Psych Tech - Millcreek, United States - Acadia Healthcare

Description

Overview

Position - Support Staff / Psych Tech

This position serves in a residential treatment center for adults with substance use disorders and other mental health disorders.

The position works closely with the therapist and medical teams to ensure clients have a safe, empathetic, and trauma-informed environment that fosters healing and long-term change.

About Turning Point Centers

Turning Point Centers is a dually licensed, nationally accredited, local leader in Substance Abuse and Mental Health treatment since 2007 with treatment locations throughout Salt Lake County and Davis County.

As a contracted, in-network provider we offer a full continuum of care leveraging best practices and evidence-based modalities to deliver high quality, patient-centered treatment.

Our model includes CBT, DBT, MI, and EMDR to effectively engage patients with an outcomes-oriented approach.

Turning Point Centers values collaboration and provides a supportive environment with an interdisciplinary approach to client care. More can be found about our methods and company at

Competitive Pay and Benefits include:

• 401(k)
• 401(k)

matching

• Medical, vison, and dental insurance
• Prescription drug plan
• Flexible spending accounts
• Health savings accounts
• Voluntary short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Employee assistance programs, financial support, tuition reimbursement, and much more

Salary:
$16-$18 per hour


Location:
Millcreek

Monday-Thursday 10pm-8am

Responsibilities

The following job description is not inclusive of all job responsibilities:

• Conduct client intakes
• Maintain healthy boundaries.
• Rounds and document client location/activity/mood.
• Facilitate recreational/non-clinical groups
• Transport clients off site in a 15-passenger van (no CDL required)
• Supervise and participate in off-site recreational activities.
• Medication management.
• Light housekeeping (replacing living staples, trash, launder linens)
• Writing detailed documentation
• Use online-based client medical records systems.
• Complete verbal "hand-offs" from shift to shift.
• Managing emergency situations, de-escalating clients
• Escalate situations to clinical and medical providers as necessary.
• Conduct room searches, bag searches, and safety inspections.

Qualifications


Qualifications:

• High school diploma / GED
• Must be 21 years old or older
• Active/valid driver's license without DUI's or serious moving violations within last 3 years
• Must be able to pass a federal background check through the Department of Human Services (Violent/Sexual/Predatory charges and/or convictions will result in denial of background check)
• Preferred: Minimum 1 year working in treatment setting

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