Behavioral Specialist - Therapeutic Day Program

JOB SUMMARY: 

Under general supervision, facilitates the development of behavior modification and therapeutic activities in a mental health day treatment program. 

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: 

Bachelor's degree preferably in Psychology, Child Development, or Special Education with one-year experience working with children in a mental health setting. 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: 

1. Under the supervision of the program director and advisement of the program psychologist, develops and arranges the active implementation of the clients individualized behavior plans. 

2. Plans and leads therapeutic group and individual sessions. 

3. Documents client progress in relation to goals on a daily basis. 

4. Conducts necessary assessments to support admission and note treatment progress. 

5. Participates in community observations to assessment placement criteria. 

6. Assists in the transition to a school setting. 

7. Participates in performance/quality assurance monitoring activities. 

8. Participates in weekly multidisciplinary staff meetings to review client progress. 

9. Participates in community integration outings. 

10. Performs other related duties incidental to the work described herein. 

SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS: 

Excellent oral and written communication skills 

WORK ENVIRONMENT: 

Clean, comfortable environment 

 

What We Offer: 

• Day 1 Health Coverage: Choose from either copay or HSA-eligible health insurance options with coverage starting on your first day of work.
• Generous PTO: Accrue up to 25 days/year, to be used for vacations, sickness, holidays, and personal matters.  
• Education Reimbursement: We invest in your professional growth, offering up to $2,500 per year towards a bachelor’s degree and up to $5,000 per year towards a graduate degree.  
• Wellness Incentives: Take advantage of up to $1,350 per year in wellness incentives through our LiveWELL program, prioritizing your well-being.  
• Parental Benefits: We understand the importance of family, providing six weeks of paid birthing-mother maternity leave and four weeks of paid parental leave.  
• Retirement: Secure your financial future with up to 7% employer-paid retirement contributions.  

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is a pre-eminent academic health system based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is part of Advocate Health, which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is the fifth-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, created from the combination of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist’s two main components are an integrated clinical system – anchored by Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, an 885-bed tertiary-care hospital in Winston-Salem – that includes Brenner Children’s Hospital, five community hospitals, more than 300 primary and specialty care locations and more than 2,700 physicians; and Wake Forest School of Medicine, the academic core of Atrium Health Enterprise and a recognized leader in experiential medical education and groundbreaking research that includes Wake Forest Innovations, a commercialization enterprise focused on advancing health care through new medical technologies and biomedical discovery.

Wake Forest Baptist Health, Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Atrium Health have joined forces in a strategic combination that will enhance care, transform medical education and create economic opportunity for countless lives in North Carolina and beyond. As a part of that combination, the two health systems will be integrating technology and platforms, including our career sites.

This means that although you are applying on the Wake Forest Baptist Health Career Site, you receive communications from the Atrium Health Recruitment Team. Please know that this is an expected process, and thanks in advance for your flexibility.