Therapeutic Specialist

About the Role

Devereux-Arizona’s Therapeutic Foster Care Program (TFC) serves children and adults with significant behavioral and emotional needs. Individuals are referred to Devereux via Arizona behavioral health networks and several tribal entities. Therapeutic foster parents are extensively trained to address each individual's intense needs and work with them toward their treatment goals.

Reporting to the Foster Care Coordinator,
Therapeutic Home Specialists (Adult care) supervise and support therapeutic home providers in maintaining and delivering high quality behavioral health services to TFC individuals who have a wide range of social, emotional, and behavioral challenges. Therapeutic Home Specialists typically have a caseload of 10 individuals placed across 5-7 licensed therapeutic foster homes. Each foster home receives a home visit at least once every two weeks with homes spread out across the county.

This position participates as an active member of the treatment team by: conducting assessments, facilitating service/treatment plan development, review and implementation, developing, supporting, and monitoring behavioral interventions, and performing crisis intervention/stabilization through consultation, support, and coordinating services.

Pay Range: $20.00-$22.00/hr.

Monday - Friday 8:00am-5:00pm

Work in office, home, and community settings, and throughout Devereux Arizona premises. Ability to commute throughout Pima County utilizing your own vehicle (with mileage reimbursement).

• ASCEND – the first career accelerator program exclusively designed to give behavioral healthcare workers – the career guidance, one‑on‑one coaching, skills and financial assistance you need to reach your full potential. Full‑time employees in career‑aligned tracks receive 100% of tuition, fees and textbook for undergraduate classes (annually), and for graduate‑level classes (annually).

• Paid time off (24 days per year, increase with years of service);
  Sick time (64 hours per year).

• Retirement, eM Life for Mental Health and Work/Life Programs, Service Anniversary Awards.

• Free access to Payactiv, a platform to get a portion of your earned wages between pay periods.

• Quality Low‑Cost Benefits (medical, dental, vision, pet insurance) – 30‑day benefit eligibility waiting period for new hires. See (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

• Medical (including telemedicine via phone, web, app), dental, prescription drug, preventative care and mental health services.

• Student loan debt assistance, tuition reimbursement and continuing education assistance.

• Generous time‑off (start accruing from 1st day), 403(b) retirement plan with matching benefit, and voluntary/employee paid supplemental life and accident coverage.

• Employee assistance / work‑life balance program.

• High School Diploma or GED required;
  Bachelor’s Degree in related field preferred.
• Four (4) years related experience with a high school diploma/GED OR one (1) year experience with a Bachelor’s degree.

• Must attend two (2) weeks of New Hire Orientation (paid) Monday-Friday 8:30am-5:00pm.
• Drug test within 24hrs of offer with negative results.
• Must be 21 years of age or older (per licensing standards).
• Valid Arizona Driver's License and pass DMV 36‑month history check AND reliable vehicle.
• Pre‑employment Physical and Job Demand Assessment (if applicable).
• Current AZ Fingerprint Clearance Card with no restrictions (or eligibility to obtain with no restrictions). Arizona Revised Statutes Notice (ARS 36‑411 Residential care institutions; nursing care institutions; home health agencies; fingerprinting requirements; exemptions; definitions). If a person's employment record contains a six‑month or longer time frame during which the person was not employed by any employer, a completed application with a new set of fingerprints shall be submitted to the department of public safety.
  
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Devereux is a drug‑free workplace, drug screening required. EOE.