Pool Behavioral Health Technician II (Great Flexible Opp)

Job Description

Job Description

Position Summary 

Serves persons with mental illness as part of residential treatment, in a 24/7/365 Assisted Group Living Facility with a support team, providing protective oversight, behavior management, personal support, assistance with activities of daily living, assistance with self-administration of medication, personal care services as required, and social and recreational activity consistent with the Client's Individual Service Plan. Provides care to clients in a single-family residence, during an assigned shift ensuring clients are never left alone in the facility. 

All Pool Behavioral Health Technicians must be available to work at all facilities. Although AGL leadership will try our best to take into consideration distance of facilitates, pool must be utilized where the department's greatest needs exist, per the availability provided by the Behavioral Health Technician. 

Part Time Pool

• Must work a minimum of 1 shift per week
• Must work two AllThrive 365 observed holidays per year

This position is classified as Safety Sensitive.

This position does not have direct reports.

Essential Functions:

% of Time

Care Delivery

• Carries out all duties in accordance with all program guidelines for care delivery as outlined in the Client's Individual Service Plan 
• Promotes the independence of all program clients in all activities
• Promotes the dignity of clients by working with them in a positive, respectful, age appropriate and courteous manner
• Provides therapeutic interactions with client in a way consistent with guidelines and directions contained in the Client's Individual Service Plan
• Respects the privacy of the clients' personal space and property
• Maintains confidentiality of client information
• Assists clients with the self-administration of medication according to AllThrive 365-AGL Policy and Procedures
• Assists with all activities of daily living, toileting and personal grooming as required
• Prepares and assists with the preparation of meals and kitchen clean up
• Conduct housekeeping activities as scheduled or directed
• Shops for food and supplies for the household as required by management
• Escorts or accompanies clients to medical appointments and other activities outside the home
• Maintains documentation concerning clients and home operation as required
• Attends staff meetings for the home and training as required
• Assists in problem solving with Manager, BHT and other staff members as required
• Attends clients’ staffing’s as needed providing input as a member of the service planning team
• Contributes to meeting the requirement for an hour per week of clinical oversight as needed

60%

Driving

• Transports clients in a company van to medical appointments and other activities by properly navigating and providing safe, reliable transportation
• Obeys all traffic laws, completes driver logs, and reports mechanical issues to management

15%

Quality & Compliance

• Participates in the Performance and Quality Improvement initiative at the agency and program level by learning about the initiative, offering input, suggesting performance improvements, and performing other PQI duties as requested
• Attends mandatory and elective training during the first year of employment and complete required hours each year after the first
• Audits client’s progress notes with supervisor access in the electronic health record

20%

Miscellaneous

• Other duties as assigned

5%

Requirements

Education/Experience/Credentials/Knowledge/Understanding

• A BHT has at least 2 years’ experience working with the SMI (serious mental ill) adult population.
• High school diploma or GED and four years of full-time behavioral health experience.
• Knowledge and understanding of the needs of vulnerable adults such as seniors and those with disabilities
• Must possess a fingerprint background card through the Department of Public Safety 
• Must pass a comprehensive background clearance
• Meet all state and federal immunization and communicable disease clearance requirements with or without an accommodation or exemption
• Possess a valid unrestricted driver license and be insurable by AllThrive 365
• Must successfully complete Certified Caregiver Certification within 30 days of employment. 
• Must be at least 21 years of age

Skills

• Strong verbal, written, and listening communication skills to include communicating clearly, effectively, tactfully, and patiently to a diverse population
• Strong interpersonal skills and demeanor with the ability to build rapport and garner trust with others
• Proficient in the use of a PC; in a Windows environment; in the use of the Internet; and in the use of MS Office Applications such as Outlook, Word and Excel

Abilities

• Ability to effectively engage with people from various backgrounds and circumstances
• Ability to provide consistency and behavioral limits through relationship-based interventions
• Ability to maintain professional behavior in high pressure situations
• Ability to solve problems by applying basic analytical skills to include collating and reporting information; identifying trends and exceptions; investigating to define problems more accurately; sorting information in order of importance; identifying relationships and linkages between components; identifying variable potential causes and effects; soliciting guidance to define criteria and assign values of importance and urgency; and escalating issues of an exceptional nature
• Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team
• Ability to demonstrate dependability and flexibility 
• Ability to work with confidential information
• Willingness and ability to embody AllThrive 365’s core values:
  • COMPASSION 
  • GROWTH 
  • RESILIENCE 
  • OPENNESS

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. 

• This position may require lifting, transferring, repositioning, and assisting clients, equipment, or materials. Employees are required to follow all training, use proper body mechanics, and other safety measures as appropriate to safely perform job duties. Employees should exercise professional judgment in determining the safest method for completing physical tasks.
• Ability to spend 35% of time outdoors, 65% indoors, withstand moderate noise levels including voice levels 90% of the time, to operate household appliances; to drive an automobile; occasionally work alone; work with others 85% of the time