Behavioral Health Technician -Day Shift - BriteLife Recovery

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TECHNICIAN/ DRIVER

Do you work for a company that no longer aligns with your core values?

Have you dreamt of working in a “true” team environment, where collaborating and working together for the greater good of the company are the expectation?

Are you tired of giving 100% everyday, only to feel undervalued and unappreciated?

If so, YOU DESERVE BETTER… and our families and our patients deserve better!

We’re on a mission to bring together the best, most talented and caring, authentic individuals to create a world-class mission-centered behavioral health organization, focused on doing it the right way...

If you really want to make a difference in addiction treatment and be a happier, healthier version of yourself, we’d love to align with you!

BriteLife Recovery strives to be the preeminent provider for those living with substance use and co-occurring disorders. Our mission is to create the strongest foundation possible, built on empathy, safety and trust, in a picturesque environment, for our clients and their families to begin the healing process. BriteLife is currently open in Hanover, PA and Hilton Head Island, SC., with expansion coming soon to New York State.

What we provide you!!

• Comprehensive Benefits Package: Enjoy a fully sponsored Health plan through APA with Cigna Network, ensuring your health needs are met with ease and quality.

• Additional Insurance Coverage: Access dental/vision insurance, accident insurance, short-term disability insurance, critical illness insurance, cancer insurance, and life insurance for comprehensive protection.

• Generous Leave Policy: Benefit from 40 hours of sick time and 80 hours of vacation annually, supporting your work-life balance and well-being.

• Holiday Benefits: Salaried employees receive 8 paid holidays, while hourly workers earn time and a half for holidays worked.

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Gain access to emotional and work-life counseling, financial guidance, legal resources, and health and benefit services through our comprehensive EAP.

• Shift Differential: Receive additional compensation for your dedication with our shift differential program.

• Staff Development: Engage in our solid staff development program, fostering continuous growth and skill enhancement.

• Supportive Environment: Thrive in a great working environment that encourages collaboration, creativity, and mutual support.

• Career Growth: Explore endless growth opportunities and the chance to make a positive impact not only in our clients' lives but also in the recovery community.

• And More: Discover even more benefits and perks that make BriteLife Recovery a rewarding place to work.
  
  

What you will be doing?
The Driver/Behavioral Health Technician is responsible for transporting clients to and from the facility. The ability to follow the direction of the Clinical Director and BHT Supervisor and safely transport clients in a timely fashion will be imperative in this role. When working on the floor as a BHT observing client behaviors, recording their conditions, and leading them to therapeutic and recreational activities. Driver/BHTs will work various shifts and will provide overall supervision of the clients in the facility and demonstrate exceptional care when transporting clientele.

What tasks are required?

• Safely transport clients to and from doctor appointments, meetings and activities.
• Ensure all clients are accounted for at all times.
• Be respectful and caring to clients but must maintain proper boundaries.
• Inspect assigned vehicle and document mileage on a trip-by-trip basis.
• Immediately report missing equipment and/or damage to the vehicle or unsafe conditions to the Supervisor.
• At the end of each shift, leave the vehicle locked and secured at the facility.
• Responsible for obeying all traffic laws, and for reporting any and all violations at the time of occurrence.
• Immediately notify appropriate individuals of any accidents.
• Completes necessary accident reports in a timely manner.
• Ensure that clients and passengers in the vehicle are wearing their seatbelts prior to operating the vehicle.
• If a client or a passenger requires immediate emergency resuscitation while in the vehicle or at any other time during the transport, call 911, give the location of the van or area and immediately begin CPR.
• Supervising clients during transport.
• Observes client behaviors.
• Adhere to safety standards.
• Enters client information into a database (EMR).
• Ability to explain and complete admissions paperwork.
• Ability to complete the admissions process with incoming clients including search, Urine Drug Screen, Breathalyzer.
• Promotes a healthy recovery environment.
• Performs general housekeeping functions.
• Under direction of supervisor, establish appropriate therapeutic boundaries, utilization of identified clinical resources to review boundaries, limit setting for behavior, and develop therapeutic relations with clients.
• Assists in monitoring the therapeutic activities with patients., assist other team members as needed.
• Work directly with the clients and provide proper recovery support.
  

What we need from you?

• Job Type: FULL TIME

• High School Diploma

• Preferred, Certified Recovery Specialist (CRS), or willingness to pursue

• Valid Driver's License

• Growth mindset

• Complete annual education requirements.

• Maintains standards of professional society procedures and ethical behavior.
• Maintain client confidentiality at all times.
• Report to work on time and as scheduled.
• Wear identification while on duty.
• Participate in performance improvement and continuous quality improvement activities.
• Represent the organization in a positive and professional manner at all times.
• Communicate the mission, ethics and goals of the organization.
• Ability to lift up to 25 pounds.
• Ability to walk up and down stairs during emergency drills or situations.
• Has no mental, nervous, organic, or functional disease or psychiatric disorder likely to interfere with his/her ability to drive safely (I.E. holding a medical marjuana card.)

EEO Statement

All BLR subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. BLR subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.