Behavior Specialist - Evening Shift (4:00pm - 12:00am)

Responsibilities

• Participates as an active member in a team approach to the delivery of services to individuals
• Attends and participates in All-Staff Meetings, weekly Treatment Team Meetings, and other events/meetings that support the operation of Crisis Services
• Works collaboratively in the development and implementation of safety plans, service plans, objectives, and methods necessary for providing effective services to individuals and families based on individual need
• Uses approved behavior management and trauma informed care techniques to work with clients in crisis
• Plans and implements psycho-educational services and therapeutic curriculum for daily individual or group treatment based on individual needs and safety plans
• Ensures individuals follow “House Rules” of each service including but not limited to screen-time, wake and sleep times, monitoring books, music, and television programing, appropriate dress, contraband, respecting self, others, and staff, etc.
• Participates in effective transition at shift changes to communicate needed information regarding individuals
• Daily tasks may include, but not limited to: shift change communication among staff, individual and/or group treatment adherence to program schedules, client and house laundry, providing nutritional meals and snacks, administration of medication, transporting individuals to Crisis Services when appropriate, escorting individuals between Crisis Services when appropriate, participating in the development of progress/evaluation reports of individuals, maintaining accurate documentation for individuals under his/her supervision within state licensing and professional accreditation standards, promoting good community relations and utilizing needed community services, may liaison with community agencies and casework staff for process reporting and service planning, may participate in individual intake, admission, and discharge process, discussing treatment progress, supporting family in implementing in-home behavior strategies that support the treatment plan, responding to parents and/or guardians regarding operations, events, incidents, etc., modeling high level of professionalism with appropriate communication with individuals and staff, behavior, and dress, evaluating work processes and methods and submitting recommendations for continuous quality improvement, attending scheduled training programs for professional development that include, at a minimum, trainings required by St. Joseph’s Villa and by regulatory and accrediting bodies
• When necessary, may be deployed to other services at St Joseph’s Villa to provide appropriate needed services
• Performs other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work, Psychology, Sociology, or other Human Service Field
• QMHP certification through the VA Board of Health is required
• Two or more years related experience with relevant population
• Proficiency with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)