Behavioral Health Tech - TN
About The Position
At Children’s Crisis Treatment Center (CCTC), staff address the impact of childhood traumatic events and other challenges. The Behavioral Health Worker supports and follows through with treatment team recommendations in a fast-paced environment, serving children ages 2½–5 and their families who present with crisis and behavioral health issues in a trauma-informed manner. The role implements established curriculum and treatment plans in the structured milieu of the Therapeutic Nursery; collaborates with clinicians, psychiatrists, and other Behavioral Health Workers; documents children’s progress; and helps maintain a safe, ordered, and therapeutic environment. The position also participates in treatment, discharge, and interagency planning and supports interns and volunteers.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in behavioral/mental health services or a related field.
- At least one year of direct care experience with children or adolescents; alternatively, a bachelor’s degree plus one year of verified, full-time paid experience in direct care with children or adolescents.
Responsibilities
- Implement established curriculum and treatment plans within the structured milieu of the Therapeutic Nursery.
- Collaborate with clinicians and the psychiatrist on implementing treatment plans for individual children, based on their specific needs and recommendations from biopsychosocial evaluations and treatment review meetings.
- Help implement developmentally based activity plans for assigned groups; complete a written plan weekly and submit a copy to the TN Director.
- Collaborate with fellow Behavioral Health Workers on treatment plans and curriculum during regular program planning meetings.
- Meet weekly with the treatment team to review individual children’s treatment plan progress.
- Participate in treatment planning, discharge planning, and other interagency meetings as needed.
- Write daily progress notes and complete CBCLs for each child as scheduled.
- Help facilitate activities for undergraduate interns and volunteers.
- Assess TSS trainees.
- Maintain group rooms and other play areas as safe, orderly, and therapeutic environments.
- Attend in-service and training meetings.
- Assume other duties assigned by the supervisor.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
