Behavioral Health Associate - Overnight

Summit BHC•Saint Joseph, MO

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Behavioral Health Associate I is an individual contributor and an integral member of the multidisciplinary treatment team. The role monitors and reports client behaviors; provides continuous client care, supervision, interaction, and role modeling; assists with client data collection and record maintenance; and responds to crises and medical emergencies as needed. This position is onsite at St. Joseph Institute for Addiction in Port Matilda, Pennsylvania, and is described as an overnight role. The associate helps maintain a safe, positive, supportive, and structured environment. They supervise clients, conduct safety checks in accordance with individualized guidelines, check for contraband, manage client valuables and belongings, observe and report significant behaviors or changes in condition, and document care. They encourage participation in therapy and unit activities, facilitate educational and rehabilitative groups, use de-escalation techniques, and support clients in working toward treatment goals. Additional duties include taking and recording vital signs, assisting with unit organization and cleaning, completing incident reports, supporting admissions and discharges, coordinating client transportation when required, and providing thorough shift reports. The associate also orients clients to programs and activities, helps plan and set up recreational activities, supplies resources, enforces safety rules, adapts activities to group needs, and helps monitor departmental equipment and supplies.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
CPR certification and de-escalation training are required; training is available upon hire and offered by the facility.

Nice To Haves

Six months or more of experience working with the specific population served by the facility.
Knowledge of common psychiatric disorders and/or dual diagnosis and treatment modalities for the population served.
First aid may be required depending on state or facility requirements.

Responsibilities

Maintain client wellbeing and a safe, positive, supportive, and structured environment.
Maintain awareness of and supervise clients, conducting safety checks at intervals required by individualized supervision guidelines.
Check clients for contraband and manage their valuables and belongings.
Interact with clients, observe their behavior, and communicate significant observations to a supervisor.
Encourage attendance at group therapy and participation in unit activities.
Engage clients in activities and interactions that support treatment goals.
Facilitate educational and rehabilitative groups on topics such as social skills, coping skills, and independent living skills.
Take and record vital signs and communicate significant changes in a client's condition to the charge nurse.
Document client information in records accurately, appropriately, and on time.
Apply de-escalation techniques to help manage clients' emotions, behavior, and participation in treatment.
Assist with unit cleaning, new-admission chart organization, discharge processes, and filing.
Initiate client and employee incident reports.
Provide or coordinate client transfers and transportation as required.
Receive information from the previous shift and provide an accurate, thorough report to the oncoming shift.
Welcome and orient new clients, introduce them to clients and staff, explain programs, and encourage participation.
Orient clients to the activities program and explain the benefits of activities.
Consider clients' needs and individual goals when motivating them to participate in beneficial activities.
Observe client interests and behaviors and contribute ideas to activity planning and therapeutic recreation programming.
Organize and set up equipment for recreational activities and provide activity resources and supplies as needed.
Enforce safety rules, adapt activities to group needs, and help monitor departmental equipment and supplies.