Educational Mental Health Group Specialist, Hamilton

Best Point Education & Behavioral Health is seeking a Full Time Educational Mental Health Group Specialist for our Early Childhood Day Treatment program (for students ages 3-8 years old, who display emotional and behavioral challenges in home, school or community);

responsible for the supervision and teaching of clients in the assigned program and assumes responsibility for facilitation of treatment groups.

Primary Responsibilities :

• Assumes responsibility for the provision of assigned therapeutic groups. Responsible for providing groups for best meeting the clients’ needs.
• Participates in the development of each client’s individual treatment plan and strategy sheet. Ensures implementation as prescribed by treatment plan and strategy sheet.
• Demonstrates proficiency in the use of teaching procedures. Ensures the integrity of the motivation systems.
• Conducts classroom / program meetings and solicits participation and input from clients. Develops and implements a self-determination and leadership system.
• Assists classroom teacher by performing other clerical duties which support the implementation of the academic / lesson plan.
• Supports the implementation of Structured Teaching.

Minimum Education, Experience and Other Skill Requirements :

This position requires a high school diploma plus 3 years of experience in mental health care and / or child and family services.

Bachelor's Degree from an accredited institution in social work or related field is preferred. Licensed Social Workers or Licensed Professional Counselors encouraged to apply.

Must possess minimum technical skills including familiarity with Microsoft Windows and ability to use standard Microsoft Office applications.

Work Environment :

Exposed to a combination of office, school, and mental health treatment environments. Exposed to children with behavior problems.

May be exposed to shouting and clients who may be verbally and physically aggressive. May be exposed to blood or vomit and bodily fluids.

Physical Demands :

The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to :

Sit, stand, walk, bend, and lift up to 50 pounds. Must be capable of sustained exertion and be able to participate in the physical restraint techniques and exercises required to ensure safety of clients at all times.

Cu lture :

Best Point Education & Behavioral Health is Greater Cincinnati’s most prolific non-profit specializing in education, behavioral and therapeutic health services and autism services for vulnerable, at-risk youth, their families, and caregivers.

Best Point Education & Behavioral Health is proud to embrace our ideals of an equal opportunity workplace by actions as well as our words.

We lead our community with respect and tolerance, internally and externally, and we expect our employees to embrace this ideal and express it in their day-to-day interactions.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against, based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category.