Behavioral Health Technician
Toms River | careers.woods.org |
Overview:
Gloucester County
Join our team and be a part of something extraordinary as we embark on a new journey with our new Crisis Diversion Homes program.
Legacy Treatment Services is a vibrant nonprofit behavioral health organization that utilizes cutting-edge technology and evidence-based practice in treatment and clinical care.
Our programs provide a complement of services for most ages and needs. This continuum is designed to meet the complex needs of each individual and creates a continuum of services that are able to meet the needs of children, adults, and families through a continuum of services utilizing an integrated care model.
We are dedicated to seeking new innovative solutions that help us provide needed services more efficiently while maintaining stable, sustainable growth.
Title: Support Specialist
Salary: Starting at $19 / hour depending upon education, and experience.
Responsibilities:
• Provide mental health services to adults who have a chronic mental illness in a respite setting.
• Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to
• any age-related needs of the consumers served.
• Provide direct supervision of the consumers residing in the residential setting.
• Provide crisis intervention as needed.
• Collaborate with community resources to link consumers to appropriate mental health and substance abuse providers.
• Will provide social skills groups related to the consumer’s individual needs.
• Transport consumers in agency vehicles.
• Understand medication procedures to observe the administration of medications.
• Must understand the use of Electronic Health Records for chart documentation.
• Be aware of all safety procedures along with a review of the MSDS manuals.
• Utilize SCM, CPR, and First Aid techniques as needed. Must attend monthly staff meetings.
• Expected to report to work in inclement weather and/or State of Emergency.
Qualifications:
• BA/BS degree in a mental health discipline or health/human services field and 1 year full-time experience working with consumers; a AA/AS degree with 2 years experience working with consumers; or a high school diploma with 4 years’ full-time experience working with consumers.
• Ideal candidates must identify as having lived experience with mental illness or substance use and be in recovery.
• Employee must possess a valid driver’s license and if duties require driving, be able to drive an agency-owned vehicle.
• Must be able to work under required deadline schedules, while being flexible to special requests and projects.
• Must be able to professionally handle stressful situations.
Crisis Diversion Homes
The program provides adults who have recently experienced a crisis working closely with the 988-crisis continuum. The program provides psychiatric stabilization and case management services in a residential setting to divert hospital admissions and emergency department visits.
The targeted length of stay is less than 30 days.
Gloucester County
Join our team and be a part of something extraordinary as we embark on a new journey with our new Crisis Diversion Homes program.
Legacy Treatment Services is a vibrant nonprofit behavioral health organization that utilizes cutting-edge technology and evidence-based practice in treatment and clinical care.
Our programs provide a complement of services for most ages and needs. This continuum is designed to meet the complex needs of each individual and creates a continuum of services that are able to meet the needs of children, adults, and families through a continuum of services utilizing an integrated care model.
We are dedicated to seeking new innovative solutions that help us provide needed services more efficiently while maintaining stable, sustainable growth.
Title: Support Specialist
Salary: Starting at $19 / hour depending upon education, and experience.
Responsibilities:
• Provide mental health services to adults who have a chronic mental illness in a respite setting.
• Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to
• any age-related needs of the consumers served.
• Provide direct supervision of the consumers residing in the residential setting.
• Provide crisis intervention as needed.
• Collaborate with community resources to link consumers to appropriate mental health and substance abuse providers.
• Will provide social skills groups related to the consumer’s individual needs.
• Transport consumers in agency vehicles.
• Understand medication procedures to observe the administration of medications.
• Must understand the use of Electronic Health Records for chart documentation.
• Be aware of all safety procedures along with a review of the MSDS manuals.
• Utilize SCM, CPR, and First Aid techniques as needed. Must attend monthly staff meetings.
• Expected to report to work in inclement weather and/or State of Emergency.
Qualifications:
• BA/BS degree in a mental health discipline or health/human services field and 1 year full-time experience working with consumers; a AA/AS degree with 2 years experience working with consumers; or a high school diploma with 4 years’ full-time experience working with consumers.
• Ideal candidates must identify as having lived experience with mental illness or substance use and be in recovery.
• Employee must possess a valid driver’s license and if duties require driving, be able to drive an agency-owned vehicle.
• Must be able to work under required deadline schedules, while being flexible to special requests and projects.
• Must be able to professionally handle stressful situations.
Crisis Diversion Homes
The program provides adults who have recently experienced a crisis working closely with the 988-crisis continuum. The program provides psychiatric stabilization and case management services in a residential setting to divert hospital admissions and emergency department visits.
The targeted length of stay is less than 30 days.
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