Behavioral Health Technician (BHT) ABHS

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Why? At our core, we are a resiliency-building company. Our purpose is to unleash the power of our employees and participants to create a resilient world, one person at a time. 

As an innovative, learning and collaborative organization, every position contributes to this purpose and our employees are the heart of who we are. We support healthy work/life balance for our employees and invest in their potential through opportunities for continual learning and growth. 

If this resonates with you, then read on! 

About our Artistic Behavioral Health Specialist:

Our Artistic Behavioral Health Specialist provides behavioral health services, while teaching art, in our Art Awakenings program. This BHT position primarily provides psycho-social rehabilitation services and skill-building classes to youth and/or adults in a supportive art studio environment.

What an Artistic Behavioral Health Specialist Does at Resilient Health:

• Provides psycho-social rehabilitation services using expressive arts to adults and/or youth with a diagnosis of a serious mental illness, general mental health, co-occurring, or other behavioral health concerns
• Leads therapeutic art groups
• Completes intakes (initial) and updated assessments (including diagnosis) with participants and participating family members or other supportive individuals
• Develops individualized treatment plans in coordination with participants, their families, and additional community members, as appropriate
• Assists participants in identifying and developing realistic treatment goals
• Oversees the health, safety, and welfare of participants in the program
• Develops and maintains effective working relationships with community agencies, case managers, and clinical teams
• Participates in clinical staffing and individual service planning sessions with case managers, treatment staff, family members, and others to identify and meet participant treatment and transition needs
• Maintains information on community resources for participant assistance and support
• Provides education, assistance, and support to family members and others involved with the participant to enhance awareness of mental health challenges and to increase their ability to contribute to the counseling and/or rehabilitation process
• Conducts and documents continuing assessments of participant functioning
• Maintains patient records and other documentation according to agency standards
• Provides emergency face-to-face counseling and/or crisis intervention as needed to avert or in response to participant needs
• Completes reviews for medical necessity as needed for program participants
• Completes documentation within the identified agency and state requirements and time frames
• Attends supervision and training to attain the amount of hours as required by state licensing standards

Requirements for This Position:

• Behavioral Health Technician (BHT) required (must be 21 years old):
• High School Diploma or equivalent and six months of full-time behavioral health work experience or internship or Peer Support Certification, or
• Associates Degree and three months of full-time behavioral health experience or internship or Peer Support Certification, or
• A BHT Certificate from an accredited college/university, or
• Bachelor's Degree, or
• Master's Degree
• Experience providing psycho-social rehabilitation services to adult participant populations and/or youth and families preferred
• Strong skills in the arts either visual and/or musical
• National and/or Arizona certification as an art therapist, social worker, counselor, or mental health professional preferred
• Bilingual preferred, but not required
• Valid Arizona or other state driver's license
• Valid automobile insurance
• Valid CPR/First Aid certifications or ability to obtain within 30 days of hire
• Valid Fingerprint Clearance Card or ability to obtain within 90 days of hire
• Three-year MVR driving record that meets the agency's auto insurance carrier's coverage requirements

Where You Will Be Working: 1314 S. 4th Ave.,Yuma, AZ 85364

What This Position Pays: $19.25 - $21.42, depending on education and experience

Our Perks: 

• Exceptionally generous PTO (3.5 weeks off your first year and rising in subsequent years)
• 14 paid holidays
• Excellent quarterly incentives
• 403(b) with company match
• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Short and Long Term Disability
• Life Insurance
• Licensure reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program
• Voluntary insurance for critical illness, accident and hospitalization
• Pet insurance

If all of this sounds like something you were born to do, then we would love to hear from you!

In an effort to support our participants by setting healthy examples, all Resilient Health campuses are smoke-free for employees.

Resilient Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and is dedicated to the principles of equal employment opportunity. Resilient Health will make reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with known disabilities and for employees whose work requirements interfere with a religious belief.