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Behavioral Health Specialist

Behavioral Health Specialist

Promises Behavioral Health, LLCLewisville, TX, US
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Job Description

Job Description

Position Summary

The Behavioral Health Specialist (BHS) provides oversight and support services to clients and staff in a residential treatment facility for adults with co-occurring diagnoses. BHS are responsible for around-the-clock supervision of clients and helping to create and maintain a therapeutic milieu for treatment initiatives. The BH-S position is an advanced-level position.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

  • Provides case management support to clients with direction from clinician.
  • Attends treatment team and provides non-clinical and case management updates; acts as a liaison between treatment team and client population.
  • Plans and leads group curriculum as directed by Clinical Director.
  • Has experience in a chosen “specialty” and provides specialty services to client population (i.e., legal / criminal justice, child / adult protective services, self-help topics / relapse prevention, aftercare / discharge planning).
  • Has expert skills in “ATA blocking” and helps to engage other staff in blocking efforts.
  • Assist clients with daily activities, adherence to schedules, and following program rules.
  • Maintain active awareness of clients’ locations and attendance of programming.
  • Observe, monitor, intervene upon, and document client behaviors and presentations.
  • Maintain high-quality documentation using appropriate forms in appropriate clinical language.
  • Ability to perform the responsibilities of Behavioral Health Advocate and Behavioral Health Technician.
  • Facilitates non-clinical group sessions effectively within skill set and scope of practice.

Job Qualifications and Requirements

  • Minimum of four years’ experience in the addition or mental health fields.
  • High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
  • Valid Driver’s License, required.
  • Ability to speak clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations; listen and get clarification; responds well to questions.
  • Knowledge of organization, communication, and interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to exercise sound judgement, be attentive to detail, and maintain positive work attitude.
  • Ability to maintain confidentiality of all medical, financial, and legal information.
  • Ability to complete work assignments accurately and in a timely manner.
  • Ability to understand and utilize program knowledge, such as the disease model, motivational interviewing, trauma-informed approaches, experiential approaches, CBT, self-help approaches, and evidence based practices in client care.
  • Familiarity with acute intoxication and / or withdrawal potential, biomedical conditions that affect treatment, emotional / behavioral / cognitive conditions that complicate treatment, the stages of change model / readiness to change scale, relapse potentials, and supportive recovery environments for aftercare (the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) criteria for levels of care)
  • Ability understanding of how to utilize medical knowledge, complete medication observations, observe and assess detox clients, and complete and document vitals.
  • Ability to document thoroughly in an electronic medical record.
  • Ability to professionally interact and communicate with clients, client family members, referral sources, and vendors.
  • Knowledge of MS Office and office equipment such as copiers and scanners.
  • Must meet pre-employment and maintain all applicable state and job related guidelines for background screening, fingerprinting, drug test, health screening, DMV, insurance, CPR / Basic First Air, and license / credential verifications.
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