Provide overnight emergency response support in a sleep position from 10p-8a, responding to real-time or practice emergencies and assisting awake overnight staff.
The PRN Evening Shift Behavioral Associate provides direct behavioral care to patients with a variety of psychiatric conditions within an acute psychiatric setting.
Compensation
Competitive pay rates. Eligible for + $3.00 shift differential
Responsibilities
Identify high risk patients, uses Crisis Intervention practices and support safety plan intervention techniques to maintain a safe environment.
Performs environmental/patient safety rounds and implement a higher level of observation in emergencies.
Reports observations, interactions and patient activity to assigned nursing staff timely.
Understands patient characteristics, triggers, through trauma informed care and patient/environmental variables in order to assist in preventing patients from losing control.
Participates in shift hand-off meetings, unit rounds, community meetings, team meetings and committee meeting as required.
Requirements
High School Diploma or GED
Associate's degree or some college coursework in psychology, social work, or social services field preferred
Nice to have: Behavioral health setting experience
The Residential Counselor works with adolescents in a group home setting, specializing in trauma-informed care and helping clients develop life skills, coping strategies, and therapeutic communities.
Compensation
The pay range for this position is $19.00 to $25.00 per hour.
Responsibilities
provide enriching daily activities for clients such as arts and crafts, recreational activities including offsite field trips
create a safe and therapeutic community by supporting clients in developing and role modeling effective coping strategies
help clients develop life skills such as cooking, banking, vocational skills
support students in developing a sense of self and providing skills to be successful in their next steps
provide physical interventions and verbal de-escalations
Requirements
Nice to have: bilingual (second language other than English)