BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TECHNICIAN

Responsibilities

• Work independently and collaboratively as part of the interdisciplinary treatment team, including attending and sharing appropriate information regarding clients in the daily morning meeting.
• Advocate for clients’ rights and preferences with the team, their families, the community, and other stakeholders.
• Build therapeutic relationships with individuals served and interact professionally and appropriately with individuals, families, and community agencies.
• Provide service coordination (case management) for an assigned group of clients, including:
  • Coordinating and monitoring the activities of the individual treatment team.
  • Developing, writing, implementing, evaluating, and revising overall treatment goals in collaboration with the client and the individualized treatment team.
  • Ensuring immediate changes are made to treatment plans as clients’ needs change.
  • Educating and supporting clients and their families.
• Provide effective one-to-one therapeutic interventions with individuals and families, facilitate group therapy, psychotherapy, symptom management, and other appropriate therapeutic interventions.
• Offer practical help and side-by-side support, mentoring, advocacy, coordination, problem-solving, direct assistance, and supervision to help clients obtain the necessities of daily living, including:
  • Medical and dental healthcare.
  • Legal and advocacy services.
  • Financial supports such as entitlements (SSI, SSDI).
  • Housing subsidies (HUD, Section 8, 811).
  • Money management training.
  • Transportation.