Behavioral Health Technician

1 month ago

Altoona, United States Blair Family Solutions Full time

**Description of Services**
The Behavioral Health Worker will be responsible for implementing mental health treatment and crisis intervention for children and families through the Clinical Home model. This position also includes providing psycho-educational groups for youth and/or families, intensive case management service to children and families, and supporting clients with one-on-one interventions in the school, home, and community to support the overall mental health goals of the child’s treatment plan. Behavioral Health
Workers will attend weekly supervision and consultation deemed appropriate as well as frequent participation in trainings.

**Specific Job Duties and Responsibilities**
Clinical Responsibilities:
1. Provide direct behavioral interventions and teach client-specific skills. This may include individual/group interventions, psycho-education groups, and assisting in crisis intervention to identified children and families within the school system as well as in the home and community.

2. Maintain a collaborative relationship with the parent/guardian of each client.
3. Collect and update data related to client’s record.
4. Implement individualized crisis plans for each client and family. Work with treatment team to help neutralize crises.
5. Participate in on-call crisis intervention triage as needed during evenings, nights, and weekends.

Assist in debriefing of crisis situations to develop more effective plans for families served.
6. Attend and actively participate in weekly group supervision.
7. Document and complete daily case records required and in compliance with all Federal and State regulations.
8. Attend all trainings and workshops as required for professional development.
9. Provide Structural Family Therapy interventions for children and families as directed.

**Case Management Responsibilities**:
1. Provide intensive case management to children and families that include addressing needs that negatively impact the family’s level of functioning.
2. Participate in Interagency meetings as deemed appropriate.
3. Participate in Individualized Educational Plans as deemed appropriate.
4. Complete required reports to Child line and other agencies involved, as necessary.
5. Work in collaboration with Program Director, Clinical Consultant, Administrative Staff, Quality

Assurance Department, and the billing department to assist in the process of monitoring quality assurance and other protocols necessary to effectively manage programmatic aspects.

6. Maintain high quality records sufficient to meet State and Federal clinical documentation requirements that include all funding sources.

**Education Requirements**
- Bachelor’s Degree

**Other Qualifications**
- All necessary child abuse clearances (PA Criminal Record Check, PA Child Abuse Clearance, and Federal Criminal History Clearance)
- Valid driver’s license
- Auto insurance with 100/300/50 coverage

**General Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required**
- Communication Skills - Transmits information clearly, in writing and/or verbally; Clearly and consistently communicates with clients, supervisors, and families
- Customer Service Skills - always puts the client first
- Problem Solving Skills - Demonstrates sound judgement and decision-making
- Organizational Skills - uses an organized approach to job responsibilities
- Active Listening Skills - Consistently uses good active listening skills
- Professionalism - acts with professionalism and integrity in all work environments
- Initiative - takes initiative and is proactive
- Responsive - attentive/responsive to needs of internal and/or external clients
- Patience - able to maintain patience in all situations
- Consistency - able to handle all situations and treat all people with consistency
- Ability to work closely with others
- Ability to manage time and meet frequent deadlines
- Ability to maintain accurate paperwork
- Ability to work with interruptions
- Ability to utilize creativity to problem solve
- Ability to follow and maintain confidentiality and safety policies

**Competencies**
- Communication Proficiency
- Ethical Conduct
- Personal Effectiveness/Credibility
- Thoroughness
- Decision Making

**Working Conditions**
- Work will be completed in a variety of conditions and settings, such as the client’s home, school, or other social setting

**Physical Requirements**
- _Constantly Incurred (More than 75% of time on job)_* - ability to communicate orally and in writing, ability to hear conversations, ability to observe behavior, ability to analyze actions and behaviors, ability to sit, ability to stand.
- Frequently Incurred (Between 25% - 75% of time on job)_ - ability to walk, ability to drive (in order to make home visits), ability use legs/arms to climb, ability to balance, ability to run
- Occasionally Incurred (Less than 25% of time on job)_ - ability to lift, ability to work in hot (between 90-100 degrees) and cold (below 55 degrees) temperatures, exposure to i

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