Behavioral Health Associate 3rd Shift Lead

Behavioral Health Associate 3rd Shift Lead | French Creek Recovery Center | Meadville, Pennsylvania

About the Job:

$19-$21/hour depending on experience.
The Lead Behavioral Health Associate III serves as an integral part of the multidisciplinary treatment team and is responsible for monitoring and reporting of client behaviors; providing continuous client care, supervision, interaction, and role modeling; assisting in client data collection, recording, and maintenance; and responding in crisis situations and medical emergencies as needed.

Roles and Responsibilities:

· Ensures the wellbeing of clients and provides a safe, positive, supportive, and structured environment. Maintains a constant awareness and supervision of clients.

· Conducts safety checks, ensuring that supervision is conducted at intervals in accordance with individualized supervision guidelines.

· Checks clients for contraband and manages the client’s valuables and belongings.

· Interacts routinely with clients, observes behaviors and communicates significant observations to supervisor. Promotes interest in recreational activities.

· Engages with client in activities and interactions designed to encourage achievement of treatment goals.

· Leads or co-leads client educational-rehabilitative groups which cover a variety of topics including social skills, coping skills, anger management and independent living skills.

· May take and record vital signs properly and communicates significant changes in client’s condition to the charge nurse.

· Documents in client records timely, accurately, and appropriately.

· Applies de-escalation techniques to help manage client’s emotions, behavior and participation in treatment.

· Assists with unit cleaning, organization of new admits charts, discharge process, filing, etc. Initiates client/employee incident reports.

· Provides transfer or transportation for client or coordinates transportation with appropriate staff member, as required.

· Provides verbal report/briefing to the oncoming shift.

· Serves as a resource for new clients introducing them to other clients and staff, explaining programs and encouraging participation. Orients clients to the activities program, explaining the benefits of activities.

· Maintains an awareness of client's needs and individual goals while motivating clients towards activities which are beneficial to them. Observes clients’ interest levels and behaviors.

· Assists with activity planning by offering new activity ideas and diverse therapeutic recreation program.

· Organizes and sets up the equipment that is used in recreational activities. Provides clients with activity resources and supplies, as needed.

· Enforces safety rules to prevent injury and modifies activities to suit the needs of specific groups.

· Helps to develop and maintain departmental resources, sharing the responsibility to monitor equipment and supplies.

· Helps with admissions and discharges if needed.

· Participates in rehabilitation and treatment programs as well as teach strategies to promote client wellness and independence, as needed.

· Ensures that the program schedule is being followed and reports to supervisor variances to program schedule.

· Ensures or assists with assignments for BHAs, group coverage, charting, breaks, environmental and safety rounds and codes.

· Assists in providing guidance and direction to other BHAs, including mentoring of new staff.

· Performs day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining files and processing paperwork.

· Coordinates and leads the work and activities of others, including scheduling programs and activities.

· Maintains inventory of unit supplies.

· High school graduate or equivalent. Associate or Bachelor degree in human service field from an accredited college or university preferred.

· At least two years’ experience as a BHA required.

· Two or more years’ experience working with the specific population of the facility required.

· Knowledge of common psychiatric disorders and/or dual diagnosis and various treatment modalities of the population served required.

· Advanced de-escalation skills required.

· CPR and de-escalation certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).

· First aid may be required based on state or facility requirements.

Why French Creek Recovery Center?French Creek Recovery Center offers a comprehensive benefit plan and a competitive salary commensurate with experience and qualifications. Qualified candidates should apply by submitting a resume. French Creek Recovery Center is an EOE.

Veterans and military spouses are highly encouraged to apply. Summit BHC is dedicated to serving Veterans with specialized programm