Behavioral Health Technician - Swing Shift

Emend Healthcare, Inc.; Montclair (CA); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Emend Healthcare, Inc. in Montclair, CA seeks a compassionate caregiver to monitor and assist clients with daily activities and routines. You will provide professional care and support staff under the Program Director’s direction.

Duties include administrative tasks, intake and discharge processes, transporting clients, maintaining a clean facility, recording belongings, collecting urine samples, and helping clients prepare for groups and appointments.

Qualifications

• High school Diploma is required.
• Strong active listening and communication skills.
• Ability to think critically and solve problems.

Responsibilities

• Monitor clients to ensure safety and provide quality care.
• Provide administrative support: paperwork, filing, data entry.
• Process intake/discharge tasks and record belongings.
• Search facility for contraband and ensure a safe environment.
• Transport clients as needed.
• Assist clients with appointments, store trips, and activities.
• Maintain a clean facility; perform janitorial duties as needed.
• Collect and label urine samples.
• Assist clients to prepare for groups and daily activities.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Program Director.

Skills

Active listening

Communication

Critical thinking

Education

High school Diploma

Job description

Description

General Summary

Monitor and assist clients with daily activities and various processes. Provide professional care to clients and support the program where appropriate. Assist and support staff as well as clients with daily routine activities. Monitor under the direction of the Program Director.

Essential Job Functions

1. Monitor clients: assuring they are safe and provided with quality care.
2. Provide administrative support as needed, such as reviewing or submitting paperwork, organizing and maintaining files, gathering and inputting data.
3. Searching and recording client’s property upon intake and discharge. Assisting clients with luggage and belongings during intake, when moving rooms, and at discharge.
4. Searching facility for contraband i.e. illicit drugs and alcohol.
5. Transporting of clients may be required.
6. Assist client with preparing for doctor’s appointments, store trips, and meetings as required.
7. Maintaining a clean environment throughout entire facility. Dusting, sweeping, mopping and other janitorial duties are required as part of the job.
8. Collecting and labeling urine samples.
9. Assist clients to prepare for groups and daily activities.
10. Other duties as assigned by the Program Director or Assistant Program Director.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Active listening – Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Speaking – Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Critical Thinking – Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

Requirements

Education and Experience

High school Diploma