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Behavioral health staffing, done properly
A recruitment partner for ABA and autism services, schools, community mental health, IDD and psychiatric providers across the US.
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What does a behavioral health staffing agency actually do?
A behavioral health staffing agency finds, qualifies and places licensed and certified clinical staff — BCBAs, RBTs, SLPs, OTs, LCSWs, LPCs, PMHNPs and clinical leaders — for providers who cannot fill those roles through job boards alone. Take a Seat People works on permanent placement: we qualify the caseload, supervision ratio, billable expectation and pay range before a role goes to market, approach candidates directly, and present only people who match the credential and the state licensure position. That is the difference between an agency that sends résumés and one that closes searches.
How we run a search
- 1Qualify the role: caseload, supervision ratio, billable target, setting, pay band and start date.
- 2Map the market: who holds the credential locally, who is licensed, who is realistically movable.
- 3Approach directly. Most of the people you want are not applying to anything.
- 4Screen against the credential and the state licensure position, not the job title.
- 5Present a short list with the trade-offs stated, then manage offer, resignation and start.
Why searches stall
- The pay range is not published, so the strongest candidates never enter the process.
- The caseload or billable expectation is only revealed at offer stage.
- Interview loops run longer than the candidate's other offers.
- Supervision and CEU support are assumed rather than written into the offer.
- The role is advertised for a credential the state does not actually license that way.
Start a search
Tell us the role, we will tell you honestly whether it is fillable
Five questions is enough for us to say whether the brief will work in your market, and what would have to change if it will not.
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