Crisis Technician - Second Shift 4pm-midnight - Cumberland River Behavioral Health, Inc.

Job Title: Residential/Crisis Technician
  
Qualifications: Requires a High School/GED diploma. Submit to and pass a background check and a drug screening test.
*A Central Abuse/Neglect Registry Check is required on staff working at Turning Point and Independence House.

Hours: The hours are flexible and based on either a daily work schedule or a shift schedule.  The work hours are based on a 24/7 work week.  The position may require overnight shifts.

This position reports directly to the Site Program Director and/or Program Director.

Summary of Job Duties: The Residential Technician provides care for persons with one of the following disabilities: Mental Illness, Mental Retardation/Developmental Delayed, and/or Chemical Dependency.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Include the following:

• Provide care in a safe and comfortable environment.
• Comply with medical records requirements.
• Submits required documentation within required time frames per agency policies and procedures.
• Provide care based on ethical concepts and principles while refraining from forming a personal relationship with the consumers.
• Able to perform checks on all new residents as dictated per agency policy.
• Maintains confidentiality at all times regarding the consumers.
• Ensure the accuracy, content and completeness of client files.
• Provides services within time requirement as set forth in Agency policy and procedures.
• Provide services as documented in client treatment plan.
• Refrain from assuming any duty that is unrelated to and/or interferes with the responsibilities of the position.
• Respond to emergency situation in a timely fashion.
• Demonstrate the ability to work effectively with other team members, as part of a multidisciplinary team, and independently, when necessary.
• Recovery services staff may be required to perform drug screenings on clients as needed.
• Other duties may be assigned when necessary.

• Oral and Written Communication Skills
• Interpersonal Skills
• Ability to exercise good judgment, tact, diplomacy and compassion when problem solving, handling conflict or in a crisis situation.
• Ability to complete record keeping in a timely fashion
• Ability to get along with diverse personalities and maintain effective working relationships.
• Ability to work well with people of all races, backgrounds and needs.
• Knowledgeable of health promotion and disease prevention and differential diagnosis and disease management as appropriate to educational level.
• Knowledgeable of Behavioral Health Concepts and how to deal with aggressive or violent behavior.

• Physically able to reach, push, pull, bend, stoop, stand, walk and lift up to 100 pounds
• Possess a valid Driver’s License, maintain a safe driving record, and maintain the required minimum vehicle insurance amount for the State of Kentucky, if required for job performance.

• Hours of work can be a 7.5 or 8.0 hour block of time but may be subject to irregular and/or flexible hours based on needs or demands.
• Position may require duties to include routine or reasonable anticipated tasks or procedures where there is a degree of actual or potential exposure to blood or other infectious materials.
• All staff are required to participate in yearly trainings regarding infection control and safety in the environment including hazardous waste and blood borne pathogens.
• All new staff must attend training regarding handling physical, verbal threats, acts of violence or other escalating and potential dangerous situations including when police need to be summoned.
• All new staff must attend training regarding medication and self-administration policies and successfully pass a post test.
• All staff must be certified in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation within one month of employment and maintain the certification. First Aid Training may be required.

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