What are the responsibilities and job description for the Residential Treatment Assistant - Maine Program! position at Confidential?
Adolescent Center located in Maine seeks dynamic, responsible, and reliable individual to join our treatment team as a Clinical Assistant.
Responsibilities include supervision of youth ages 12-17, participation in groups with youth, facilitating flow of daily activities, maintaining a safe, supportive, and healing environment, providing support to therapeutic team, and other duties as assigned.
CATEGORIES OF DUTIES
- Promotes a safe and secure environment to provide for the safe delivery of care, along with participating in group actives, groups and recreations.
- Monitors patient sharps and valuables and labels/handles appropriately, along with documenting in patient medical record appropriately and accurately
- Help prepare for intakes and Discharges of clients
- Provides transportation services utilizing company vehicles, including patient transportation, , agency errands, etc. Provides wound care and medication management as needed.
- Attends in-service training and educational workshops, attends all required staff meetings.
- Presents as a positive representative of Paradigm, Practices appropriate telephone and email etiquette,
- Cooperates and communicates fully with other staff members regarding patient behavior, progress, activities, etc.
- Conducts self in a professional manner in areas of email, dress, language, attitude and behavior.
- Fully understands and maintains policies regarding professional ethics, including appropriate boundaries and patient confidentiality. Demonstrates ability to effectively manage multiple tasks and/or directions.
- Utilizes crisis and/or de-escalation intervention practices, when necessary and appropriate, with patient(s) whose behavior cannot be otherwise supported without such interventions.
- Develops and/or conducts specialized psychoeducational groups to help patients gain knowledge and develop skills to aid in their recovery
- Reports hazards to proper department if they cannot be immediately corrected
- Responds professionally and in a timely manner to any requests, changes or needs from management
Schedule:
- Must be available on at least 1 weekend shift a week.
- Full-time or Part time positions available.
- Evening and Overnight Shifts Available
Requirements:
- Must be over the age of 21
- Must be able to pass comprehensive background check
- Previous experience working in medical, dental, behavioral health, mental health, or education setting
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Referral program
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Night shift
- Overnight shift
- Weekends as needed
Work Location: In person
