Job Information
Eliot Community Human Services MH Relief- ACCS in Lexington, Massachusetts
Description
Eliot's Acton ACCS is seeking individuals interested in additional income, have scheduling flexibility to fill in for staff sick calls, vacation and planned time off..This individual will work side by side with Persons that have serious and persistent mental illness.
Eliot’s Adult Community Clinical Services, an in tegrated Team Model, which is multidisciplinary, flexible, and based on clinical assessment, will provide recovery focused treatment to individuals living in Eliot's residential programs. These teams are seeking behavioral specialist to provide interventions and supports focusing on rehabilitation, behavioral health needs, and engagement in meaningful daily activities.
Responsibilities:
Provide side by side interventions to Persons that focus on problem solving, skills training, modeling behavior, optimism and encouragement. Assist the team and Persons in providing ongoing assessment of symptoms and responses to staff interventions
Support the pursuit of services that are culturally competent, strengths based, recovery based, focused on rehabilitation and are inclusive of Person preferences.
Assist Persons in accessing their resources and natural supports to achieve goals and facilitate community integration according to Persons’ needs, desires and with consultation from supervisor and team staff.
Schedule: In need of all shifts. Relief work as needed.
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
- Computer Software Skills: Intermediate
Education
Preferred
- High School or better
Experience
Required
MAP Certification
1 year: Experience with specific population