Clinician
About The Position
The Clinician delivers behavioral services to individuals supported by Beacon Specialized Living, helping improve quality of life by promoting positive behaviors and reducing challenging behaviors. The role conducts functional behavior assessments, develops individualized treatment plans, and implements evidence-based interventions. The Clinician exercises independent clinical judgment in designing and modifying treatment strategies and ensures compliance with regulatory standards and best practices. The Clinician works with an interdisciplinary team, families, and external stakeholders to support consistent implementation of behavior support plans and provides consultation and guidance to staff on complex behavioral issues. The role also provides face-to-face clinical services, leads crisis response efforts, conducts incident reviews, contributes to staff training, and supports care coordination and service-quality initiatives. Occasional travel is required to support locations in Genesee, Oakland, and Macomb counties.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Social Work, Behavioral Analysis, Counseling, or a related field.
- Valid state license or certification, such as BCBA, LCSW, LSW, LPCC, LPC, or PBSF.
- Minimum of 1–2 years of clinical experience; practicum and internship experience may count.
- Experience with complex, high-intensity or high-frequency behaviors.
- Approval by state, federal, and local governmental entities to work within BSLS programs.
- Maintain mandatory training and certification requirements.
- Experience with Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Valid driver’s license.
- Pass a criminal background check.
- Proficiency in spoken, read, and written English.
- Ability to communicate and function within an interdisciplinary team.
- Strong computer skills using various software programs and applications.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to create professional employee communication materials.
- Ability to work independently with little daily supervision.
- Organizational skills, ability to multitask, and ability to meet project deadlines.
- Ability to work with all levels of the organization and maintain a professional demeanor.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with mentally ill and intellectually disabled adult populations.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate, design, and monitor individualized behavior treatment plans, evaluating their effectiveness through data analysis and evidence-based methods.
- Provide face-to-face clinical services to clients within assigned scopes of practice.
- Lead crisis responses by assessing situations, selecting interventions, and implementing resolution strategies.
- Provide consultation and debriefing to staff and individuals following incidents, and guide corrective actions.
- Evaluate the root causes of adverse incidents and develop modifications to treatment plans and organizational protocols.
- Serve as a clinical consultant in interdisciplinary meetings and offer professional recommendations.
- Participate in treatment team meetings and case reviews, contributing clinical insights and guiding care planning.
- Maintain clinical documentation, including Positive Behavioral Support Plans (PBSPs), Functional Behavioral Assessments (FBAs), and clinical summaries.
- Analyze monthly data and adjust interventions based on outcomes.
- Conduct behavioral assessments.
- Support activities and programs that enrich clients’ social, emotional, mental, and physical needs and increase home involvement and independent living skills.
- Assist with developing and implementing ongoing behavioral health training for clinical staff.
- Communicate with family members and friends of individuals supported, as appropriate.
- Conduct on-site training for home managers, program managers, and direct care staff, and assist with training tracking as needed.
- Assist with resident abuse and neglect investigations and communicate findings to relevant management, compliance, clinical, and operations leaders.
- Build relationships with community mental health and other government or service agencies and assist with care coordination as needed.
- Contribute clinical expertise to performance improvement initiatives.
- Travel occasionally, approximately 30–40% or as determined by market needs, to support BSLS locations in Genesee, Oakland, and Macomb counties.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
