Behavioral Health Technician II

Schedule

Monday through Friday
Hours: 8:00am to 4:30pm PST

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Supports the clinical team in delivering cognitive and other therapeutic services to program patients according to clinical standards of care and under the supervision of the clinical supervisor/director or designee.
• Works in conjunction with the with the treatment teams to implement Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) specific behavioral intervention, ie Exposure Therapy.
• Supports and leads patient (education) groups, under the direction or in collaboration with the clinical team.
• Conducts expressive group activities to enhance the patients overall experience at Rogers. ie arts and crafts, music, games, psychodrama, etc, in cooperation with the (experiential) therapist.
• Supports arrival dismissal, lunch, and other transitional patient activities as needed, i.e., supervise children and adolescents during their lunchtime.
• Performs admissions tasks to ease access to patient care, including front desk coverage.
• In coordination with the medical and clinical team collects/performs: medical testing, screening requirements, safety protocols, census management activities, etc.
• Participates in multidisciplinary treatment team meetings as requested.
• Works with individual patients and implements treatment plans when providing coverage for Behavior Specialist and non-licensed duties of Therapist staff as needed.
• Maintains dietary intake of the patients, as requested by the clinical team.
• Supports/Influences behavior management plans/programs for all patients and follows through with implementing each program.
• Completes educational assessments upon admission, informs schools of admission and collaborates with them on progress toward a transition back to school.
• Documents patient progress in the treatment plan, as indicated, to contribute to the overall treatment plan of patients. This includes education goals and ongoing progress toward goals.
• Acts as an NCI trainer.
• Performs other duties as assigned within the education, license, experience and training.

Education/Training Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in human services, psychology, social work, or related field required.
• One to two years’ experience in behavioral health or medical field preferred.
• Formal training in the management of the aggressive patient (NCI) is required within sixty (60) days of date of hire. Annual re-certification is required.
• American Red Cross Professional Rescue is required within thirty (30) days of date of hire. Bi-annual re-certification is required.
• Attend all mandatory in-services and other in-services relevant to the position.

Pay Transparency Requirements

Compensation for this role is between $26.72 - $35.90. This location is operated under a collective bargaining agreement which will determine placement in the wage scale - all new hires will be paid at a rate on the scale and placed at that step of the scale, while all internal hires' wages will align to their years of service.