What are the responsibilities and job description for the Behavioral Intervention Specialist - PT Weekends position at Advantage Behavioral Health Systems?
Position Schedule - WEEKKENDS - Day and Night - TWO 12 hour shifts
Position Summary:
Under direct supervision, provides a broad range of paraprofessional social services to patients/clients and their families. Conducts patient/client/consumer intakes, participates in treatment team planning, and performs crisis intervention. This position provides paraprofessional social services to clients and families in a Behavioral Health Crisis Center.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
- Assists clients with activities of daily living as needed
- Picks up meals/snacks for clients, prepares at mealtime and cleans up after
- Transports samples to lab
- Meets with clients/clients families to address issues and work on skills as listed in treatment plan goals individually or in group
- Provides social and psychological support to clients through listening and discussing problems and progress as necessary
- Supports clinical treatment plan and nursing care plan through engagement of clients, monitoring and documenting (room checks, every 15 minutes per procedure), taking vitals, as order and proving one-to-one observation and support, as needed
- Utilizes skills of Safety Care to deescalate situations and avoid restraint
- Participates with team to restrain clients, when necessary and according to procedure
- Calibrates equipment regularly, per schedule
- Between clients, prepares rooms/beds for new clients
- Engages clients between social services to provide support and prevent de-escalation
- Assists clients in locating and utilizing community resources, including legal, medical, financial assistance and other referral services
- Keeps documentation of face to face sessions and collaborative sessions with each client and/or service provider
- Transports, or makes arrangements for transportation of, clients to appointments in a timely manner
- Contacts clients/client guardians in order to gain updates on clients progress or lack of progress
- Contacts other health care professionals within or outside the organization to obtain consumer background information in accordance with established guidelines
- Collaborates with service providers in addressing concerns and treatment planning changes or additions
- Complies with regulations on confidentiality of client information as specified by established policy
- Develops and effectively maintains a network of appropriate community contacts
- Provides appropriate information and/or input in meetings pertaining to case management and case collaboration
- Provides short-term case management and referral services to clients with emergency situations
- Helps intake and discharge clients to/from the unit, per procedure
- Other duties as assigned by Program Manager.
Minimum Qualifications:
High school diploma or GED AND One year of experience in a social services related position OR Two years at an accredited college or university with at least 15 credit hours in a social services related field.
Certifications, Licenses, Registrations:
Valid GA Drivers License