Children's Behavioral Health Tech Team Lead

Community Counseling Center (CCC) • Cape Girardeau, MO

15d • Onsite

About The Position

The Children's Behavioral Health Tech Team Lead works at Cottonwood, a 16-bed residential treatment facility serving children and adolescents ages 7–18. The program provides an intensive residential treatment milieu as an alternative to hospitalization. The Team Lead provides direction to assigned Behavioral Health Technicians and serves as a liaison between those technicians and the BHT Manager. The role supports clients’ safety, comfort, therapeutic environment, daily living skills, and treatment plans, and collaborates with the treatment team to coordinate care.

The position is located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and pays $19.38 per hour. The schedule is an evening shift from 2:15 p.m. to 10:45 p.m.; flexibility is required to work any day of the week, with every other weekend off. The role may involve transporting clients in an agency or personal vehicle, responding to behavioral health crises, and using seclusion or restraint interventions in accordance with applicable guidelines and agency policy.

Requirements

• High school diploma, GED, or HSE.
• Valid driver's license: Class E for Missouri residents or Class D for Illinois residents; the required license may be obtained on the start date.
• Current, continuous auto insurance.
• Maintain Pro-ACT certification.
• Maintain CPR/First Aid certification.
• Be flexible to work any day of the week, including the stated alternating-weekend schedule.

Responsibilities

• Provide support and direction to assigned Behavioral Health Technicians.
• Act as a liaison between Behavioral Health Technicians and the BHT Manager.
• Provide care in a manner 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 and self-care tasks and responsibilities.
• Teach functional living skills based on each client's individual treatment plan, including anger management, impulse control, social and communication skills, relaxation, and emotional coping.
• Collaborate with the treatment team to coordinate client care services.
• Complete and chart client observations in accordance with agency policy and procedure.
• Conduct checks of personal belongings, rooms, and grounds in accordance with agency policy and procedure.
• Provide protective oversight, monitor clients' condition, and follow agency procedures for medical emergencies or elopement.
• Transport clients to and from appointments as needed and appropriate.
• Intervene in behavioral health crisis situations when needed, potentially using seclusion or restraint to prevent harm to clients or others.
• Document according to clinical policies and procedures, DMH, CARF, and other applicable federal or state program requirements and agency standards.
• Provide seclusion or restraint interventions as needed, in accordance with Pro-ACT guidelines and agency policy and procedure.
• Maintain Pro-ACT and CPR/First Aid certification.
• Transport clients in an agency or personal vehicle as necessary and appropriate to meet program requirements.

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 LTD insurance.
• Retirement auto-enrollment.
• Employee referral program.
• Additional benefits; benefits may vary depending on hours worked.

What This Job Offers

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