Behavorial Specialist
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Job Location:
Livingston, MT - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
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Behavioral Specialist
Job Summary:
Responsible for providing one on one face to face intensive short term behavior modification and stabilization services provided in the clients school or community. The goal is to work with the client within the school community home setting which meet SED criteria. The Behavioral Specialist implements interventions for supporting new and positive behavior. The Behavioral Specialist is supervised by a licensed clinical mental health professional.
Principle Duties and Responsibilities:
- Therapeutic intervention to clients in school community and home settings
- Be able to build positive relationships and engage with client in a positive professional relationship with boundaries
- Be able to follow plan for emergency evaluation and management of crisis
- Be able to maintain calm and confident during a clients crisis and maintain safety for both the client and staff
- Be able to be consistent when working with clients to ensure predictable and unchanged outcomes
- Be able to work independently with direction and feedback from the supervisor while in the school setting
- Participate in treatment team meetings at a minimum period of 90 days for treatment plan review
- Create and implement a plan for therapeutic activities that correspond with the treatment plan
- Create and implement a plan for therapeutic group activities that correspond with the treatment plan for clients
- Be responsible for additional responsibilities as needed or assigned by supervisor
- Must adhere to Lesprit Inc. policy and procedures including productivity and caseload expectations treatment planning confidentiality while following the code of ethics.
Education and Experience:
This position requires at a minimum a high school diploma and at least two years of experience working with emotionally disturbed youth or experience in direct services in human services field or postsecondary education in human services. Valid Montana drivers license in good standing.
Training:
Therapeutic de-escalation of crisis situations to ensure the protection and safety of the clients and staff. The training will include the use of physical and not-physical methods of managing clients and will be updated annually. Incoming employees will be trained by their Lesprit program supervisor to include the day-to-day duties and responsibilities of their positions. These trainings will include a thorough orientation regarding Lesprit best practices on all documentation procedures including evidence and research based behavior interventions and practices. Lesprits rigorous staff training ensures the provided services are delivered by a competent team of professionals who are concurrent with the most effective research based treatment plans.
Equal Employment Opportunity:
It is the policy of Lesprit to not discriminate in employment or employment opportunities based upon race color national origin age physical or mental disability marital status religion creed sex or political beliefs. It is also the policy of Lesprit to not retaliate or allow condone or encourage others to retaliate against any applicant employee or past employee for opposing unlawful discriminatory practices filing a discrimination complaint and/or testifying or participating in another manner in a discrimination proceeding.
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
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- Communication skills
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- Case Management
- OSHA
- Team Management
- Catheterization
- Microsoft Outlook Calendar
- EHS
About Company
L'esprit Inc. L’esprit is a mental health center that offers case management, psychiatric services, medication management, home support, therapy, mentoring, and school-based support programs. L’esprit was created in June 2015, with a vision to serve families of this community using a ... View more
