Behavioral Health Associate - Recovery Support

Summit BHC; United States; On-site; USD 19,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Path Recovery Center in Fort Wayne, IN is seeking a Behavioral Health Associate I (PRN) to join its multidisciplinary treatment team. You will monitor client behaviors, provide continuous care, report observations to supervisors, and respond in crisis situations and medical emergencies on site.

This on-site role supports safety and treatment goals, conducts safety checks, assists with admissions and charting, and supporting group therapy and recreational activities to help clients reach

Qualifications

• High school graduate or equivalent.
• Six months or more experience working with the specific population 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, 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, 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 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 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.

Education

High school graduate or equivalent

Job description

Northern Path Recovery Center in Fort Wayne, IN is seeking a Behavioral Health Associate I (PRN) to join its multidisciplinary treatment team. You will monitor client behaviors, provide continuous care, report observations to supervisors, and respond in crisis situations and medical emergencies on site.

This on-site role supports safety and treatment goals, conducts safety checks, assists with admissions and charting, and supporting group therapy and recreational activities to help clients reach