St. Joseph Institute · 2 days ago
BH Tech/Recovery Advocate
Port Matilda, PA
Full-time
Onsite
New Grad, Entry Level
0+ years expSt. Joseph Institute for Addiction is seeking a BH Tech/Recovery Advocate to join their multidisciplinary treatment team. The role involves monitoring client behaviors, providing continuous care, and facilitating educational-rehabilitative groups to support clients in achieving their treatment goals.
Mental Health Care
Responsibilities
Ensures the wellbeing of clients and provides a safe, positive, supportive, and structured environment. Maintains a constant awareness and supervision of clients
Conducts safety checks, ensuring that supervision is conducted at intervals in accordance with individualized supervision guidelines
Checks clients for contraband and manages the client’s valuables and belongings
Interacts routinely with clients, observes behaviors and communicates significant observations to supervisor. Promotes interest in recreational activities
Engages with client in activities and interactions designed to encourage achievement of treatment goals
Facilitates client educational-rehabilitative groups which cover a variety of topics including social skills, coping skills, anger management and independent living skills
May take and record vital signs properly and communicates significant changes in client’s condition to the charge nurse
Documents in client records timely, accurately, and appropriately
Applies de-escalation techniques to help manage client’s emotions, behavior and participation in treatment
Assists with unit cleaning, organization of new admits charts, discharge process, filing, etc. Initiates client/employee incident reports
Provides transfer or transportation for client or coordinates transportation with appropriate staff member, as required
Provides verbal report/briefing to the oncoming shift
Serves as a resource for new clients introducing them to other clients and staff, explaining programs and encouraging participation. Orients clients to the activities program, explaining the benefits of activities
Maintains an awareness of client's needs and individual goals while motivating clients towards activities which are beneficial to them. Observes clients’ interest levels and behaviors
Assists with activity planning by offering new activity ideas and diverse therapeutic recreation program
Organizes and sets up the equipment that is used in recreational activities. Provides clients with activity resources and supplies, as needed
Enforces safety rules to prevent injury and modifies activities to suit the needs of specific groups
Helps to develop and maintain departmental resources, sharing the responsibility to monitor equipment and supplies
Qualification
Required
High school graduate or equivalent
CPR and de-escalation certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility)
First aid may be required based on state or facility requirements
Preferred
Six months or more experience working with the specific population of the facility preferred
Knowledge of common psychiatric disorders and/or dual diagnosis and various treatment modalities of the population served preferred
Benefits
Comprehensive benefit plan
Company
St. Joseph Institute
St. Joseph Institute is a school in Port Matilda.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageLeadership Team
Cindi Coffman
Chief Executive Officer
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