Behavioral Health Associate II (QMHP Preferred)

SBH-Green Bay; United States; On-site; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Safe Harbor Recovery Center in Portsmouth, Virginia is seeking a Behavioral Health Associate II (QMHP Preferred). This onsite position supports a multidisciplinary treatment team, monitors client behavior, and provides continuous care and crisis response.

Responsibilities include safety checks, client interaction, data recording, and facilitating group sessions. The role emphasizes de-escalation techniques, incident reporting, and collaboration with nursing staff to ensure treatment goals are

Qualifications

• High school graduate or equivalent required.
• At least one year experience as a Behavioral Health Associate (BHA) required.
• One or more years of experience working with the facility's population preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ensures client safety and maintains a structured, supportive environment.
• Performs safety checks and follows supervision guidelines.
• Interacts with clients, observes behaviors, and reports significant observations.
• Encourages group therapy participation and engages clients in activities.
• Facilitates educational and rehabilitative groups on topics like social and coping skills.
• Records vital signs and communicates changes to the charge nurse.
• Charts client records timely and accurately.
• Applies de-escalation techniques to manage emotions and participation.
• Assists with admissions, discharges, and transportation as needed.

Skills

BHA experience

De-escalation techniques

Education

High school graduate or equivalent

Job description

Behavioral Health Associate II (QMHP Preferred) | Safe Harbor Recovery Center | Portsmouth, Virginia

About the Job:

PURPOSE STATEMENT:

The Behavioral Health Associate II 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 client 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 record 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, behavior and participation in treatment.
• Assists with unit cleaning, organization 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 utilize information in planning for shift and then gives 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 program, 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 behaviors.
• Assists with activity planning by offering new activity ideas and diverse therapeutic recreation program.
• Organizes 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.
• Helps with admissions and discharges if needed.
• Participates in rehabilitation and treatment programs as well as teach strategies to promote client wellness and independence, as needed.
• Ensures that the program schedule is being followed and reports to supervisor variances to program schedule.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

• High school graduate or equivalent.
• At least one year experience as a BHA required.
• One or more years' experience working with the specific population of the facility required.
• 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 and is not a remote position.

SUPERVISORY REQUIREMENTS:

This position is an Individual Contributor.

Why Safe Harbor Recovery Center?

Safe Harbor Recovery Center offers a comprehensive benefit plan and a competitive salary commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Safe Harbor Recovery Center is an EOE.

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