Therapeutic Behavior Specialist (Santa Maria/Santa Barbara)

Therapeutic Behavior Specialist (Santa Maria/Santa Barbara)

21 Nov 2024
California, Santa maria 00000 Santa maria USA

Therapeutic Behavior Specialist (Santa Maria/Santa Barbara)

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Casa Pacifica's Santa Barbara County Community Based Services is seeking a mental health professional interested in changing the lives of children. Our Santa Barbara and Santa Maria office is seeking a full time Therapeutic Behavior Specialist who will participate in the implementation of one-to-one therapeutic behavioral interventions for children as needed at home, school, or other community based settings in accordance with the TBS Treatment Plan. Interventions include but are not limited to: social skills training, anger management, anxiety reduction, communication skills, feeling identification, etc.

Duties include:

Participates in the implementation of one-to-one therapeutic behavioral interventions for children as needed at home, school, or other community based settings in accordance with the TBS Treatment Plan. Interventions included but are not limited to: social skills training, anger management, anxiety reduction, communication skills, feeling identification, etc.

Participates as a member of the child's treatment team and works closely with all treatment team members regarding matters pertaining to all one-to-one therapeutic behavioral interventions as outlined in TBS Treatment Plan.

Provides immediate behavioral reinforcements (praise, feedback, & token economy), time-structuring activities, inappropriate response prevention, positive reinforcement, appropriate time out strategies, and/or cognitive behavioral approaches to community based children as part of the one-to-one interventions.

Assists in teaching the parent, caregivers, teacher, treatment team members and other significant support persons in the client's life the strategies and skills in order to help the client meet their goals and be successful in the fade out process.

Maintains an active client caseload of 3-5 clients.

Meets a minimum monthly billing expectation of 5500 minutes.

Attends weekly Case Supervision and bi-weekly individual supervision.

Adheres to the legal and ethical requirements of the mental health profession as outlined in the code of ethics and as deemed necessary by the agency.

Maintains organized progress notes for each client contact; submitting notes in a timely manner by the weekly deadline.

Keeps TBS Clinical Supervisor, TBS Program Lead, parents, treatment team members, and all necessary others apprised of day to day progress of child. Facilitates decisions that are collaborative and include all treatment team members.

Maintains effective lines of communication with Clinical Team and Program Management in regards to program needs.

Attends and participates in appropriate staff training programs; attends outside training events and conferences as requested.

Maintains confidentiality and HIPAA regulations in all matters within the organization with respect to personnel, operations and children.

May perform any other additional duties as assigned; including but not limited case coverage for other specialists.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in related field (social work, sociology, child development, psychology, etc.); a minimum of one year related mental health experience working with children/adolescents who have severe emotional disturbance and/or behavioral challenges; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Ability to do behavioral assessments and behavior management, preferred.

Includes: Bilingual stipend

Along with our competitive compensation, Casa Pacifica offers very competitive benefits at minimal cost to our employees. Employees have access to free trainings related to the field of mental health/social work and get free continuing education units (CEUs) that will go towards annual licensing renewals.

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