Co-Occurring Specialist (BHT)

Are you doing what you love? We are!

Why? At our core, we are a resiliency-building company. Our purpose is to unleash the power of our employees and participants to create a resilient world, one person at a time.?

As an innovative, learning and collaborative organization, every position contributes to this purpose and our employees are the heart of who we are. We support healthy work/life balance for our employees and invest in their potential through opportunities for continual learning and growth.?

If this resonates with you, then read on!?

About our Co-Occurring Specialist:

The Co-Occurring Specialist provides direct services and support to individuals enrolled in the agency's Supportive Living/Supportive Living Assertive (SL/SLA) treatment program.  The Co-Occurring Specialist provides individual and group services as part of the rehabilitation and treatment programs.

What a Co-Occurring Specialist Does at Resilient Health:

• Monitors patients' physical and emotional well-being and reports unusual behavior or physical ailments to clinical support team.
• Documents services provided in the participant's health record as directed under agency guidelines.
• Provides personal care to mentally ill, emotionally disturbed, or developmentally delayed participants.
• Observes and influences participants' behavior, communicating and interacting with them and teaching or counseling them.
• Collaborates with assigned clinical support team in working with mentally ill or developmentally disabled patients to treat, rehabilitate, and return participants to the community.
• Encourages patients to develop work skills and to participate in social, recreational, or other therapeutic activities that enhance interpersonal skills or develop social relationships.
• Uses appropriate de-escalation techniques with violent, potentially violent, or suicidal patients by verbal means as required.
• Participates in the development and teaching of strategies to promote client wellness and independence.
• Educates participants in performing tasks, such as bathing or keeping beds, clothing, or living areas clean, budgeting, shopping, cooking, and organization.
• Leads prescribed individual or group therapy sessions as part of specific therapeutic procedures.
• Interviews new participants to complete admission forms, to assess their mental health status, or to obtain their mental health and treatment history.
• Supports participants with respect to medical appointments as needed.
• Transports participants from homes to agency facilities for clinical services.

Requirements for This Position:

• Behavioral Health Technician (BHT) required (must be 21 years old):
  • High School Diploma or equivalent and six months of full-time behavioral health work experience or internship or Peer Support Certification, or
  • Associates Degree and three months of full-time behavioral health experience or internship or Peer Support Certification, or
  • A BHT Certificate from an accredited college/university, or
  • Bachelor's Degree, or
  • Master's Degree
• Experience providing psycho-social rehabilitation services to adult participant populations and/or youth and families
• Strong skills in the arts either visual and/or musical preferred
• Valid driver's license
• Valid CPR/First Aid certifications or ability to obtain within 30 days of hire
• Valid Fingerprint Clearance Card or ability to obtain within 90 days of hire
• Three-year Motor Vehicle Record that meets our auto insurance carrier's coverage requirements

Where You Will Be Working: 2255 W. Northern Ave., Phx, AZ 85021

What This Position Pays: $19.25 - $21.42, depending on education and experience

Our Perks:

• Exceptionally generous PTO (3.5 weeks off your first year and rising in subsequent years)
• 14 paid holidays
• Excellent quarterly incentives
• 403(b) with company match
• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Short and Long Term Disability
• Life Insurance
• Licensure reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program
• Voluntary insurance for critical illness, accident and hospitalization
• Pet insurance

If all of this sounds like something you were born to do, then we would love to hear from you!

Resilient Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and is dedicated to the principles of equal employment opportunity. Resilient Health will make reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with known disabilities and for employees whose work requirements interfere with a religious belief.