Behavioral Health Tech - Ridgeway

CCC • Cape Girardeau, MO

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Behavioral Health Tech works at Ridgeway, a ten-bed, all-female Intensive Residential Treatment Service (IRTS) in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Ridgeway provides direct services and support for people with chronic mental health diagnoses, which may involve severe behavioral and emotional issues and guardianship. The role supports a safe, comfortable, therapeutic environment using a trauma-informed approach, and helps clients develop daily living and functional skills in accordance with their individual treatment plans.

Full-time evening shifts are Thursday and Friday, 3:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. A PRN option is also listed, typically one shift per week, on any shift depending on program needs and availability. Pay is $17.38–$19.78 per hour, depending on experience. Evening shifts receive an additional $0.50 per hour worked, and overnight shifts receive an additional $1.00 per hour worked.

Requirements

• High school diploma, GED, or HSE.
• Valid driver's license: Class E for Missouri residents or Class D for Illinois residents; the required class may be obtained on the start date.
• Current, continuous auto insurance.

Responsibilities

• Provide client care that promotes safety, comfort, and a therapeutic environment using a trauma-informed approach.
• Promote and educate clients on activities of daily living, including household management, self-care, hygiene, grooming, and medication-related tasks.
• Teach functional living skills based on each client's treatment plan, including anger management, impulse control, social and communication skills, relaxation, and emotional coping.
• Participate in recreational and social activities with clients.
• Collaborate with the treatment team to coordinate client care services.
• Complete and chart client observations in accordance with agency policy and procedure.
• Conduct ongoing personal belongings, room, and grounds checks as required by agency policy and procedure.
• Provide protective oversight, monitor clients' condition, and follow agency procedures for medical emergencies or elopement.
• Transport clients in an agency or personal vehicle when necessary and appropriate to program requirements.
• Intervene in behavioral health crisis situations when needed.
• Distribute medications and document distribution according to agency policy and procedure.
• Immediately report medication errors according to agency protocol.
• Clean the facility and grounds as needed.
• Document according to clinical policies and procedures, DMH, CARF, applicable federal or state programs, and agency standards.

Benefits

• 24 paid days off during the first year, plus a day off for the employee's birthday.
• Seven paid holidays.
• Competitive health, dental, vision, and supplemental insurance.
• Company-paid life and long-term disability insurance.
• Retirement auto-enrollment.
• Employee referral program.
• Evening shift differential of $0.50 per hour worked.
• Overnight shift differential of $1.00 per hour worked.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED