Mental Health Specialist

Mentor Behavioral Health , a part of the Sevita family, provides Early Intervention, Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) and Behavioral Health services to children, individuals and families. Here we believe every person has the right to live well, and everyone deserves to have a fulfilling career. You’ll join a mission-driven team and create relationships that motivate us all every day. Join us today, and experience a career well lived.

Mental Health Specialist

As Mental Health Specialist you will provide home-based therapeutic support to children in foster care throughout Youngstown and surrounding areas.

• Establish and maintain a therapeutic relationship by building rapport with the person served.

• Follow the treatment plan goals and interventions utilizing sound judgment and seeks out appropriate consultation.

• Collaborate with the family and treatment team members to provide behavior management techniques effectively and without disruption to the environment or other individuals.

• Educate parents/guardians on reinforcement and intervention information when requested.

• Promote safe and socially acceptable replacement behaviors in order to build a repertoire of communication, social interaction, and problem-solving skills

• Review progress of people served objectively using behavior analytic methods, identify solutions to barriers, and make recommendations to the supervisor and behavior analyst when needed.

• Accurately collect behavior data including: A-B-C, count, frequency, duration, latency, inter-response time, event, and interval-based recording as needed

• Ensure all documentation, both staff and person served related is completed in a timely and accurate manner.

• Complete incident reports as required by agency policy and procedure.

• Review daily updates for person served such as new programs, access level changes, scheduled sessions, etc., implement programs and train staff on implementation.

• Ensure proper implementation and retraining as needed by routinely communicating with staff.

• Schedule and prepare for leisure activities to keep persons served engaged and active when therapy sessions are not taking place.

• Attend clinical meetings as assigned such as access review meetings, clinical team meetings, progress conferences, etc.

• Responsible for providing up-to-date residential status of participants and identifying problem areas affecting the participant. Follow through with solutions based upon clinical team recommendations.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in human services field & at least 1 year exp

• H.S. Diploma & at least 3 years' experience

• Exceptional communication skills with an ability to establish trust and rapport quickly

• A good listener with an ability to empathize while still providing guidance

Why Join Us?

• Full benefits package for employees working 30+ hours

• Flexible schedule

• Complex work adding value to the organization’s mission alongside a great team of coworkers

• Enjoy job security with nationwide career development and advancement opportunities

We have meaningful work for you – come join our team – Apply Today!

Sevita is a leading provider of home and community-based specialized health care. We believe that everyone deserves to live a full, more independent life. We provide people with quality services and individualized supports that lead to growth and independence, regardless of the physical, intellectual, or behavioral challenges they face.

We’ve made this our mission for more than 50 years. And today, our 40,000 team members continue to innovate and enhance care for the 50,000 individuals we serve all over the U.S.

As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law