Residential Advisor/ Behavior Health Technician

Job Description

Job Description

Ascensa Health has been named one of Newsweek's top 10 treatment centers in Georgia!
Serving the Atlanta community for over 60 years; providing comprehensive Substance Abuse Treatment and an integrated system of care, our mission is to provide a behavioral health system of care that sustains long term recovery from the disease of addiction and co-occurring mental health disorders and returns the at-risk individual to their families and communities. Our staff are passionate about the work we do and come together each day to make a difference in the lives of our clients and the Atlanta community. 

Currently, we are seeking Residential Advisors/ BHT's for the following:

Full time Men's Residential and Detox M-F 3p-11p 

Part Time Weekends (Men's Residential, Women's Residential, Detox) 

Duties include, but are not limited to the following:

• Meets and greets residents; checks guests and service providers in/out. 

• Answering multi-line phones and responding to requests immediately.

• Able to understand and react to emergencies.
• Accurately maintain daily logs, records and forms.

• Ensure residents are supervised at all times by monitoring their whereabouts.
• Overseeing residents' well-being within bedroom spaces/overnight with 1 hour bed checks.
• Maintaining harmony by redirecting behaviors.
• Supervising individual needs including phone calls, laundry, and meals.
• Maintaining order and cleanliness by overseeing chores.
• Ensuring program rules and procedures are consistently applied.
• Respectfully reinforcing socially acceptable behaviors (i.e. manners, eating habits, safety, bully-free),
• Modeling and promoting self-esteem, healthy boundaries, good hygiene, and appropriate appearance.
• Teaching thoughtful decision-making and encouraging positive coping skills.
• Maintaining complete confidentiality for every resident, and modeling professionalism in all interactions. Protecting patients’ rights through strong adherence of HIPPA regulations
• Conducting house/room inspections, and (limited) body checks to secure potentially hazardous materials.
• Conducting drug screens.
• Monitoring interactions between residents.
• Overseeing and logging medications for individual residents.
• Completing Shift Notes
• Notifying the House Supervisor of all medical concerns, incidents, and other emergencies.

Qualified candidates will demonstrate the following skills/ abilities:

• Social perceptiveness and service oriented
• Punctual and self-disciplined

• High accuracy and extreme confidentiality a MUST . 
• Detailed oriented and very organized.

• Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information.
• Ability to communicate effectively in-person and on the telephone.
• Ability to relate to persons with diverse educational, socioeconomic, and ethnic backgrounds.
• Ability to work quickly and multi-task.
• Ability to demonstrate high quality customer service.

EOE/ Drug Free Workplace