This is a full time 0.8 FTE opportunity with the Adult Standard Morning Program (ASAM), work schedule developed around the programming hours of 7:30am to 2:30pm Monday through Friday.

Position Summary:

The Behavioral Health Specialist supports the PHP milieu by facilitating therapeutic skills groups, self-monitoring and activity groups, providing therapeutic meal support at mealtimes and snacks, assisting clients in acquiring skills to manage their eating disorder, maintaining a recovery-oriented environment, and providing general support and assistance

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Facilitates therapy groups including skills groups, self-monitoring groups, and experiential activity groups which may include art activities, music, journaling, mindfulness, relaxation, and movement
• Participates in therapeutic supported meals and snacks
• Provides milieu support
• Contributes to the creation and maintenance of a recovery-oriented therapeutic environment
• Participates in client therapeutic outings
• May meet with clients to provide support and in-the-moment skills coaching
• Participates in treatment team, mini team, therapy team, supervision, and/or case consultation meetings and seeks supervision when needed
• Ability to engage, coach, monitor, and support clients as needed
• Completes clinical documentation in compliance with The Emily Program and Veritas policies and regulatory standards
• Maintains at all times the confidentiality of former and current Emily Program and Veritas clients’ protected health information, as directed by state and federal law, and Emily Program and Veritas policy. Additionally, maintain confidentiality in any position with access to employee personal information.
• Maintains at all times the confidentiality of proprietary information, which includes but is not limited to, trade secrets, sensitive company information, and generally any company information not made available to the public.
• Completes all assigned mandatory trainings
• Performs additional duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in mental health-related field.
• Must have valid driver’s license and be authorized to drive.
• Previous direct mental health experience preferred

Competencies:

• Exhibits passion for our clients, values, and organization
• Demonstrates excellent clinical customer service using therapeutic communication skills to build strong client relationships and improve outcomes
• Participates in providing clinically competent care by self/staff/team through education, role modeling, teambuilding, clinical documentation, and quality monitoring
• Uses leadership, team building, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills to build partnerships within and across system
• Engages in self-evaluation process, seeking feedback regarding own practice, from clients, peers, professional colleagues, and others

Workplace Environment:

• Standing 70-75% and Sitting 25-30%.
• Bending, twisting, kneeling, stooping, or crouching when appropriate, on occasion.
• Lift, carry, push, or pull up to approx. 30 pounds (supplies, etc.)

Benefit Offerings:

• Medical - Blue Cross Blue Shield. Health benefits begin on the 1st of the month after start date Employees must work an average of 30 hours per week to be eligible
• Dental – Delta Dental, Vision
• Health Savings Account (HSA) – Health Equity & Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Commuter Benefits – Edenred Commuter Benefit Solutions (Employees located in Seattle only)
• Eligible to enroll in company’s 401(k) Retirement Plan - Principal Financial.
• All employees, age 21 and older, are eligible to participate in the 401(k) Retirement plan the first of the month following 2 Months of Service
• Match 50% of your contribution, up to 6% of your pay.
• Generous PTO plans: Paid Time off (PTO) is provided to all regular full time and part time regular employees up to 152 hours/19 days within the first year of employment. PTO is accrued throughout the year and can be used for vacation, personal and sick time and accrues based on compensated hours.
• Holidays: Employees not working at a residential or inpatient facility are eligible for 7 paid holidays and 1 floating holiday
• Non-exempt employees working at a residential or inpatient facility will receive premium pay at a rate of double time if they are scheduled and work on one of ten designated holidays.
• Employees hired on or after February 20, 2022, will receive premium pay at a rate of time and-a-half if scheduled and work on one of ten designated holidays.
• Exempt employees working at a residential or inpatient facility who are scheduled to work on a holiday may take the holiday on a different day during the same pay period. Additionally, non-exempt employees are eligible or various shift and weekend differentials.

Employer Paid Benefits – The Standard

• Employee Life/AD&D Insurance
• Short-term disability
• Long-term disability

Compensation Range:

$21.60 - $32.40/hr

Final compensation offered will be within pay range based on qualifications/experience met for position.