What are the responsibilities and job description for the Behavioral Health Technician position at Opportunities?
- Participates in the client’s daily planning routine.
- Supervises, coaches, and mentors the client during meals, dressing and personal hygiene, monitors cleaning of room, chores, and life tactical skills.
- Provides structure, discipline, and security in meeting the needs of the clients. Serves as an adult role model and a source of feedback to the clients.
- Supervises and monitors clients at all times.
- Provides positive interaction with the clients and demonstrates appropriate de- escalation techniques.
- Demonstrates effective communication skills with clients and co-workers.
- Demonstrates professional ethics, boundaries and confidentiality with the clients.
- Demonstrates respect and care of the clients and the ability to be open-minded and nonjudgmental with clients.
- Maintains awareness of diversity and youth culture.
- Demonstrates strong interpersonal skills/ability to work as a team.
- Serves as a role model and source of feedback to the clients.
- Supervises and keeps clients within sight and sound requirements at all times.
- Check clients every ten minutes during sleeping hours.
- Intervenes in crisis situations using the approved Mandt system.
- Reports to work at scheduled times and remains on duty until replacement is on shift.
- Documents significant client behaviors and significant contact with client.
- Assists in the overall cleanliness of the campus: Perform assigned cleaning or maintenance duties; monitors client’s rooms and chores on a daily basis; maintains cleanliness of staff offices.
- Administers prescribed medication, documents and observes its effects. Must have appropriate training and certification if required to administer medications.
- Supervises clients during chapel services and services as an adult role model.
- On-call duties required as needed.
- Reports critical incidents to DFPS verbally within 12 hours, written within 24 hours.
- Reports unusual incidents through appropriate Risk Management, clinical and safety channels.
- Implements Saint Francis Ministries policies and follows directives as required. Follows and adhere to all pertinent Saint Francis Ministries Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s), rules, personnel policies, and procedures; related accreditation and licensure standards; and federal, state, and local rules, statutes, regulations, and all contractual terms.
- Ensures clients’ rights are protected.
- Is knowledgeable of and follows all safety procedures.
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