Behavioral Health Technician

The mission of the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless is to work collaboratively toward the prevention of homelessness and the creation of lasting solutions for homeless and at-risk families, children, and individuals throughout Colorado. The Coalition advocates for and provides a continuum of housing and a variety of services to improve the health, well-being, and stability of those it serves.

The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless seeks a Behavioral Health Technician to provide de-escalation and environmental safety support patients for the Recuperative Care patients in the new SSRC building. The BHT will work in partnership with the Safety Director, Senior Director of Behavioral Health Services, Director of Recuperative Care, Nurse Manager and others. The BHT will support patients in our 75 -bed, 24/7 facility and will help provide a safe, supportive, therapeutic, harm-reduction, and trauma-informed environment for individuals healing from an acute medical need. The BHT will monitor floor milieu and work to be our first line of response to escalated patients. The BHT will also support an integrated plan of care for each patient and support some mental health groups and activities.  This position is located at 2175 California Street, Denver, Colorado 80205.

NOTE: In order to ensure that our consumers receive the best possible care the candidate chosen to fill this position will be required to complete our internal credentialing and privileging process prior to a start date.  The credentialing and privileging timeline is dependent on the selected candidate's submission of documents necessary for clearance.  Please note that a start date will be scheduled once credentialing and privileging is complete.

• Choice of HMO or PPO health insurance coverage options: full-time employees contribute only 1% of their earnings for their own HMO health coverage and no more than 4% of their earnings for coverage of eligible dependents. We’re proud to offer same-and opposite-sex domestic partner coverage. 
• Choice of dental insurance or discount plan. 
• Vision insurance.  
• Flexible spending accounts for health care / dependent care / parking expenses. 
• Free basic life and AD&D insurance coverage. 
• Employee Assistance Program, a problem-solving resource available to you and your household members. 
• Dollar-for-dollar retirement plan matching contributions up to 5% of earnings with 3-year vesting. 
• Extensive paid time-off, including 9 holidays, 12 days of sick leave, and three weeks of vacation for new full-time employees in their first year. 

• Record all services in a timely and complete fashion in the EHR.
• Maintain up to date records in EHR.
• Manage tasks and scanning as needed to have a complete and current chart.
• Provides excellent internal customer service, engendering an atmosphere of collaboration.
• Assist with intakes, discharges, and help familiarize new patients to the program.
• Implements delegated aspects of patient treatment plans and participates in a therapeutic milieu under the direction of the behavioral health, safety, and integrated clinical teams.
• Foster substance use challenges and recovery in a harm-reduction and trauma-informed way.
• May assist residents with physical assistance partnered with the integrated care team very rarely.
• Will help plan and implement groups focused on optimal mental health including supporting topics centered on well-being, motivational interviewing, distress tolerance, coping skills, etc.
• Handles urgent/emergent situations quickly as they arise in a trauma informed manner with careful consideration of CCH Policies, Procedures, Mission, and Philosophy of Service.
• Makes floor, building, and perimeter inspections of site to ensure a secure and safe environment and to address client needs.
• Participates in recreational, engagement, and occupational activities with patients
• Attend required meetings.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Active certification in basic life support (CPR/BLS) required.
• Interest in harm reduction, and/or behavioral health environments, and/or supporting vulnerable populations is required.
• High school diploma or equivalent required; working on higher education preferred.
• Prior experience or certification as a Medical Assistant, Emergency Medical Technician, or Certified Nursing Assistant preferred.
• Bi-lingual English/Spanish preferred.

Employee must be able to perform essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation and without posing a direct threat to safety or health of self or others. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. Employee will perform job according to applied laws. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless is committed to delivering services, making employment-related decisions, selecting volunteers, and selecting vendors without regard to age over 40, race, sex, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, medical condition related to pregnancy, military status, or any other applicable status protected by law.

Salary : $21 - $24