Massachusetts Veterans Jobs

Description

We’re looking for empathetic individuals dedicated to providing quality support and care to others. With your creative problem-solving skills and Eliot's cutting edge Community Behavioral Health Center (CBHC) programs, we can overcome traditional barriers in the behavioral health system. Imagine having access to trauma-informed behavioral health services in real time? Or providing coordinated care continuum? Join Eliot and get to work alongside our talented and dedicated staff specializing in housing navigation, recovery coaching, case management,peer supports and other specialized stabilization services.

Currently, we are seeking fee for service, Stabilization Specialists to fill in for vacations, leaves or vacancies at our 7 bed short term residential Community Crisis Stabilization (CCS) program.

Responsibilities:

• Provide supportive stabilization services to clients/families in the community in need of crisis supports and community stabilization.

• Provide side by side interventions to individuals/families that focus on problem solving, skills training, modeling behavior, optimism, and encouragement.

• Provide interventions in the office, virtually, in the community and in client’s residences based on client preference, client need, and at the clinical direction of the urgent care team.

• Respond to community evaluations, treatment intervention support, urgent care needs as assigned in conjunction with Stabilization Clinicians and other members of the urgent/triage team within CBHC.

• Provide and support mobile crisis interventions, stabilization, planning and evaluations.

• Provide follow up and follow along supports as part of short-term treatment planning, stabilization, and urgent care.

• Complete NOMS assessments as assigned, aspects of clinical assessments, and other documentation and required to meet CBHC/Eliot standards.

• Provide short term case management supports to individuals including managing income, insurance, and other entitlements, accessing other services and community resources and scheduling/coordination of all medical and psychiatric appointments.Support warm handoffs from triage, stabilization, and urgent care to CBHC teams.

• Assist clients who arrive at the Community Based Location seeking treatment such as crisis intervention services, follow up services, or admission to CCS/YCCS.

  Qualifications:

• Requires a Bachelor’s Degree in a Human Services field and one year of experience with adults, families, or children with severe and persistent mental illness and/or emotional disturbances.

• Must have a strong commitment to recovery-oriented services.

• Must have skills to establish supportive relationships with persons with severe and persistent mental illnesses, kids, families, and respect for their preferences for treatment.

• Must have ability to communicate clearly and effectively with individuals in rehabilitation and treatment.

• Must have ability to provide flexible services that are community based and focused on teamwork.

• Ability to serve as a role model and assist clients of varied backgrounds achieve daily goals and structure. e

• Must be proficient in English and possess and convey effective verbal and written communication skills with clients, staff, and service providers.

• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.

• Ability to multitask and think calmly in a fast paced, often chaotic environment.

• Demonstrated sound judgment and effective, solution focused, problem solving skills.

Schedule: Varied

Compensation: $23.00/hr.

Eliot is committed to identifying and dismantling barriers that prevent people with marginalized racial identities from actualizing their full employment potential, assuming leadership roles, or from fully engaging at all levels in the workplace.

Qualifications

Skills

Preferred

• Communication Skills: Expert

• Experience with population: Expert

Education

Preferred

• Bachelors or better in Psychology

Licenses & Certifications

Preferred

• MA Driver's License