Behavioral Health Associate (All Shifts)

Summit BHC Egypt, LLC; United States; On-site; USD 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Great Oaks Recovery Center in Egypt, TX is seeking a Behavioral Health Associate I for all shifts to support the treatment team, monitor client behavior, record data, and respond to crises.

Onsite position with responsibilities including safety checks, incident reporting, group activities, de-escalation, and collaboration with supervisors. Requires high school grad and CPR/de-escalation training; six months experience with the target population preferred; EOE.

Qualifications

• High school graduate or equivalent.
• Six months or more experience working with the specific population of the facility preferred.
• Knowledge of common psychiatric disorders and/or dual diagnosis and various treatment modalities of the population served preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ensures the wellbeing of clients and provides a safe, positive, supportive, and structured environment.
• Maintains a constant awareness and supervision of clients.
• Conducts safety checks and ensures supervision per guidelines.
• Checks clients for contraband and manages valuables.
• Interacts with clients, observes behaviors, and communicates observations to supervisor.
• Encourages attendance at group therapy and promotes participation in activities.
• Engages with clients in activities to support treatment goals.
• Facilitates educational-rehabilitative groups on social skills, coping skills, and independent living skills.
• Takes vital signs and reports changes to the charge nurse.
• Charts in client records accurately and timely.
• Applies de-escalation techniques to manage emotions and participation.
• Assists with unit cleaning, paperwork, and discharge processes.
• Initiates incident reports and coordinates transportation as needed.
• Receives shift reports and provides thorough handoff to oncoming staff.
• Serves as a resource for new clients and explains programs.

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Behavioral Health Associate (All Shifts) | Great Oaks Recovery Center | Egypt, Texas

About the Job:

PURPOSE STATEMENT: The Behavioral Health Associate I serves as an integral part of the multidisciplinary treatment team and is responsible for monitoring and reporting of client behaviors; providing continuous client care, supervision, interaction, and role modeling; assisting in client data collection, recording, and maintenance; and responding in crisis situations and medical emergencies as needed.

Roles and Responsibilities

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Ensures the wellbeing of clients and provides a safe, positive, supportive, and structured environment.
• Maintains a constant awareness and supervision of clients.
• Conducts safety checks, ensuring that supervision is conducted at intervals in accordance with individualized supervision guidelines.
• Checks clients for contraband and manages the client’s valuables and belongings.
• Interacts routinely with clients, observes behaviors and communicates significant observations to supervisor.
• Encourages attendance at group therapy and promotes client participation in unit activities.
• Engages with clients in activities and interactions designed to encourage achievement of treatment goals.
• Facilitates client educational-rehabilitative groups which cover a variety of topics including social skills, coping skills and independent living skills.
• Takes and records vital signs properly and communicates significant changes in client’s condition to the charge nurse.
• Charts in client records timely, accurately, and appropriately.
• Applies de-escalation techniques to help manage client’s emotions, behaviour and participation in treatment.
• Assists with unit cleaning, organisation of new admits charts, discharge process, filing, etc.
• Initiates client/employee incident reports.
• Provides transfer or transportation for client or coordinates transportation with appropriate staff member, as required.
• Receives report from previous shift to utilise information in planning for shift and then provides an accurate and thorough report to oncoming shift.
• Serves as a resource for new clients introducing them to other clients and staff, explaining programs and encouraging participation.
• Orients clients to the activities programme, explaining the benefits of activities.
• Maintains an awareness of client's needs and individual goals while motivating clients towards activities which are beneficial to them.
• Observes clients’ interest levels and behaviours.
• Assists with activity planning by offering new activity ideas and diverse therapeutic recreation programme.
• Organises and sets up the equipment that is used in recreational activities.
• Provides clients with activity resources and supplies, as needed.
• Enforces safety rules to prevent injury and modifies activities to suit the needs of specific groups.
• Helps to develop and maintain departmental resources, sharing the responsibility to monitor equipment and supplies.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS

• High school graduate or equivalent.
• Six months or more experience working with the specific population of the facility preferred.
• Knowledge of common psychiatric disorders and/or dual diagnosis and various treatment modalities of the population served preferred.

LICENSES/DESIGNATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS

• CPR certification and de‑escalation training required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).
• First aid may be required based on state or facility requirements.

WORK LOCATION: This position is onsite at the facility and is not a remote position.

SUPERVISORY REQUIREMENTS: This position is an Individual Contributor.

Why Great Oaks Recovery Center?

Great Oaks Recovery Center offers a comprehensive benefit plan and a competitive salary commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Great Oaks Recovery Center is an EOE.

Summit BHC is dedicated to serving Veterans with specialised programming at our treatment centres across the country. We recognise and value the unique strengths of the military community in supporting our mission to serve those who have served.