Behavioral Health Technician Supervisor

$1,000 signing bonus! (External candidates only)

This is a Full Time, 1.0 FTE, Day/Evening position.

Position Summary:

The BHT Supervisor is responsible for providing supervision to the inpatient and residential Behavioral Health Technicians (BHTs), ensuring that a therapeutic and recovery-oriented milieu is maintained. The BHT Supervisor provides supervision, coaching, and role specific training to BHTs, consistent with the Accanto clinical philosophy and programming models, as well as to general standards of professional behavior. The BHT Supervisor provides staff performance feedback, including annual performance evaluations, and supports ongoing skill development.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Monitors and ensures the quality of services delivered by the BHT including but not limited to groups, meal support, and milieu management
• Provides supervision, training, and support to new and existing staff
• Manages staff by encouraging employee engagement, accountability, and ongoing development
• Participates in treatment team, mini team, morning huddle and other meetings as assigned
• Communicates with the clinical team regarding patient needs and behaviors, and maintains clinical documentation as needed
• Participates in provision of meal support to clients during meals and meal outings, leads milieu activities, transports clients and supervises patient outings, and provides skills coaching when appropriate
• Coordinates unit activities and outings and orders related supplies in adherence with site budget
• Assists clients in crisis as needed, including providing skills coaching to clients
• Facilitates room and common area searches as needed
• Plans client outings and corresponding staffing needs
• Actively mentors staff, highlighting career paths, and encouraging ongoing staff development
• Ensures staff performance is consistent with their job description, Accanto Treatment Philosophy, Accanto policies and procedures, and regulatory requirements.
• Ensures clinically competent care delivery by observing BHT led groups, BHT / client interactions, and reviewing documentation
• Provides performance feedback and completes annual employee performance reviews
• Maintains employee timecards in payroll system, ensuring the correct hours are accounted for, overtime is managed, and paid time off requests are promptly addressed
• Creates or oversees creation of BHT schedules
• Manages PTO and other requests, ensuring appropriate coverage is maintained
• Provides BHT backup coverage as needed
• Participates in scheduled supervision meetings and seeks supervision when needed
• Engages in self-evaluation process, seeking feedback regarding own practice, from clients, peers, professional colleagues, and others
• Participates in training to enhance knowledge of our client population and clinical practices
• Supports implementation of company-wide and site-specific initiatives
• Demonstrates commitment to clinical, operational, and fiscal responsibilities
• Demonstrates excellent clinical customer service using therapeutic communication skills to build strong client relationships and improve outcomes

Qualifications:

• Qualified BA or BS degree in psychology, social work or related health field required or relevant experience
• Must have a valid driver’s license and be authorized to drive.

Education

• Bachelors or better

• Bachelors or better