Use your clinical skills to provide therapy and help people get the mental health care that meets their needs.

Mental Health Specialist roles give you the chance to make a meaningful difference for individuals and families seeking mental health services. You may assess mental health needs, provide individual, family, or group therapy, develop treatment plans, and help determine the appropriate level of care and services.

What might your day look like?

Depending on the role, you may complete assessments, provide therapy using evidence-based practices, evaluate progress, and adjust treatment based on each person’s needs and goals. You may also respond to mental health crises, assess suicide or self-harm risk, and develop safety or crisis plans.

Your work may include coordinating care, making referrals, and connecting individuals and families with other providers or community services. You’ll work independently while also collaborating with mental health professionals, treatment teams, and community partners.

Where could you work?

Depending on which program you work for, you may provide services in a clinic or office, hospital, a person’s home, detention or juvenile facility, or another community setting. Your day could include scheduled therapy and assessments as well as responding to people who need immediate support.

Is this role a good fit for you?

Mental Health Specialist roles are suited to behavioral health professionals who want to use their clinical skills to assess needs, provide therapeutic interventions, and guide mental health treatment.

Candidates must meet the education and postgraduate behavioral health experience requirements outlined in the class specifications for each position.

What can you gain from the role?

You’ll have opportunities to strengthen your clinical, assessment, and therapy skills while working with people with a variety of mental health needs. You can build your expertise while seeing how effective treatment can make a meaningful difference in your community. You could work towards employment licensure supervision towards LPC or LCSW.

MCHHS offers comprehensive benefits designed to support your health, financial well-being, and long-term security. Use our Total Compensation Calculator to explore your potential pay and the value of your benefits.

Interested in this opportunity? Explore the role, qualifications, requirements, and benefits here.

Use your clinical skills to provide therapy and help people get the mental health care that meets their needs.

Mental Health Specialist roles give you the chance to make a meaningful difference for individuals and families seeking mental health services. You may assess mental health needs, provide individual, family, or group therapy, develop treatment plans, and help determine the appropriate level of care and services.

What might your day look like?

Depending on the role, you may complete assessments, provide therapy using evidence-based practices, evaluate progress, and adjust treatment based on each person’s needs and goals. You may also respond to mental health crises, assess suicide or self-harm risk, and develop safety or crisis plans.

Your work may include coordinating care, making referrals, and connecting individuals and families with other providers or community services. You’ll work independently while also collaborating with mental health professionals, treatment teams, and community partners.

Where could you work?

Depending on which program you work for, you may provide services in a clinic or office, hospital, a person’s home, detention or juvenile facility, or another community setting. Your day could include scheduled therapy and assessments as well as responding to people who need immediate support.

Is this role a good fit for you?

Mental Health Specialist roles are suited to behavioral health professionals who want to use their clinical skills to assess needs, provide therapeutic interventions, and guide mental health treatment.

Candidates must meet the education and postgraduate behavioral health experience requirements outlined in the class specifications for each position.

What can you gain from the role?

You’ll have opportunities to strengthen your clinical, assessment, and therapy skills while working with people with a variety of mental health needs. You can build your expertise while seeing how effective treatment can make a meaningful difference in your community. You could work towards employment licensure supervision towards LPC or LCSW.

MCHHS offers comprehensive benefits designed to support your health, financial well-being, and long-term security. Use our Total Compensation Calculator to explore your potential pay and the value of your benefits.

Interested in this opportunity? Explore the role, qualifications, requirements, and benefits here.

Use your experience to help others take steps toward recovery.

Peer Support Specialist roles give you the chance to use your lived experience to support people on their own recovery journey. This role is for people who have personal experience with mental health services, recovery from substance use or problem gambling, or supporting a family member through similar experiences. What you have learned can help you connect with others, offer encouragement, and share what you’ve learned from your own experience.

What might your day look like?

Your work will focus on helping people take an active role in their recovery. You may help set recovery and wellness goals, build self-help skills, or find community resources such as healthcare, housing, transportation, education, and employment. You may also reach out to people who are having difficulty accessing services and help them find the support they need.

You will work as part of a treatment team, with guidance from a qualified clinical supervisor. Your personal experience brings an important point of view and can help people feel heard, respected, and involved in decisions about their care.

Where could you work?

Depending on the role, your work may take place in different community settings. You may meet with someone to talk through their goals, help them find needed services, or work with other professionals to make sure they have the right support they need.

Is this role a good fit for you?

Peer Support Specialist roles do not require a clinical degree. Your lived experience is an important part of the role. Some training and certifications are required, and you can find the full details here.

What can you gain from the role?

This role lets you use your own experience to make a difference for others.  You can build your skills, learn from experienced professionals, and see how your support can help people grow in confidence and take steps toward their goals.

MCHHS offers comprehensive benefits to support your health, finances, work-life balance, and long-term stability. Want to know what you could earn? Use the Total Compensation Calculator to explore your potential pay and the value of your benefits.

Interested in this opportunity? Explore the role, qualifications, requirements, and benefits here.