Behavioral Health Technician – Overnights  

Bloom House – Residential Treatment Center (RTC)

 

ABOUT HOMEWARD PIKES PEAK

The mission of HPP is to work with individuals and families in our community to achieve their full potential through supportive housing and recovery services, to rebuild dignity & self-sufficiency, and permanently exit homelessness.  Our efforts focus on overcoming the barriers to developing and maintaining stable housing and sober living.  To do this, we adhere to commonly held social work values of service, social justice, dignity and worth of the person, importance of human relationships, integrity, and competence.  We believe that these values infuse the work of HPP and are a guidepost to which our staff and partners should aspire.

 

POSITION SUMMARY

This position is responsible for supporting clients of a new residential treatment center for pregnant and parenting women (PPW) delivering ASAM 3.5 and 3.1 level of care. This will be a dynamic position on a small team and will require the Technician to collaborate with the treatment and program team to meet the needs of mothers and infants in the program.  The RTC will utilize a Special Connections framework that is a gender responsive program maximizing the chance of a healthy birth to provide postpartum services to maintain gains made during pregnancy. Special Connections providers offer pregnancy risk assessments, care coordination services, group counseling sessions, individual counseling sessions, health education groups, and residential substance use disorder treatment in a women-only setting. Daytime and nighttime shifts are 12 hours – 36 hours per week. These shifts provide client care when other staff are not on-site – weekday evenings and weekends.

 

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Behavioral Health Support 

  • Communicates with staff either verbally or in written communication logs, responsible for detail client logs/electronic health records
  • Listens to clients concerning all areas of treatment, maintains safe, orderly, and therapeutic physical environment for clients including crisis intervention.
  • Ensures client schedule is being followed daily.
  • Assists with interventions with clients
  • Follow objectives of treatment plans.
  • Monitors medication schedules.
  • Transports clients to meetings and recreation.
  • Responsible for conducting searches of clients when they return to the facility.
  • Monitors treatment for necessary hygiene and medical needs.
  • Upholds Therapeutic Boundaries and Staff Code of Ethics.
  • Evaluates behavioral and emotional needs of clients and provides input.
  • Assists with light housekeeping and orderliness of facility.

 

HOMEWARD PIKES PEAK TEAM RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Attend and participate in staff meetings.
  • Attend and/or participate or interact with donors, attend community events, or fundraising as requested.
  • Produce documentation timely as requested for audits and audit resolutions.
  • Maintain office environment to professional standards and display abundant teaming skills.

 

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES

  • High School Diploma or GED required. AA preferred.
  • Education and training in a related field (addiction treatment, social work, sociology, human services, nursing).
  • QMAP certified (or willing to obtain), First Aid, CPR.
  • Completion of appropriate continuing education requirements every year to maintain licenses and certifications.
  • Understanding of regulations and standards regarding privacy and confidentiality.
  • Self-starter and ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
  • Experience working directly with people from diverse socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds, ability to display harm reduction capabilities and trauma informed care
  • PC skills required, use of electronic record keeping applications, occasional use of spreadsheets, including PowerPoint and Word.
  • Ability to handle a crisis situation and react appropriately, in a calm and decisive manner.
  • Flexibility and adaptable.
  • Ability to make decisions in an objective and ethical manner.
  • Maintains professionalism and does not show favoritism.
  • Ability to sustain a team environment, drive continuous improvement projects, confidentiality, excellent problem-solving skills, and excellent communicator within the team framework.

 

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

The pay range for this position is $16 – $20 per hour. This is a full-time position authorized to work 36 hours per week, comprised of three 12 hour shifts per week.

HPP offers paid vacation, and sick leave for full-time, regular employees.  Other benefits include medical, vision and dental insurance that the employee may select at one-half the cost of the monthly premium. Additionally, short term disability, accidental death and dismemberment and life insurance, and EAP is provided at no cost to the employee. Participation in 401K is also offered.

Please send a cover letter and resume to info@homewardpikespeak.org

Homeward Pikes Peak is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Homeward Pikes Peak makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.