Behavioral Technician Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• High School Diploma Preferred
• Certified Recovery Specialist (CRS), or willingness to pursue
• Valid Driver's License
• Growth mindset
• Complete annual education requirements.
• Maintains standards of professional society procedures and ethical behavior.
• Maintain client confidentiality at all times.
• Report to work on time and as scheduled.
• Wear identification while on duty.
• Participate in performance improvement and continuous quality improvement activities.
• Represent the organization in a positive and professional manner at all times.
• Communicate the mission, ethics and goals of the organization.
• Ability to lift up to 25 pounds.
• Ability to walk up and down stairs during emergency drills or situations.
• Has no mental, nervous, organic, or functional disease or psychiatric disorder likely to interfere with his/her ability to drive safely (I.E. holding a medical marijuana card.)

Responsibilities

• Safely transport clients to and from doctor appointments, meetings, and activities.
• Ensure all clients are accounted for at all times.
• Be respectful and caring to clients while maintaining proper boundaries.
• Inspect assigned vehicle and document mileage on a trip-by-trip basis.
• Immediately report missing equipment and/or damage to the vehicle or unsafe conditions to the Supervisor.
• At the end of each shift, leave the vehicle locked and secured at the facility.
• Responsible for obeying all traffic laws, and for reporting any and all violations at the time of occurrence.
• Immediately notify appropriate individuals of any accidents.
• Completes necessary accident reports in a timely manner.
• Ensure that clients and passengers in the vehicle are wearing their seatbelts prior to operating the vehicle.
• If a client or a passenger requires immediate emergency resuscitation while in the vehicle or at any other time during the transport, call 911, give the location of the van or area and immediately begin CPR.
• Supervising clients during transport.
• Observes client behaviors.
• Adhere to safety standards.
• Enters client information into a database (EMR).
• Ability to explain and complete admissions paperwork.
• Ability to complete the admissions process with incoming clients including search, Urine Drug Screen, Breathalyzer.
• Promotes a healthy recovery environment.
• Performs general housekeeping functions.
• Under direction of supervisor, establish appropriate therapeutic boundaries, utilization of identified clinical resources to review boundaries, limit setting for behavior, and develop therapeutic relations with clients.
• Assists in monitoring the therapeutic activities with patients.
• Assist other team members as needed.
• Work directly with the clients and provide proper recovery support.

Benefits

• Fully sponsored Health plan through APA with Cigna Network
• Dental/vision insurance
• Accident insurance
• Short-term disability insurance
• Critical illness insurance
• Cancer insurance
• Life insurance
• 40 hours of sick time annually
• 80 hours of vacation annually
• 9 paid holidays for salaried employees
• Time and a half for holidays worked for hourly workers
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including emotional and work-life counseling, financial guidance, legal resources, and health and benefit services
• Shift differential program
• Staff development program
• Tuition reimbursement opportunities