Behavioral Health Assoc I - Recovery

About the Job:

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.

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. Promotes interest in recreational 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, anger management and independent living skills.

? May take and record vital signs properly and communicates significant changes in client?s condition to the charge nurse.

? Documents 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.

? Provides verbal report/briefing to the 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.

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