Behavioral Support Specialist for Mobile Crisis Response Team

Advanced Behavioral Health Inc. is looking for a Behavioral Support Specialist in our Baltimore MD location to work as part of the interdisciplinary Child and Adolescent Response Team (CART) to provide personfocused therapeutic services for children and adolescents and their families experiencing mental and behavioral health events of varying acuity. The Behavioral Support Specialist will contribute to the collaborative plan of care and delivery of services to individuals through assessment evaluations crisis interventions referrals education linkage to care and progress toward treatment plan outcomebased goals.

ABHis a family centered mental health program that offers a wraparound approach to treatment. We specialize in Psychiatry OffSite Counseling Services OnSite therapy and Therapeutic Mentoring. If you share our mission and vision we invite you to join a team that wants to make a difference within the community.

Job Types:W2: FullTime
Compensation: $50000 $58000 annual
Hours: MondayFriday from 8:30 am 7 pm 8 hour shifts.
Location: Baltimore MD

Essential Functions:

• Provide mobile/urgent care response to children adolescents and their familiesliving in Baltimore City through referrals from 988 (National Suicide & CrisisLifeline) DSS etc. via telephone consultation/triage and facetoface responsein schools home or community.
• Provide therapeutic services for individuals in crisis who are experiencing mental and behavioral health events.
• Work collaboratively with mobile crisis team as well as community partners to provide support to individuals through crisis process.
• Work with children and adolescents in crisis to develop a crisis plan provide linkages to care and introduce other crisis planning tools and professionals.
• Work with clients to assist with continuity of care by supporting connection to behavioral health addiction peer recovery and other community resources.
• Empower individuals to become selfadvocates for their own recovery and wellness using a strengthsbased perspective.
• Provide information and referrals by mail to all families when there is no response following an attempted direct contact with the family.
• Provide up to six weeks of stabilization services to children and families.
• Attend and complete all required trainings both in person and online.
• Meet monthly for individual and group supervision sessions.
• Communicate regularly with clinical staff and guardians and parents.
• Comply with CARF/COMAR/HIPPA/State compliance regulations.
• Comply with EMR and uphold the 48hour documentation standard.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned under the CART contract with Baltimore City.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Social Work Psychology or healthrelated field
• Prior experience working with troubled youth and/or crisis response desired.
• Experience working with high acuity clients in mental health crisis is preferred.
• Must have ability to handle highly charged stressful and emotional situations.
• Valid and unrestricted drivers license with proof of current automobileinsurance.
• Ability to manage delegate and manage multiple tasks.
• Ability to travel.
• Must be sensitive to the cultural and socioeconomic differences present amongthe practices service population.
• Empathy and Compassion.
• Excellent customer service listening interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Responsible reliable and punctual.
• Must demonstrate understanding of managed care concepts and willingness toprovide treatment and work within that system.

FullTime Employee Benefits:

• Medical Dental Vision
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with Employer Match
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
• Voluntary Term Life Insurance
• Employer Paid Basic Life Insurance ShortTerm Disability LongTerm Disability
• Voluntary Insurance Policies:Accident Cancer Critical Illness Hospital Confinement
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• PTO Accruals Paid Holidays Floating Holiday Wellness Day Paid Birthday
• Company Issued Laptop and Cell Phone

ABH is committed to diversity and to equal opportunity employment. ABH does not discriminate on the basis of race creed color ethnicity national origin religion sex sexual orientation gender identity and expression age height weight physical or mental ability (including HIV status) veteran status military obligations or marital status. This policy applies to hiring internal promotions training opportunities for advancement and terminations and applies to all ABH employees interns clients and contractors.

Join our team and make a difference!