School-Based Support Specialist

Jobtailor; Chillicothe (OH); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a school-based behavioral health specialist to deliver individualized interventions and support youth across academics and emotions. You will maintain caseload management and coordinate with families, schools, and community providers to ensure quality, person-centered care.

The role emphasizes crisis response, documentation accuracy, and ongoing training to adapt to student needs while promoting resilience and recovery in a collaborative setting.

Qualifications

• Experience with case management, rehabilitation, and treatment planning in behavioral health.
• Knowledge of challenges impacting youth with mental health and/or substance use needs.
• Ability to build trusting relationships with students, families, schools, and community partners.
• Strong communication skills, including documentation and de-escalation techniques.
• Ability to manage time effectively and coordinate services across multiple systems.
• Comfort using electronic health records and standard office technology.
• Strong initiative with a commitment to high-quality, person-centered care.
• Ability to respond calmly and appropriately in crisis situations.
• Qualifying experience includes providing recovery and resiliency services, teaching coping and life skills, supporting success in school/community/employment settings, or implementing treatment plan objectives.

Responsibilities

• Deliver individualized behavioral health interventions aligned with treatment goals in a school-based setting.
• Support students in building coping skills, improving social-emotional functioning, and developing daily life skills.
• Partner with schools, families, and community providers to ensure coordinated, high-quality care.
• Manage a caseload while maintaining timely, accurate, and compliant documentation.
• Provide crisis intervention, follow-up support, and outreach when needed.
• Conduct home visits to strengthen engagement with youth and families.
• Assist with quality assurance efforts, data tracking, and program compliance.
• Participate in supervision, ongoing training, and professional development opportunities.
• Adapt to evolving student needs while supporting program goals through collaboration and flexibility.
• Support youth academically, socially, and emotionally.
• Promote resilience, recovery, and overall well-being.
• Work with students, families, educators, and community partners.
• Implement treatment plan objectives and provide recovery- and resiliency-focused individual or group services.

Skills

Case Management

Electronic Health Records

Crisis Intervention

Time Management

Communication Skills

Relationship Building

Documentation

De-escalation Techniques

Flexibility

Initiative

Education

Bachelor's degree in psychology, social work, behavioral health, or related field; 2 years relevant behavioral health experience

Associate's degree in Applied Science in Behavioral Health Support

4-year combination of higher education and 2 years of qualifying experience

Tools

EHR Systems

Office Software

Job description

• Deliver individualized behavioral health interventions aligned with treatment goals in a school-based setting
• Support students in building coping skills, improving social-emotional functioning, and developing daily life skills
• Partner with schools, families, and community providers to ensure coordinated, high-quality care
• Manage a caseload while maintaining timely, accurate, and compliant documentation
• Provide crisis intervention, follow-up support, and outreach when needed
• Conduct home visits to strengthen engagement with youth and families
• Assist with quality assurance efforts, data tracking, and program compliance
• Participate in supervision, ongoing training, and professional development opportunities
• Adapt to evolving student needs while supporting program goals through collaboration and flexibility
• Support youth academically, socially, and emotionally
• Promote resilience, recovery, and overall well-being
• Work with students, families, educators, and community partners
• Implement treatment plan objectives and provide recovery- and resiliency-focused individual or group services

Requirements

• Understanding of case management, rehabilitation, and treatment planning in behavioral health
• Knowledge of challenges impacting youth with mental health and/or substance use needs
• Ability to build trusting relationships with students, families, schools, and community partners
• Strong communication skills, including documentation and de-escalation techniques
• Ability to manage time effectively and coordinate services across multiple systems
• Comfort using electronic health records and standard office technology
• Strong initiative with a commitment to high-quality, person-centered care
• Ability to respond calmly and appropriately in crisis situations
• One of the following educational/experience pathways: Bachelor's degree in psychology, social work, behavioral health, or related field; bachelor's degree in an unrelated field plus 2 years of relevant behavioral health experience; any 4-year combination of higher education and 2 years of qualifying experience; Associate's degree in Applied Science in Behavioral Health Support; or 4 years of full-time qualifying experience
• Qualifying experience includes providing individual or group recovery and resiliency services, teaching coping and life skills, supporting success in school/community/employment settings, or implementing treatment plan objectives

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in delivering individualized behavioral health interventions and managing caseloads while ensuring compliance with treatment goals. Proficient in building relationships with students, families, and community partners to promote resilience and well-being.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Behavioral Health Interventions
• Case Management
• Crisis Intervention
• Treatment Planning
• Electronic Health Records

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Behavioral Health
• Coping Skills Development
• Social-Emotional Functioning
• Quality Assurance
• Data Tracking
• Documentation
• Crisis Response
• Individual/Group Services
• Life Skills Teaching
• Program Compliance

Soft Skills

• Strong Communication
• Relationship Building
• Time Management
• Initiative
• Flexibility

Industry Keywords

• Youth Mental Health
• Substance Use
• Person-Centered Care
• Recovery
• Resiliency

Tools & Technologies

• Electronic Health Records
• Standard Office Technology