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**Mentor South Bay** , provides Early Intervention, Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA), Behavioral Health and Mental Health Outpatient services across Massachusetts and Connecticut. For over 35 years, we’ve provided a collaborative, team-based approach dedicated to helping children, adults, and families reach their fullest potential. If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of individuals and families, join our mission-driven team and experience a career well lived.

SUMMARY

Provides service and develops treatment plans that are based on a person-centered assessment of the individuals strengths, needs and is goal oriented . Provides 24/7 on-call support for all assigned individuals. Builds and maintains positive relationships with community partners from referring or collateral agencies.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to satisfactorily perform each essential function listed below:

Billable Functions

•Provides person-centered assessments in the areas of behavioral health, education, personality, community engagement, vocational needs, relationships, and family interactions.

•Develops and revises service or treatment plans based on assessment of strengths, needs, collaboration with referral agencies, collaboration with the individual served and is goal oriented.

•Provides activity and participation based interventions and approaches developed from training materials, experience, individual and/or families’ successes.

May or May not be billable based on the contract and/or authorization rules

•Provides 24/7 coverage for all assigned individuals served and/or families.

•Makes referrals to services and resources on behalf of individuals served and/or families.

•Assures that documentation and records are kept confidential, organized, and complete and submitted to supervisor in an accurate and timely manner.

•Participates in team meetings with peers and in collateral team meeting when needed. Supports peer development by addressing areas of concern for professional development and team performance issues.

•Provides a discharge and aftercare plan for each family/individual served.

Non-Billable Functions

•Builds and maintains positive relationships with community partners from referring/ collateral agencies. Provides guidance for the family in their interaction with referring agencies, and other community organizations as needed.

•May provide training or field supervision of new or tenured peers; review and edit peer records and documentation, marketing and education presentations; training and development for the region or team meetings

•Performs other related duties and activities as required

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

None required

Minimum Knowledge and Skills required by the Job

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or abilities required to perform the job:

Education and Experience:

•Bachelor’s degree (or masters in some states) in Social Work, Mental Health Counseling, and Clinical Psychology, Counseling Psychology or other related field

•One or more years related field experience, two years preferred

•Specialized training required

Massachusetts

•All counselors must hold a master's degree in counseling education, counseling psychology, or rehabilitation counseling from an accredited educational institution

•Must have had two years of full-time supervised clinical experience in a multidisciplinary mental-health setting subsequent to obtaining the master's degree.

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Ohio

•Must hold a Bachelor’s (Master’s preferred) degree in social work or Master’s degree in counseling from accredited educational institution

•Must hold a license in: Licensed Social Work (LSW), Licensed Practicing Counselor (LPC) or Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT) required

Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations:

•Driver’s License and acceptable driving record

Other Skills and Abilities:

•N/A

Other Requirements:

•Travel as needed

Physical Requirements:

•Light work. Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than that for sedentary work and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated for light work.

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT STATEMENT

External and internal applicants, as well as position incumbents who become disabled, must be able to perform the essential job functions either unaided or with assistance of a reasonable accommodation to be determined on a case by case basis via the interactive process.

Join Our Team

If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of individuals and families, we encourage you to join Mentor South Bay’s mission of helping everyone live a full and happy life. Apply today and start your journey toward a rewarding career well-lived.

_As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law._