Community Behavioral Health Worker; -FAST

Community Behavioral Health Worker (I-FAST)

Ross County, Ohio

Join our team! Integrated Services for Behavioral Health is looking for compassionate, dedicated individuals who want to empower youth and families by creating strength‑based behavior change that lasts long after treatment ends. You will receive ongoing training in the Integrated Family and Systems Treatment (I‑FAST) model and work with families, children/youth, their communities, and other key members of their ecology to implement I‑FAST as designed.

You will empower families to address challenging behavior and help children/youth aged 5‑21 make life‑transforming changes. Treatment progress is made through intensive interventions such as skill building, changing unhelpful family interactions, and increasing social support.

The salary range for this position is $19.00‑$22.26 hourly, based on experience.

• Provide treatment using the I‑FAST treatment model and principles, such as leveraging strengths, focusing on the positive, understanding sequences of behavior, and increasing mature behavior.
• Conduct a thorough assessment of the client and family, gathering information on behaviors of concern and strengths in the family and their ecology to inform conceptualization of the problem behaviors and interactions within the family’s ecological context.
• Work comfortably with a diverse community of clients.
• Understand the types of families in the community.
• Continuously engage the primary caregiver, family members, supports, and community agency staff (school, probation, child welfare) in change‑oriented treatment.
• Dedicate time to weekly case planning and evaluation of case progress, with ongoing support from your supervisor and team members.
• Receive regular training, professional development, supervision, and consultation activities designed to help you acquire extensive clinical skills within the I‑FAST treatment model.
• Ensure, along with colleagues, that clients have access to 24 hours/day, 7 days/week support as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Experience working with multisystem partners such as Court, Child Protective Services, Schools, Ohio Rise, and Family Children First Council.
• Current license/certification, including LSW, LPC, LISW, or LPCC, is preferred.
• Experience working with complex family systems and youth experiencing severe emotional/mental health issues.
• Demonstrated high degree of cultural awareness.
• Experience with multi‑need individuals and families.
• Broad knowledge of community service systems.
• Willingness to participate in and lead cross‑systems team‑building activities.
• Able to effectively communicate through verbal and written expression.
• Must be able to operate in an Internet‑based, automated office environment.

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Short‑term Disability
• Long‑term Disability
• 401K with Employer Match
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) provides support and resources to help you and your family with a range of issues.

Delivering exceptional care through connection

• Dignity – We meet people where they are on their journey with respect and hope
• Collaboration – We listen to understand and ask how we can best support the people and communities we serve
• Wellbeing – We celebrate one another’s strengths, and we support one another in being well
• Excellence – We demand high‑quality care for those we serve, and are a leader in how we care for one another as a team
• Innovation – We deeply value a range of perspectives and experiences, knowing it is what inspires us to stretch past where we are and reach toward what we know is possible

We’re an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

Seniority Level: Entry level

Employment type: Full‑time

Job function: Other

Industry: Hospitals and Health Care