About the Job: The Behavioral Health Associate I serves as an integral part of the multidisciplinary treatment team and is responsible for monitoring and reporting of client behaviors; providing continuous client care, supervision, interaction, and role modeling; assisting in client data collection, recording, and maintenance; and responding in crisis situations and medical emergencies as needed. Roles and Responsibilities: ? Ensures the wellbeing of clients and provides a safe, positive, supportive, and structured environment. Maintains a constant awareness and supervision of clients. ? Conducts safety checks, ensuring that supervision is conducted at intervals in accordance with individualized supervision guidelines. ? Checks clients for contraband and manages the client?s valuables and belongings. ? Interacts routinely with clients, observes behaviors and communicates significant observations to supervisor. Promotes interest in recreational activities. ? Engages with client in activities and interactions designed to encourage achievement of treatment goals. ? Facilitates client educational-rehabilitative groups which cover a variety of topics including social skills, coping skills, anger management and independent living skills. ? May take and record vital signs properly and communicates significant changes in client?s condition to the charge nurse. ? Documents in client records timely, accurately, and appropriately. ? Applies de-escalation techniques to help manage client?s emotions, behavior and participation in treatment. ? Assists with unit cleaning, organization of new admits charts, discharge process, filing, etc. Initiates client/employee incident reports. ? Provides transfer or transportation for client or coordinates transportation with appropriate staff member, as required. ? Provides verbal report/briefing to the oncoming shift. ? Serves as a resource for new clients introducing them to other clients and staff, explaining programs and encouraging participation. Orients clients to the activities program, explaining the benefits of activities. ? Maintains an awareness of client's needs and individual goals while motivating clients towards activities which are beneficial to them. Observes clients? interest levels and behaviors. ? Assists with activity planning by offering new activity ideas and diverse therapeutic recreation program. ? Organizes and sets up the equipment that is used in recreational activities. Provides clients with activity resources and supplies, as needed. ? Enforces safety rules to prevent injury and modifies activities to suit the needs of specific groups. ? Helps to develop and maintain departmental resources, sharing the responsibility to monitor equipment and supplies. Apply Job!