Behavioral Intervention Specialist

Behavioral Intervention Specialist (BIS)

Department: Inpatient
Behavioral Health

FLSA Status: Full-Time, Non-Exempt

Schedule: Various Shifts (32 hours and 40 hours)

Reports to: Service
Unit Supervisor

Wage
Range: $20.78-$32.27(DOE/DOQ)  

BENEFITS

Only Full-Time Employees are eligible for benefits.

 Full Medical, Dental and Vision benefits after 60 days
employment (30 days for active Licensed or Certified Healthcare Professionals).

• HL7N pays 100% of the insurance premium for Full-time Employees
  (30 hours+). 
• HL7N pays 100% of the Employees out of pocket expenses for medical, dental, and/or vision utilizing the Navia Card.
• $75,000 Life Insurance, Short and Long-Term disability after 90
  days. HL7N pays 100% of the Life Insurance premium for Full-time Employees (30hrs.+)
•  Annually Employees receive 12 paid holidays; 20 Paid-Time-Off
  (PTO) days per year after the employee has been employed FTE (30 hrs.+) and
  achieve successful 90-days performance evaluation rating.
• 403(b) Thrift Savings Plan with the HL7N maximum pension
  contribution of 4%, completed 12 months of employment (1,000 hrs.).
• Healing Lodge employment may qualify for the federal Public
  Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program as well as loan repayment through
  Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
  

ABOUT THE COMPANY

The Healing Lodge of the
Seven Nations is a growing and developing comprehensive behavioral health
organization encompassing a 45-bed capacity youth (13 to 17 years of age)
residential treatment facility and outpatient clinical care. The Healing Lodge
treatment program integrates traditional, spiritual and cultural values with substance
use disorder and mental health counseling to create a holistic approach toward
healing.  Our services are open to both Native Americans and non-Native
from all areas of the country.

The Behavioral Intervention
Specialist provides 24/7 resident-centered care by facilitating,
participating, and monitoring the residents with co-occurring disorders.

DUTIES

• Effectively redirect behaviors
  involving risk of physical harm to self or others or the destruction of
  property.
• Successfully completes daily
  written reports within the Electronic Health Records (EHR) system for each
  client, documenting client successes and concerning behaviors.
• Provides on-going assessments
  of progress.
• Creates general strategies for
  behavior assessment.
• Facilitates conflict resolution
  and crisis intervention.
• Works to avoid coercive
  interventions from invitations to escalate or enter into conflict around
  insignificant behaviors.
• Models direct and clear
  communications with peers, clients and supervisors encompassing cultural
  awareness and respectfulness of differences.
• Establish a helping
  relationship with the person receiving services by demonstrating empathy,
  respect and genuineness in order to build trust.
• Acts in a professional and
  ethical manner presenting a professional image in appearance,
  communications and demeanor.
• Adheres to Agency scheduling
  policy, follows program activity schedules; committed to personal
  professional development; and recognizes the importance of self-care.
• Assists in gathering
  information about basic and community living of the person receiving
  services to be used in assessment process, implement designation
  interventions and behavioral management programs.
• Communicate with supervisor and
  established chain of command regarding daily operations and/or incidents;
  document all required information in a clear, legible, timely, concise and
  accurate manner.
• Works closely with the
  multi-disciplinary team to assess client's behaviors and create a
  specially designed treatment plan and then implements it.
• Demonstrates positive
  engagements with residents reinforcing proactive behaviors.
• Seeks to participate in
  effective leadership approaches and training to enhance job skills,
  seeking opportunities to mentor new staff. Provides positive leadership
  and remains clam under pressure.  

EDUCATION AND/OR
EXPERIENCE

• High School Diploma or a GED from
  an accredited institution
• Minimum of one year's relevant
  work experience and/or training working with adolescents and teenagers
  which demonstrates the ability to complete the job duties and
  responsibilities outlined. 
• Successful completion of the
  Residential Child and Youth Care Professional (RCYCP) training preferred
  (may be obtained through on-the-job training at the Healing Lodge at no
  cost to the employee).
• Knowledge in Native American
  culture/spiritual traditions and practices preferred.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND
ABILITIES

• Possesses flexibility with
  frequent interruptions.
• Is knowledgeable in a wide
  range of high-risk adolescent with substance abuse and addiction.
• Has the capability of adapting
  to a wide range of physical, emotional, social, and/or spiritual
  well-being.
• Ability to deescalate youths in
  crisis, use motivational interviewing techniques to engage with residents.
• Possesses empathy with
  distraught residents.
• Maintains flexibility with
  employees shift tasks and priorities.
• Possesses strong skill set of
  concentration and attention to detail.
• Maintain positive and
  supportive professional work attitude towards the agency and personnel,
  submit concerns or constructive suggestions to direct supervisor. 

CERTIFICATES,
LICENSES, AND REGISTRATION

• Must be a minimum of 21 years
  old  
• Must become CPR and First Aid
  certified
• Possess a Washington State
  drivers license free of driving restrictions.
• Must be able to read and write
  proficiently in English for Documentation and Daily Reports.

Healing Lodge Indian
Preference Hiring Statement

The Healing Lodge of
the Seven Nations shall give preference in employment for all work performed to
enrolled members of federally recognized Tribes. If the Healing Lodge is unable
to fill its employment opening with qualified Indian applicants those
employment openings may then be filled by other qualified applicants.