Best Point Education & Behavioral Health·Cincinnati, Ohio
The Mental Health Group Specialist facilitates therapeutic groups and implements individualized treatment plans to support clients' emotional and behavioral growth. This role requires collaboration with clinical and educational staff and regular communication with families to ensure coordinated care.
Mental Health Group Specialist: In-person, Cincinnati, OH, follows a school schedule
The Mental Health Group Specialist plays a key role in supporting the emotional, behavioral, and psychological growth of clients within a structured treatment program.
This position is responsible for facilitating therapeutic groups, implementing individualized treatment plans, and promoting a safe, supportive, and engaging environment.
The specialist works closely with clinical and educational staff, participates in treatment planning, and communicates regularly with families to ensure coordinated care.
This role requires strong interpersonal skills, the ability to manage crisis situations, and a commitment to professional development within trauma-informed and evidence-based models of care.
Working with children ages 3-8.
Exposed to a combination of office, school, and mental health treatment environments. Exposed to children with behavior problems. May be exposed to shouting and clients who may be verbally and physically aggressive.
The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to: Regularly required to sit, stand, walk, bend, and lift up to 50 pounds. Must be capable of sustained exertion and be able to participate in the physical restraint techniques and exercises required to ensure safety of clients at all times.
Best Point Education & Behavioral Health is Greater Cincinnati’s most prolific non-profit specializing in education, behavioral and therapeutic health services and autism services for vulnerable, at-risk youth, their families, and caregivers. Best Point Education & Behavioral Health is proud to embrace our ideals of an equal opportunity workplace by actions as well as our words. We lead our community with respect and tolerance, internally and externally, and we expect our employees to embrace this ideal and express it in their day-to-day interactions.
All qualified applicants [https://bestpoint.org/careers/] will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against, based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category.
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Candidates must have a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work or a related mental health field and preferably hold an LSW or LPC license. Experience in child-serving mental health systems and proficiency with Microsoft Office are also required.
Market context
In Ohio, mental health group specialist roles are often tied to child-serving behavioral health and community programs, where employers look for candidates with a social work or related mental health degree and experience in structured group support. Competition can be stronger for applicants who already hold an LSW or LPC and can use Microsoft Office confidently. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits here to quickly compare fit, then tailor your application to show direct experience with children, groups, and documentation.
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