Mobile Therapist/Behavioral Specialist Consultant

Job Description

Job Description

Job description

Under the general direction of the Director of IBHS Programs and Executive Director in collaboration with other members of the treatment team, designs and directs the implementation of a behavior modification intervention plan suitable to each individual client and family; identifies behavioral goals and intervention techniques and instructs the treatment team in non-adversarial service delivery methods, data generation and collection, and client tracking. The Mobile Therapist / Behavior Consultant is responsible for clinically supervising the BHT's assigned to his/her caseload as outlined in 5240.72.

The BC Services are intended to provide intensive, therapeutic services to a child and family, preferably in the family's home. Other accepted settings are in the child's school, church, community center, or neighbor or extended family member's home. Services are not to be provided in an office setting. Services provided by the BC are intended to be strengths-based, child-centered, family-focused, and eco-systemic in nature. The BC will provide individual and family psychotherapy, with a strong emphasis on goals agreed upon by the family and treatment team. The BC will use a myriad of therapy techniques and will have consistent sessions with the child individually, the entire nuclear family, the family and other community resources, and any subsystem of the family, as clinically indicated by the prescribing psychologist.

Requirements :

· Licensed psychologist, professional counselor, marriage and family therapist or clinical social worker or;

·Licensed as a social worker or a behavior specialist and have a graduate degree that required clinical or mental health direct service practicum or;

· Have a certification as a BCBA or other graduate-level certification in behavioral analysis, or;

· Have a graduate degree in ABA, or;

· Have a minimum of 1 year of full-time experience in providing mental health direct services to children, youth or young adults and a graduate degree in psychology, social work, education, or counseling, with at least nine credits specific to clinical practice in psychology, social work or counseling or;

· Completed a clinical or mental health direct service practicum and have a graduate degree with at least nine credits specific to clinical practice in psychology, social work, education, counseling or a related field

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $40,000.00 - $45,000.00 per year