What are the responsibilities and job description for the Behavioral Health Professional position at Maxim Healthcare Services?
Flexible part-time hours and high pay for BHP'S of all skill level!
The Behavioral Health Professional (BHP) works part-time with clients in their home, community and school settings. A BHP works on a team that provides treatment services, interventions and crisis de-escalation support to their clients. Treatment and approach is individually devised through a team process under the supervision of a Behavioral Health Professional Supervisor, which is a Master’s level clinician, or equivalent, according to the criteria listed in Section 28 regulations.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Ensure client’s health, wellness and safety
- Encourage client’s individual goals as they relate to learning and maintaining independent living skills such as healthy lifestyle, personal care, and other activities of daily living
- Assists with crisis prevention and intervention
- Helps client build and maintain safe and appropriate friendships/relationships with peers and adults
- Teaches skills that that will improve client’s self-awareness, environmental awareness, social appropriateness and supports social integration, and learning awareness of and appropriate use of community services and resources
- Promotes advocacy and individual rights of client
- Monitors and maintains detailed and compliant documentation on client status, interactions, and behaviors as it relates to progress, concerns and other relevant details
- Provides safe and appropriate implementation of behavior support plan strategies and interventions as it applies to the individual served
- Reports suspected abuse, neglect, and exploitation accurately and timely
- Utilizes skills such as prompting, instruction, modeling, and reinforcement as it relates to person centered services, via the Individual Treatment Plan
- Promotes client’s independence in activities of daily living, working, volunteering, learning, and leisure
- Provides transportation, based on client needs, to maintain medical support needs and facilitate community inclusion
- Engagement in advancing client’s communication, decision-making, empowerment, and overcoming barriers-to-access necessary services, support and resources
- Performs other duties as assigned/necessary
Minimum Requirements:
- Must be at least 18 years of age and have a High School diploma or equivalent required
- Proficiency in the English language is required
- Current CPR Card required
- Current Health Screening (in accordance with state regulations) required
- Provide proof of successful completion of BHP certificate within 1 year of hire date
Health and Wellness
Medical/Prescription, Dental, Vision, Health Advocacy (company paid if enrolled Medical) and Health Advocate Employee Assistance Program
Retirement and Financial Security:
Health Savings Account, 401(k), Short Term Disability, Voluntary Group Life Insurance and Supplemental Accidental Insurance, Hospital Expense Protection Plan, Critical Illness Insurance, Home and Auto Insurance discounts, Pet Insurance and Legal Benefits
Lifestyle Benefits:
Paid Time Off, Employee Discount Program, Transportation Benefits and College Partnership Program
