Lead Behavioral Health Technician

Overview & Responsibilities

Coach new and existing Behavioral Health Technicians
Complete chart audits
Assist with client enrollment into the program
Complete trainings on intake, orientation, and how to take and chart vital signs
Complete safety check of client’s personal belongings
Work collaboratively with the Residential Managers to assist with scheduling and organize monthly meetings
Document all concerns related to client's behavior in daily shift log and in Electronic Health Record
Maintain a clean and safe environment
Listen to team members’ feedback and escalate to the Program Manager(s) to develop a course of action
Motivate team performance and monitor productivity
Assure that all state regulations are followed as it pertains to proper documentation of group logs and following safety and programmatic protocols
Adhere to medication policies and work collaboratively with nursing staff to ensure all medication protocols are followed and charted accurately and appropriately
Discover training needs and provide coaching
Facilitate assigned and scheduled groups
Screen and monitor detoxification clients

Knowledge & Experience Requirements

Minimum of a High School Diploma/GED or associate's degree and 2 years’ experience in a residential setting or 5 years minimum experience in a residential setting with certifications
Oral and written communication skills
Missouri Class E driver’s license or another comparable license

Skills & Competencies Required

• Demonstrates an understanding of stigma and its relationship to addiction and recovery.
• Demonstrates and understanding of trauma and its impact
• Demonstrates and understanding of behavior management techniques
• Demonstrates an understanding of how to prevent unsafe behaviors.
• Demonstrates an understanding of how to address a crisis in a supportive and respectful manner
• Demonstrates an understanding of what activities they can perform in group
• Demonstrates an ability to effectively manage groups
• Demonstrates an ability to conduct and properly read a UDS
• Demonstrates knowledge on how to properly conduct a room search
• Demonstrates the ability to properly search a client's belongings
• Demonstrates knowledge on how properly complete a MAR
• Demonstrates knowledge on how to properly take a client's blood pressure
• Demonstrates the ability to properly pass medication
• Demonstrates a knowledge and understanding of Naloxone
• Develops cultural competence with the ability to understand, communicate with and effectively interact with people across culture
• Demonstrates understanding of mandated reporting requirements for abuse and neglect of children and abuse, neglect or financial exploitation of senior citizens or disabled individuals
• Demonstrates an understanding of the population served
• Demonstrates an understanding of trauma-informed care
• Demonstrates an understanding of suicide prevention
• Demonstrates an understanding of ethical behavior
• Demonstrates an understanding of HIPAA
• Demonstrates an understanding of addiction
• Demonstrates an understanding of substance use disorders
• Demonstrates a basic understanding of medications used to treat substance use disorders
• Demonstrates the signs and symptoms of acute psychiatric crises