Behavioral Health Specialist 1
Core
Provides direct care, safety, and therapeutic support to children and adolescents within an inpatient behavioral health unit.
Role type
Behavioral Health Specialist I (Clinical Support)
Builds
Therapeutic milieu and patient care plans for pediatric/adolescent patients
Domain
Healthcare / Behavioral Health / Pediatrics
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Crisis intervention, milieu management, patient observation, care plan implementation, therapeutic communication, restraint debriefing, physical patient management
Preferred skills
Human services degree, childcare experience with emotionally impaired youth, cultural competence
Technologies
None
Responsibilities
Maintain safe therapeutic environment and engage with assigned patients; Implement and document milieu programming and care plans; Supervise patients during daily routines and assist with activities of daily living; Intervene therapeutically in disruptive or unsafe situations; Co-lead community meetings, milieu groups, and social skills groups; Document objective observations and incident reports; Respond to crises using least restrictive safe interventions.
Seniority
Entry-level, hands-on IC