Behavioral Health Specialist

Behavioral Health Specialist

Our vision is a world of peaceful relationships with food, weight, and body image, where everyone with an eating disorder can experience recovery. We believe that exceptional, individualized care leads to lasting recovery from eating disorders. That's why our teams are comprised of compassionate, dedicated professionals from a variety of backgrounds who collaborate to provide the very best evidence-based care for our clients at all levels of care.

Position Overview:

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.

Schedule:

• Full Time, 1.0 FTE - 40hrs/wk, working (4) 10hr shifts per week.
• Shifts can be scheduled for either 9:00 am-7:00 pm or 7:00am to 5:00pm depending on site need.
• Every other Saturday or Sunday

Location:

41 Perimeter Center East, Dunwoody, GA 30346

Compensation Disclosure:

Starting hourly between $21-25. Final compensation offered will be within pay range based on qualifications/experience met for the position.

How Behavioral Health Specialists empower recovery:

• 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.
• Contributes to the creation and maintenance of a recovery-oriented therapeutic environment.
• Provide resident 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.
• Completes clinical documentation in compliance with The Emily Program and Veritas policies and regulatory standard.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in mental health-related field required. If degree is not in a mental health-related field, a degree in another field and equivalent experience required.
• Must have valid driver's license and be authorized to drive.
• Previous direct mental health experience preferred

What we offer:

Employee Benefits: We understand the importance of a well-rounded benefits package. That's why we're dedicated to providing a range of plans to meet your needs.

For full-time employees, we offer:

• HSA and PPO insurance with HSA or FSA options (Blue Cross Blue Shield)
• Dental insurance (Delta Dental)
• Vision insurance (EyeMed)
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Company-paid life insurance
• 401(k) plan available two months after start date
• Company 401(k) matching for up to 50% of your contribution, up to 6% of your compensation

Paid time off is a crucial part of maintaining work and life balance. Our generous PTO plan accrues annually and begins with your first whole pay period. Eligible employees enjoy seven paid holidays and one floating holiday in addition to their regular PTO.