About this role
Make Your Evenings Matter!
Join Destiny Springs Healthcare as an Outpatient Behavioral Health Technician and help clients build coping skills and move forward in recovery. Make a meaningful impact with a consistent, part-time evening schedule.
Monday, Wednesday & Friday | 4–7 p.m. | 9 hours per week | On-site
Bring your compassion. Be part of someones next step forward.
Position Summary:
The Behavioral Health Technician (BHT) provides direct services and support to clients enrolled in the Intensive Outpatient Program. Under the supervision of a licensed clinician, the BHT assists in the delivery of evidence-based group programming, supports clients in skill acquisition, ensures program/staff/client safety and program structure, and collaborates with the multidisciplinary team to promote recovery and wellness.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Facilitate or co-facilitate psychoeducational, skills, and process groups using structured curricula (CBT, DBT, and other evidence-based approaches).
- Assist clients in practicing coping strategies, social skills, and self-regulation techniques.
- Monitor and document client participation, progress, and behaviors in accordance with ADHS and program documentation requirements within an electronic medical record.
- Recognize patients that are exhibiting aggressive behavior, acting as a danger to themselves or others, or are in crisis constituting a medical emergency. Provides intervention including redirecting of patients and/or participating in seclusion and restraint as needed.
- Provides care that promotes dignity, independence, strength, privacy and choice. Exhibits respect for diversity and boundaries.
- Maintain a safe, structured, and supportive environment for clients during program hours.
- Customer/client focused and confirms with and abides by all regulations, policies, patient rights, work procedures, code procedures, and instruction.
- Consistently reports to work on time prepared to perform duties of position.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY:
This position has no supervisory or managerial responsibilities.
COMPETENCIES :
- Technical aptitude.
- Strong communication skills (written and verbal).
- Ethical Conduct.
- Ability to perform tasks independently.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
This job operates in a clinical setting. This role routinely requires interaction with patients, documentation, and utilization of standard office equipment.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
Ability to exercise self-control in potentially volatile situations such as being verbally or physically confronted in a threatening or aggressive manner; must be able to work and concentrate amidst distractions such as noise, conversation and foot traffic; ability to handle interruptions often and be able to move from one task to another; must be flexible and not easily frustrated in dealing with differences of opinions.
Ability to stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach, stand, walk, push, pull, lift (up to 35 lbs), grasp, and be able to perceive the attributes of objects such as size, shape, temperature, and/or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of the fingertips. Ability to express and exchange ideas via spoken work during activities in which they must convey detail or important spoken instructions to others accurately, sometimes quickly and loudly. Ability to express and exchange ideas via written assignments effectively and accurately. Hearing to perceive the nature of sound with no less than 40 db loss @ Hz, 1000 Hz, and 2000 Hz with or without correction; ability to perceive detailed information through oral communication and to make fine discriminations in sound. Performs repetitive motions with wrists, hands and fingers.
Worker is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions; conditions are typical of office settings and administrative work.
Must be able to address and prioritize multiple task demands within established time frames.
TRAVEL:
This position requires no travel.
Qualifications
REQUIRED EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE:
High School Diploma, GED, and/or work experience in behavioral health required
Two years of behavioral health experience preferred
Level 1 Fingerprint Clearance Card required
BLS/CPR and CPI Certification required