1 Behavioral Program Director Job in Bennington, VT
iCare Health Network is Hiring a Behavioral Program Director Near Bennington, VT
Job description
The primary role of the Facility Behavioral Health Director is to coordinate, supervise and facilitate the delivery of the facility’s Behavioral Health Program (BHP) and related Services, to residents of a skilled nursing facility with behavioral symptoms and conditions.
Responsibilities:
oCoordination and oversight of operations and schedules of a highly structured Behavioral Health Program
o Monitoring and ensuring the consistency of a therapeutic and safe program environment, periodic and as needed assessment of the behavioral and psychosocial needs of, and benefits from program participation achieved by program-engaged residents
o Ensuring that staff who provide care and services to residents participating in the Behavioral Health Program have had access to sufficient orientation and training to effectively manage behavioral symptoms
o Designing and implementing program functions, developing behavioral program schedules
o Scheduling, conducting and/or coordinating multiple weekly psychoeducational groups for program participants
o Ensuring that significant behaviorally related assessment and intervention information regarding program participants is forwarded to the interdisciplinary treatment team, the participant’s treatment plan and clinical record. Coordinatinon and oversight of a weekly interdisciplinary behavioral rounds forum.
o Liaison with contracted mental health practitioners
o Collaborating with the facility administration and appropriate department managers re: resources, activities and schedules essential to the operations of the behavioral health program,
o Revising program schedules in order to best meet the collective needs of the behavioral health program participants.
o Responding to clinical emergencies, to assist with regulatory agency visits, surveys and issues
outside of normal work hours as needed
o Collaborating with BHP participating residents and the interdisciplinary treatment team in developing a Recovery-based plan of care and services for those residents.
o Collaborating with the facility Staff Development Coordinator and Administrator to provide required and as necessary staff training in Behavioral Management.
o Participating in the clinical evaluation and screening of potential admissions to the Behavioral Health Program.
o Collaborating with the facility interdisciplinary treatment team in accessing information regarding, and as appropriate making referral to, community based services for residents who wish to access such services.
o Actively participates in identifying new referral sources and helps to maintain current referral sources.
o Actively participates in developing and implementing new behavioral and psycho social service programs and the presentation of such programs to physicians, family members, and residents.
Qualifications:
Master’s Degree in Social Work (MSW), preferred.
Bachelor’s Degree in Social work or related human services field, required.
Minimum of 4 years of experience in having provided direct professional services to persons with mental health or behavioral conditions in an interdisciplinary treatment setting.
Compensation & Benefits:
• Generous salary, commensurate with experience
• Benefits program, includes health, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid Time Off, including vacation, personal, and sick time
• 401(k) Retirement program
• Collaborative and innovative work environment
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Job Summary
Full Time
Business Services
$81k-106k (estimate)
03/17/2024
05/16/2024
icarehn.com
MANCHESTER, CT
500 - 1,000
2001
JONATHAN M STARBLE
$10M - $50M
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About iCare Health Network
iCare Health Network (IHN) provides management, operating and consulting services to skilled nursing facilities and other healthcare providers. Through its managed facilities IHN offers a range of services including medical, short-term rehabilitation, long-term care, behavioral health, substance use management, and memory care & support services. IHN manages eleven sites in Connecticut; including four Touchpoints Rehab centers, six Greater Hartford Memory Care Centers, and SecureCare Options/60 West; and a site in western Massachusetts known as MissionCare at Holyoke. IHN also offers LTC Integ...rity audit tools, separate outpatient therapy, rehabilitation and home care units and specializes in healthcare real estate transactions and skilled nursing turnarounds. iCare Health Network's four Touchpoints Rehabilitation centers offer a full range of inpatient and outpatient programming including the specialty areas of Cardiac, Pulmonary, Neurologic and Orthopedic recovery. IHN promotes Continuous Quality Improvement in all of its facilities through management programs which emphasize an increase of quality care; customer satisfaction; employee empowerment; and teamwork. iCare manages ten sites in Connecticut, as well as separate outpatient therapy, rehabilitation and home care units. Core Values - Our pursuit of lifelong EDUCATION will provide us the opportunity to learn the best ways to care for our residents. - By focusing our care delivery on NURTURANCE, we will become the best caregivers for our residents. - The highest level of individual RESPECT should be provided to our residents, and to each other. - By using INNOVATION to reach our service delivery goals, our customers will have greater benefit. - A mutually shared COMMITMENT to our mission, between ourselves and the customers we serve, will result in our becoming the best at serving those customers. - The physical, emotional and spiritual HEALTH of our residents and patients is our ultimate goal.
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