowering our clients to take an active role in their own journey toward wellness. We are committed to providing accessible, high-quality care to all those who seek our services.

Community Behavioral Health Worker (I-FAST)

We are seeking a Community Behavioral Health Worker!
FranklinCounty, OH

Join our Team!

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.

Integrated Services for BehavioralHealth