Behavioral Health Technician

About the role

The Behavioral Health Technician supports and ensures clients function safely, effectively, and efficiently while promoting the best quality and output standards. They collaborate with their team and Behavioral Health Technician Supervisor to maintain or treat fidelity, adhere to company policies, procedures, and client satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Actively engages clients through clinical interactions, including assisting clients with developing skills and clinical interventions.
• Provides high standards of helpful, professional, and caring treatment to all clients by maintaining consistently effective client interactions.
• Validates in a warm, safe environment and keeps clients motivated to work through distress and eliminate neutralizing behaviors.
• Facilitates groups within the IOP and helps maintain a professional environment for clients, including collecting homework, clinical documentation, and providing feedback to primary therapists.
• Maintains clients' daily activities, implementing the treatment plan.
• Effectively manages business resources to maximize benefits for our clients, employees, and the organization.
• Plans, organizes, and implements lesson plans for group settings.
• Maintains all written documentation such as progress notes, group therapy notes, etc.
• Masters de-escalation techniques and crisis management.
• Encourages team engagement and loyalty by effective employee interactions that promote cooperation, trust, and respect.
• Expands knowledge and skills through supervision and oversight provided by appropriate licensed clinical staff.
• Maintains clients' satisfaction by developing and practicing OCD Anxiety Center's values and associated behaviors.
• Integrates OCD Anxiety Center's mission in all activities, interactions, and decision-making processes.
• Adheres to all company policies and procedures.
• Presents self in a professional manner.
• Maintains a safe and clean environment.

Qualifications

Some college or experience in a related field. Ability to think critically. Willingness to work as a team to meet the needs of the business. Proficient knowledge of computers, including Google Doc, Sheets, and other computer software. Accurate and efficient electronic data entry. Must be punctual and maintain excellent attendance. Organized, detail-oriented, takes initiative, and completes job responsibilities independently. Multitask, problem-solve, interpersonal skills, and strong written and verbal communication skills. Thrives in a changing work environment including inside, outside, and a noise level.

Skills and Expertise

• Thrive in a changing work environment including inside, outside, and a noise level.
• Sitting at desk or table for extended periods, bending, lifting, and walking.
• Accessing and administering food exposure items properly.
• Using kindles when facilitating a group, managing the inventory of kindles on and off the floor.
• Accessing and writing in a client's general note.
• Notifying the therapist of any behavioral, safety, or attendance issues.
• Using coping scripts to support clients with exposures.
• Running exposures in the community and following the process.
• Accessing and encouraging clients to take the weekly survey.
• Storing, auditing, and disposing of food exposure items properly.

Benefits

Competitive base salary. 401(k) match. Core benefits: medical/dental/vision, with the company contributing to medical benefits for employees. Company-paid employee life insurance. Voluntary benefits. Paid time off includes 15 days (120 hours) of "Paid Time Off," 5 days (40 hours) of "Sick Time," and 9 days (72 hours) "Company holiday" pay. Paid specialized ongoing training, strengthening your skills, experiences, and connections that will help advance your career.

Pay

Competitive base salary.

Schedule

In-Person, Monday to Friday from 11:00 am - 8:00 pm.