Weekday Overnight Coach

summitbhc; United States; On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefit plan

Job summary

The Aviary Recovery Center in Missouri is seeking a Weekday Overnight Coach to support clients during night hours and collaborate with the multidisciplinary treatment team.

Responsibilities include monitoring safety, charting, de-escalation, and assisting with admissions and transportation as needed. Requires high school diploma and CPR certification.

Qualifications

• High school graduate or equivalent.
• Six months or more experience with the population served preferred.
• Knowledge of psychiatric disorders and treatment modalities preferred.

Responsibilities

• Watches over clients to ensure safety and a structured environment.
• Performs safety checks and follows supervision guidelines.
• Interacts with clients, documents observations, and reports to supervisor.
• Assists with educational groups and activities to meet treatment goals.
• Records vital signs and communicates changes to nursing staff.
• Transfers or coordinates transportation for clients when needed.

Skills

De-escalation

Observation/reporting

Client interaction

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

CPR certification

De-escalation training

Job description

Weekday Overnight Coach | The Aviary Recovery Center | Eolia, Missouri

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.

Mon-Thurs 9p-7a

Roles and 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/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 The Aviary Recovery Center?

The Aviary Recovery Center offers a comprehensive benefit plan and a competitive salary commensurate with experience and qualifications.

The Aviary Recovery Center is an EOE.