Behavioral Health Specialist - HCBS - Orange/Dutchess County

ABBOTT HOUSE•Town of New Windsor, NY

8d•$20 - $41

About The Position

The Behavioral Health Specialist provides one or more services to children and families enrolled in specific programs, based on the employee’s training, experience, and qualifications. The specialist must not provide a service without meeting its documented minimum educational and qualification requirements. Services may include prevocational support for youth age 14 or older, respite care, supported employment, caregiver/family advocacy and support, and community habilitation. These services help children and youth build work-related, adaptive, social, and self-help skills; receive supervision and support during planned or crisis respite; obtain and maintain employment; and help families and caregivers respond to the participant’s needs and support their functioning at home and in the community. The specialist is responsible for assigned program requirements, maintaining service documentation for billing, participating in treatment team meetings, reporting serious reportable and recordable incidents to a supervisor, and complying with Abbott House policies and deadlines for reporting, documentation, and billing. The role requires knowledge of evidence-based practice and complex trauma. The position involves frequent work in an office environment, with moderate noise that may occasionally increase due to participants yelling or screaming. Physical demands include standing and walking, handling objects, reaching, communicating, and occasionally balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling. The posting also lists lifting and pushing/pulling demands. Work is per diem.

Requirements

Meet the minimum education and qualification requirements for each service provided.
For prevocational services: an AA/AS and one year of experience, or a BA and one year of experience.
For respite services: a high school diploma and experience.
For supported employment services: an AA/AS and one year of experience, or a BA/BS and one year of experience.
For caregiver/family advocacy and support services: a BA and two years of experience, or an MA and one year of experience.
For community habilitation: a high school diploma and experience.
Knowledge of evidence-based practice and complex trauma.
Ability to meet the stated physical demands, including standing, walking, handling objects, reaching, and occasional balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling.
The posting describes lifting, pushing, and pulling demands; it also lists English communication and office-equipment requirements under an Administrative Assistant heading.

Responsibilities

Provide assigned services to children and families in accordance with the specialist’s training, experience, qualifications, and applicable service requirements.
Deliver prevocational services that teach work habits, acceptable job behaviors, and job production skills to youth age 14 or older.
Provide planned or crisis respite, including supervision and developmentally appropriate activities that support participants’ interests, health, and safety while providing relief to caregivers.
Provide ongoing supports to participants obtaining and maintaining competitive, customized, or self-employment in an integrated work setting.
Provide caregiver/family advocacy and support to help participants and families understand and address disability-related needs and support functioning at home and in the community.
Provide community habilitation that assists children and youth with self-help, socialization, and adaptive skills.
Oversee and execute assigned program requirements.
Document necessary information for each child to support appropriate service billing.
Participate in treatment team meetings and provide updates.
Report all serious reportable and recordable incidents to a supervisor.
Follow Abbott House policies, procedures, and time frames for reporting, documentation, and billing.
Perform other related duties as required.