Crisis and Addictions Behavioral Health Technician

Why join us? At Lewis & Clark Behavioral Health Services, you'll do meaningful work that changes lives.

Our mission is to provide comprehensive mental health and substance use treatment services that promote the health and well-being of our community members.

We offer a collaborative work environment, opportunities for growth, and a culture that values wellness, flexibility, and work-life balance.

Location: Yankton SD - CORE Center Work Hours/Shift: Days or Nights, 6:30-7:00 Weekend/Holiday Involvement: Every Other Pay Range: Starting wage $22.00/hour + $2.00/hour shift differential (nights) Reports To: Behavioral Health Technician Supervisor Location: Yankton, SD CORE Center Location: Yankton, SD CORE Cente In this role you will: Perform screenings for youth and adults in crisis upon presentation to the facility, identifying potential risks and possible options for support/intervention, in collaboration with clinical staff.

Perform breathalyzer checks and obtain vitals for patients, when indicated.Through controlled observation and direct patient contact and participation, educate, prevent, and intervene throughout the patients daily interactions including groups, 1-1s, structured recreation, and free time establishing a secure, positive, and therapeutic recovery environment.Perform phone screenings for the facilitys 24/7 crisis line.Observe and document patient self-administration of medications, documenting errors and completing incident reports to improve medication administration process.

Work with nursing staff and other techs on minimizing staff medication errors.Monitor patients for safety via routine safety checks, communicating information regarding patients behavior to other members of treatment team.

Role model appropriate social interactions.

Encourage and facilitate patients participation in therapeutic activities and program schedule, enforcing accountability to program rules.

Offer feedback, assign consequences, and provide therapeutic interventions to motivate behavioral changes.

Engage in 1:1 supportive activities with patients, such as therapeutic communication and structured recreation.Gather, record, and relate reliable factual information about general client behaviors including both positive and negative behaviors.

Record unusual client behavior(s) or situations, including critical incidents in the correct manner, contacting designated and on-call staff when required.Participate in implementing patients treatment plans by monitoring patient whereabouts, communicating information regarding patients behavior to other members of treatment team, encourages and facilitates patients participation in therapeutic activities, provides feedback to motivate behavioral changes, supervises patients to ensure their safe involvement in treatment.Document and report objective and factual information about patient behaviors, unusual situations, and critical incidents as they occur, contacting designated and on-call staff when required.

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