Job Description:

Job Title: Behavioral Health Technician

Location: St. Charles, Missouri

Company: Preferred Family Healthcare - Westbury Dr.

Department: Recovery Services

Employment Type: Part-time

Job Summary:

Are you a passionate and dedicated individual looking to make a positive impact in the lives of clients/patients? Do you want to work in a supportive and dynamic environment where you can grow your skills and advance your career? Join our team at Preferred Family Healthcare as a Behavioral Health Technician!

As a Behavioral Health Technician, you'll provide direct and supportive care to clients/patients, including health monitoring, crisis intervention, training, supervision, and facilitation of group education/structured activities. Our ideal candidate is passionate about client/patient care, has relevant experience, and strong communication and collaboration skills.

St. Charles, Missouri offers a high quality of life, with various recreational opportunities and a vibrant community. Join us in making a difference in the lives of clients/patients and advancing your career!

Position Perks & Benefits:

• Paid time off - 29 days per year including vacation & holiday pay

• Mileage reimbursement - company paid for work functions requiring travel

• Top-notch training - initial, ongoing, comprehensive, and supportive

• Career mobility - advancement opportunities/promoting from within

• Welcoming, warm, supportive - a work culture & environment that promotes your well-being, values you as human being, and encourages your health and happiness

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure adherence to program expectations, rules, and report behaviors to assist with therapeutic interventions

• Participate as an active member of the treatment team, identifying client's strengths, needs, abilities, and preferences

• Document and report exceptional behavior, areas of concern, and client activities relevant to progress or behavior

• Assist in admission/orientation process, including obtaining vital signs, safety searches, and collecting specimens

• Coordinate incoming calls and respond to crisis calls

• Assist and educate clients/patients in performing daily activities

• Monitor client activities and document bed checks during overnight shifts

• Ensure clients/patients are accounted for and precaution protocols are followed

• Assist in monitoring general health conditions of clients/patients

• Facilitate education or recreation groups as scheduled

• Adhere to medication policies and work with nursing staff to ensure compliance

• Provide client/patient transportation as needed

• Maintain behavior consistent with agency expectations and program philosophy

• Complete mandatory trainings within required time frames

• Attend staff meetings, treatment team meetings, and training sessions

• Adhere to all program policies

• Screen and monitor detoxification clients to ensure safety and recovery needs are met

Education and/or Experience Qualifications:

• Bachelor's DegreeOR

• MAADC I or II

• Two years relevant experience in direct care preferred

Additional Qualifications:

• Must be at least 21 years of age to operate a company-owned vehicle

• Must be at least 23 years of age to operate a company-owned 15-passenger van

• Knowledge of confidentiality laws governing substance use and mental health disorder treatment

• Ability to establish rapport with client/patient population

• Capable of communicating ideas clearly and effectively, both verbally and in written reports

Brightli is on a Mission:

A mission to improve client care, reduce the financial burden of community mental health centers by sharing resources, a mission to have a larger voice in advocacy to increase access to mental health and substance use care in our communities, and a mission to evolve the behavioral health industry to better meet the needs of our clients.

As a behavioral and community mental health provider, we value diversity, equity, and inclusion in our workforce and encourage applications from individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences. If you are passionate about empowering your local communities and promoting health equity, we invite you to join our mission-driven organization that is committed to building a diverse, equitable, inclusive and authentic workplace.

We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and encourage applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, disability or veteran status, or to other non-work related factors.

Preferred Family Healthcare is a Smoke and Tobacco Free Workplace.

About Brightli

Brightli is on a mission: A mission to improve client care, reduce the financial burden of community mental health centers by sharing resources, a mission to have a larger voice in advocacy to increase access to mental health and substance use care in our communities, and a mission to evolve the behavioral health industry to better meet the needs of our clients. We are doing this by forming a new behavioral health organization under new model. Under one parent company, multiple organizations are able to collaborate, share resources and system supports, increase recruiting and retention efforts, increase access to specialized care, and meet the growing demand for behavioral and addiction recovery care.

Brightli’s top-line subsidiaries include Burrell Behavioral Health (Burrell), Preferred Family Healthcare (PFH), and Southeast Missouri Behavioral Health (SEMO). While these organizations operate independently and are governed by separate board of directors, their operations and services benefit from this model. Alone, organizations may be able to navigate the current tumultuous healthcare environment, but we believe that together we can do so much more than survive. Our communities need us now more than ever, and by working together we are ready to answer their call for years to come.

Brightli Snapshot

• 200 locations

• 4 states

• 19 subsidiaries and/or affiliates

• 5k+ employees