Behavioral Health Associate - Downers Grove - FT
About The Position
At Meadows Behavioral Health, we are looking for compassionate, innovative individuals with a passion to make an impact to join our team. We are a leader in the behavioral health industry, offering a range of specialized programs including residential, outpatient, and virtual treatment for various conditions such as drug and alcohol addiction, trauma, sexual addiction, behavioral health conditions, and co-occurring disorders. We provide state-of-the-art care, including neurofeedback, utilizing an evidence-based approach rooted in decades of clinical experience. We believe in training our employees for advancement, with 75% of our current top-level executive staff being internal promotions.
Requirements
- High School Diploma/GED required
- One years' experience working in a behavioral health care facility preferred.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in behavioral science or related field preferred.
Responsibilities
- Ensures the well-being of patients and provides a safe, positive, supportive, and structured environment.
- Maintains a constant awareness and supervision of patients.
- Interacts routinely with patients, observes behaviors, and communicates significant observations to group therapist and supervisor.
- Intervenes appropriately with patients experiencing a behavioral crisis situation, i.e., suicidal, threatening behavior, elopement and/or other situations, using approved interventions.
- Provides education in accordance with patient weekly schedule under supervision of Clinical Director.
- Participates with the treatment team in implementation of the individualized plan of care.
- Reports factors that may impede successful accomplishment of the treatment plan to group therapist and supervisor.
- Assists in the admission and discharge of patients.
- Engages with patients in activities and interactions designed to encourage achievement of treatment goals (e.g. peer support check-ins, virtual meetings, ancillary services, skill practice and exposure-oriented exercises, environment of care patient engagement activities, alumni visits, open art, gym, recreation, and Brain Center.
- Documents in patient records timely, accurately, and appropriately.
- Serves as a resource for new patients introducing them to other patients and staff, explaining programs and encouraging participation.
- Orients patients to the activities program, explaining the benefits of activities.
- Initiates and maintains ongoing communication with referent, other health care providers as well as family members for care coordination.
- Supports outcome and satisfaction survey data collection.
- Assists with monthly chart audit process.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
