Behavioral Specialist I - ACCS

Eliot Community Human Services • Saugus, MA

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About The Position

Eliot is seeking a compassionate and dedicated Behavioral Specialist I to join its Adult Community Clinical Service (ACCS) team. ACCS provides clinically focused, evidence-based interventions to adults with severe and persistent mental illness. Services are person-centered and delivered by a multidisciplinary team in residential or community-based settings.

The Behavioral Specialist I supports adults facing severe and persistent mental health challenges. The role promotes clients’ recovery and rehabilitation while ensuring services are culturally competent, strengths-based, focused on rehabilitation, and inclusive of client preferences.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Social Work, or a related field.
• Experience working with adults with mental illness.
• Valid Massachusetts driver’s license.

Responsibilities

• Provide client interventions focused on problem solving, modeling behavior, optimism, and encouragement.
• Assist the team with ongoing assessments of client symptoms and responses to staff interventions.
• Support clients’ recovery and rehabilitation goals.
• Provide culturally competent, strengths-based, rehabilitation-focused services that reflect client preferences.
• Assist clients with transportation to work sites, daily activities, and appointments.

Benefits

• Generous paid time off, including vacation, sick time, and paid holidays.
• Medical, dental, and vision plans for benefit-eligible positions.
• 401(k) with employer match.
• Discounted fitness services and access to childcare resources.
• Company-paid life and accidental death insurance.
• Ongoing training, career advancement programs, tuition reimbursement, and leadership development.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level