What are the responsibilities and job description for the Behavioral Health Technician position at Ascension Recovery Services?
COMPANY - WISE PATH RECOVERY CENTERS
Westover Project Associates - Morgantown, West Virginia
If you are mission driven and looking for an opportunity to help others with substance, use disorder and gain healthcare experience join our team!
Mission Statement: It is our commitment to provide integrated behavioral health treatment through evidence-based, high-quality clinical care for individuals, families, and communities experiencing Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders and empower those on their individual pathways to success.
Vision Statement: Our company is a national leader that provides innovative substance use disorder services through the development of accessible treatment centers to those in need. We use an individualized, person-centered approach while engaging with collaborative community partners to ensure the full continuum of care while eliminating gaps in treatment and providing a comprehensive approach of assisting individuals to engage in a healthy, purposeful, and fulfilling life.
The Behavioral Health Technician serves as a personal guide, and liaison for individuals with substance use disorder. The position supports clients by assisting them with identifying treatment needs, developing, maintaining, and monitoring individual treatment plans, and supporting clients to remain in treatment. The duties include providing outreach, support, recovery check-ups in the facility and in the community and functioning as part of the treatment team. Technicians must be able to work with team members, clients and others in a professional, cooperative, ethical, respectful and effective manner.
Accountabilities
- Provide a complete and comprehensive orientation for new clients to program rules, handbook, expectations, treatment plan and areas needed for assistance within the first 48 hours of admission.
- Provide educational groups to help clients regain skills needed to reenter the community and to improve psychoeducation related to clients’ needs.
- Process clients following intake protocols into residential treatment. Complete all intake forms on admission of all clients, including orientation form, as requested.
- Administer Urine Analysis (UA); perform proper storage of the sample; accurately complete information in the system; assure proper transferring of UA sample to the appropriate testing authority.
- Create current progress notes (as assigned).
- Perform all client day-to-day duties including assisting clients with ADLs.
- Oversee clients' recreational activities, transport clients to A.A. meetings, medical appointments, and other functions as requested by supervisor.
- Organizes and facilitate specific recreation, physical fitness, and appropriate leisure activities.
- Maintain detailed notes of all incidents occurring during the shift and complete the appropriate reports promptly
- Perform receptionist duties, as needed, and relay telephone messages promptly to various staff members and clients.
- Provide oversight to clients during housekeeping, meal service, and various daily activities.
- Perform related work as assigned, including assisting staff and clients with laundry, dishes, housekeeping, and garbage disposal.
- Identify verbal and non-verbal cues for potential aggressive behavior and apply de-escalation techniques to the situation.
- Perform basic medical tasks, obtaining and documenting vital signs, weighing clients, and exhibits a willingness to learn additional tasks.
- Provide information to the treatment team to inform treatment decision making.
- Link clients to available resources in the community post-treatment.
- Assist clients in crisis situations involving social, emotional, health, and other problems.
- Promote and adhere to the workplace values of integrity, respect, trust, teamwork, quality, and excellence
- Other duties as assigned
Education, Experience, Skills
- High school diploma or equivalent required; advanced degree preferred
- PRSS or Medical Assistant certification preferred
- 1 year of experience in healthcare environment preferred
- Experience and training working in the 12 Step Field and/or Dual Diagnosis treatment strongly preferred
- Must have or, within 30 days from hire, be able to obtain current First Aid and CPR card.
- Valid driver’s license required
