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Job Description: Job Title: Behavioral Health Technician Location: Independence, MO (Kansas City area) Employment Type: Part Time (Weekends) Departments: Adult Housing, Recovery Services, Behavioral Crisis Center (subject to availability) Job Summary: Are you passionate about supporting individuals on their mental health recovery journey and making a meaningful difference in the lives of others? Join our compassionate, collaborative team as a Behavioral Health Technician and become an essential part of a mission-driven organization dedicated to hope, healing, and recovery.
This rewarding position offers the opportunity to provide direct support to individuals in need, develop valuable behavioral health skills, work alongside experienced clinical professionals, contribute to life-changing treatment outcomes, and grow your career in a supportive environment. We are looking for compassionate, dependable, and motivated individuals who thrive in a fast-paced setting and are committed to helping others succeed.
As a Behavioral Health Technician, you will play a vital role in supporting individuals experiencing mental health and behavioral health challenges across a variety of treatment settings. You will assist with daily care, therapeutic programming, crisis prevention, treatment plan implementation, documentation, and coordination of care while helping maintain a safe, structured, and recovery-focused environment.
This position allows you to build meaningful connections while supporting individuals as they work toward stability, wellness, and independence. Position Perks & Benefits: Mileage reimbursement - company paid for work functions requiring travel Top-notch training - initial, ongoing, comprehensive, and supportive Career mobility - advancement opportunities/promoting from within Welcoming, warm, supportive - a work culture & environment that promotes your well-being, values you as human being, and encourages your health and happiness Key Responsibilities: Patient Care and Safety: Actively monitor assigned patients, attend to immediate needs, assist with daily living tasks, de-escalate volatile situations, enforce safety protocols, prevent self-harm attempts, and promptly notify nursing personnel or physicians of any observed changes in condition.
Therapeutic Activities and Group Facilitation: Plan, lead, and evaluate recreation-oriented, leisure, and occupational therapy sessions designed to foster skill acquisition, symptom reduction, cognitive restructuring, problem-solving capabilities, stress tolerance, and relaxation techniques. Milieu Management: Maintain orderly, clean, and organized living spaces, common areas, and patient rooms while promoting prosocial behaviors, encouraging peer interaction, and reinforcing positive reinforcements consistent with individualized treatment goals.
Documentation and Report Writing: Accurately chart observations, interventions, encounters, and incident reports utilizing electronic health records or paper documentation methods according to facility policies and procedures, ensuring timely submission for review by supervisors and multidisciplinary teams. Team Collaboration: Work alongside psychiatrists, registered nurses, social workers, psychotherapists, and other mental health professionals to optimize holistic care delivery models, share insights gleaned from frontline engagements, and participate in regular meetings discussing patient status updates, goal modifications, and discharge planning considerations.
Treatment Plan Implementation: Carry out assigned aspects of individualized treatment plans developed by licensed practitioners, incorporating pharmacological regimens, psychosocial rehabilitation modalities, milieu-based interventions, and adjunctive therapies into everyday routines and schedules. Client Education and Empowerment: Teach basic psychiatric concepts, symptoms recognition, early warning signs, triggers identification, relapse prevention strategies, coping