Qualified Behavioral Health Provider - Sub-Pool

Youth Homeorporated; Little Rock (AR); On-site; USD 21,000 - 27,000; Part time

Job summary

Youth Home, Inc. in Little Rock, AR seeks a part-time, on-site staff member to provide care and supervision for adolescent patients within a multi-disciplinary treatment setting.

This role emphasizes maintaining safety, delivering structured schedules, and supporting problem-solving and life skills in youths. The position requires high school diploma or GED (Bachelor’s preferred), strong communication skills, and the ability to transport patients as needed.

Qualifications

• Supervises patients to provide a safe, secure and positive environment.
• Transports patients safely according to agency policies.
• Completes shift documentation thoroughly.

Responsibilities

• Supervises patients providing a safe, secure and positive environment where patient’s physical and socio-emotional needs are met.
• Provides structure by adhering to agency schedules and creating schedules for patients.
• Instructs patients in problem solving, communication, socialization, emotional, educational, and life management skills.
• Maintains professional boundaries at all times.
• Transports patients safely, per agency policies, in agency vehicle as needed.
• Coordinates and documents information regarding patient behavior and interventions; completes documentation before end of shift.
• Ensures monitoring and staff-to-patient ratio on campus and during appointments.
• Completes any additional duties assigned by supervisor.

Skills

Written skills

Verbal skills

Reading analysis

Regulatory reading

Communication skills

Problem solving

Data interpretation

Basic math

Education

High school diploma

GED equivalent

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Job description

Job Details: Job Location: Youth Home, Inc./Behavioral Health Services of Arkansas - Little Rock, AR 72210, Position Type: Sub-pool, Job Shift: Any, Job Category: Health Care, A unique treatment facility where Youth and families find Hope!

We are Changing lives, saving families.

Are you passionate about serving others?

Are you ready to make a difference in adolescent Lives?

Job Details

Works as-needed to cover in the absence of full time team members.

General Summary

This position works under the direction of the Unit Manager. Provides care and supervision to patient groups, meeting safety and health needs of patients. Functions as a positive role model to patients and as a member of the multi-disciplinary treatment team. Responsible for the overall monitoring of house or classroom systems. This is a safety sensitive position.

Qualifications: Duties & Responsibilities:

• Supervises patients providing a safe, secure and positive environment where patient’s physical and socio-emotional needs are met.
• Provides structure as demonstrated by adhering to agency schedules and providing schedules for patients.
• Instructs patients in problem solving, communication, socialization, emotional, educational, and life management skills.
• Maintains professional boundaries at all times.
• Transports patients safely, and in accordance with agency policies, in agency vehicle as needed.
• Coordinates and documents all information regarding patient behavior, level of functions, emotional status and current team member interventions. Completes all documentation before the end of shift.
• Ensures that the patients are monitored at all times and maintains appropriate staff-to-patient ratio (both on campus and on appointments).
• Completes any additional duties assigned by supervisor.

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Strong written and verbal skills; ability to read, analyze and interpret professional journals, technical procedures and government regulations
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers, patients, licensed associates and the general public
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions
• Basic understanding of calculation of figures

Work Experience &/or Education:

High school diploma or GED required. Bachelor’s degree strongly preferred. Experience with emotionally disturbed youth preferred. Good driving skills, a valid Arkansas drivers’ license, and eligibility for agency insurance required. Paraprofessional certification is required within 30-90 days of employment with training provided on site. Must be21 years of age or older.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

Team members are required to sit, stand, talk, see, walk and reach with hands and arms. Must be able to personally restrain patients. Must maintain a current tuberculosis skin test. While performing the duties of this job, the team member is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

Compassion | Dedication | Professionalism | Teamwork | Trust

OUR MISSION

The Mission of Youth Home, Inc. is to equip and empower youth, adults, and families to become healthier and contributing members of the community by providing compassionate emotional and behavioral health care.

OUR HISTORY

Founded in 1966, Youth Home, Inc., located in Little Rock, Arkansas, is a private non-profit mental health provider. In the mid-1980's, Youth Home's program developed into a medical model directed by child and adolescent psychiatrists. Our continuum of care includes adolescent intensive residential and qualified residential treatment, specialty tracks, and school-based services, as well as outpatient services for individuals of all ages. Youth Home, Inc. is accredited by The Joint Commission, the nation's oldest and largest accrediting body for healthcare providers. Youth Home addresses a need in the State of Arkansas for quality healthcare for individuals and families.

OUR VALUES

Compassion Care and concern at the heart of all we do. Trust - Relationships mean everything. Dedication - Committed with our whole heart. Professionalism - Everything with excellence and integrity. Teamwork - One team, one heart, one mission.