Behavioral Health Therapist / Group Tech

Duties and Responsibilities

• Participates as a member of a multidisciplinary team attending to the individualized needs of each patient thought therapeutic support and programming.
• Understanding and ability to demonstrate competence with basic psychiatric diagnosis and appropriate therapeutic interventions.
• Creates, organizes, and facilitates group activities and group therapies as outlined by unit schedules.
• Participants in monitoring a safe and therapeutic environment.
• Provides daily living skills training to identified patients within the therapeutic setting.
• Documents patient behaviors, deviations, and therapeutic programming participation in medical record.
• Participates as part of the interdisciplinary treatment team, assists with the development of treatment plans and updates.
• Demonstrates professional behavior and interactions at all times with patients, family members, other professionals and staff.
• Maintains professional boundaries at all times with patients, their loved ones and staff members.
• Participates in staff training programs designed to improve professional knowledge and skills that will enhance clinical expertise and patient care.
• Executes other duties as assigned by authorized personnel.

Qualifications

• Education Requirements: Masters Degree Preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree required in Recreational Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Music Therapy or other related field
• *Documented employment working within the field of psychology in a similar capacity for 4 or more years may be considered if educational requirement is not met.
• Minimum Experience: A minimum of one year of experience in behavioral healthcare setting.
• English Language Skills: Must be able to read, write and speak the English language in an understandable manner.

Additional Information

This position is full time at 40 hours a week. Group Technicians work 4 days a week at 10 hours a day. Most group techs work one weekend day. Holiday coverage is shared among all group techs.