Behavioral Health Specialist - Housing

Pay is commensurate with experience within a range of $18.75 to $22.32 per hour. Full time, non-exempt, benefits eligible. Bert Nash offers excellent benefits which include medical, dental, vision, KPERS retirement, life insurance, an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) providing free counseling and resources, and generous PTO.

Caring. Hope. Giving back. Our mission at the Bert Nash Center as the Community Mental Health Center (CMHC) of Douglas County is to advance the health of the community through comprehensive behavioral health services responsive to evolving needs and changing environments. We accomplish this by believing in our team. Each person that works for the Bert Nash Center contributes directly to the success of our clients, organization, and community.

Our values of compassion, integrity, equity and hope reflect in everything we do.

Responsibilities:

The primary responsibility of the Behavioral Health Specialist position will beto provide supervision and supportive services in a transitional residential environment that serves adults with recurrent mental health disorders.

Consistency is a must. Specific duties include but not limited to:

• maintaining a safe, stable, supportive,environment during the overnight hours for residents to reduce the need for hospitalization;
• monitoring residents during this time by performing safety checks throughout the night;
• providing services as a member of a pool of Community Support staff, to be activated on an as-needed basis for attendantand psychosocial services;
• providing individualized support within the transitional living environment;
• required on-call rotation of 3-4 days permonth to ensure appropriate staffing when staff are ill or there is an emergency;
• this is an awake position;
• regular and predictable attendance is an essential function of the job.
• additional responsibilities may be assigned as circumstances warrant.

Qualifications:

The Behavioral Health Specialist position requires but not limited to:

• have one year of collegecourse work in the field of human services or one year of experience in thefield of human services; or other experiences with adults who have severe and persistent mental illness which can serve as a basis for understanding symptoms and treatment; a combination of at least one year of education, and/or work,and/or experience in the field of human services can substitute for a year inany one area;
• reliable transportation andvalid, unrestricted driver's license; be 21 years or older;
• strong interpersonal skillsand demonstrated ability to work with diverse populations;
• demonstrated ability to exercisesound judgment in a variety of situations;
• some flexibility in assigned working hours; occasional work on holidays, weekends, or overnights
• a commitment to interdisciplinary and community mental health center approaches; and
• an energetic and positive approach to the rapidly evolving changes and challenges of a complex workplace.
• must be able to performlight housekeeping tasks (sweeping, mopping, wiping counters, etc.)