Behavioral Health Associate
Denali's Family Services
- Anchorage, AK
- Permanent
- Part-time
- Provides community based behavioral health services as a primary worker with clients.
- Demonstrates complete familiarity with a client's service plans and targeted goals.
- Transports, via private or agency vehicle, clients to/from home, school, the agency, and community settings as it is part of their treatment program.
- Participates in treatment team meeting to develop and review the client's goals.
- Actively works towards developing and maintaining a therapeutic relationship with clients and their families.
- Teaches and models behavior and life skills.
- Deescalates angry clients and engages them in less volatile behaviors.
- Documents daily progress notes into CareLogic within 72 hours per agency policy.
- Follows mandatory reporting laws with any and all incidents of harm within 24 hours.
- Ensures client confidentiality as prescribed by agency policy and federal law.
- Actively seeks clinical and administrative direction.
- Understands and complies with all agency policy and procedures, plans, program requirements and protocol.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Implement the client's treatment plans through established goals. Adequate performance is determined by timely and quality client notes, billable time spent with client, and client performance.
- Related agencies, such as the school district, are positive about the performance of the assigned Behavioral Health Associate.
- Complete all agency training requirements.
- Performance on essential functions as listed above.
- Assist clients with other services as determined by the treatments team, i.e. vocational, recreational activities, etc.
- Attend and participate in meetings, committees and trainings as assigned.
- Demonstrates effective problem solving and active listening.
- Read and act in a timely manner on items in paper and electronic mailboxes.
- Attention to detail and accuracy.
- Maintain a positive, professional relationship in the community, i.e. schools, recreational centers, and other offsite activities.
- Follow program and protocol of all Denali Family Services programs.
- Assist Case Managers with case management services as assigned.
- Ability to maintain positive professional working relationships and to work effectively within a team environment.
- Organized, efficient, and able to manage multiple tasks simultaneously with attention to detail and accuracy.
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills.
- Good written communication skills, including the ability to accurately document events and provide detailed records for clients.
- Ability to ensure client and employee confidentiality as prescribed by agency policy and federal law.
- Proficient with basic operations in Microsoft Word and Outlook.
- Ability to act decisively and with fairness.
- Ability to read, speak and write in English.
- Ability to pass a State and FBI background check in accordance with the State of Alaska Background Checking Unit.
- Ability to complete all training requirements for within the prescribed times.
- Ability to work with a variety of clients with mental health issues and treat them with dignity and respect.
- Ability to work effectively with a variety of clients in various settings.
- Ability to develop sound clinical and therapeutic skills.
- Ability to learn and utilize CareLogic.
- Ability to learn, understand and apply all agency protocols, policies, procedures, plans, and program requirements.