Youth Residential Technician - Behavioral Health - Carrier Clinic - Full Time Evenings

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Carrier Clinic, a behavioral health system, has been a trusted source of compassionate help and supportive healing for patients and their families since we opened our doors in 1910.

Hackensack Meridian Health Carrier Clinic’s East Mountain Youth Lodge provides a continuum of out of home residential treatment services for adolescents between the ages of 13-18. We provide 24 hour clinical, therapeutic treatment for emotional, behavioral, psychiatric and substance abuse difficulties based on the resident strengths and needs.

The Youth Residential Technician provides 24-hour care on a close, personal basis and assists in establishing an appropriate home environment that provides supervision and support for the residents. Helps provide a range of daily living activities for residents, personal supervision of residents, and day-to-day household functions at the lodge.

• Directly supervises and knows the whereabouts of every resident they are assigned. 
• Supervises, observes, and participates with residents in the carrying out of the daily routine (i.e. chores). Consistently implements all program procedures (i.e. point systems, level systems). 
• Runs activity, support and recreation groups with guidance from clinical staff. Organizes, supervises and conducts planned activities for groups and individuals. Provides assistance to residents in the planning of appropriate recreational activities. 
• Serves as a primary counselor for an assigned number of residents. 
• Assists residents in learning home management skills (cooking, cleaning, etc). Teaches residents about the importance of cleanliness, good nutrition, meal planning, prudent buying, etc., while guiding them in learning skill mastery. 
• Corrects client behavior by administering reasonable and fair disciplinary measures when necessary. Ensures each resident is informed of the rules and regulations of the program. 
• Provides crisis intervention to residents as needed. Assists in escorts and personal restraints of agitated residents. Attentive to building security and performs such checks as designed by the program. 
• Conducts resident room checks and room searches as designed by the program.
• Carries a beeper for one week in rotation. Is on-call and ready to respond to staff shortages by calling and locating a replacement and/or filling the shift him/herself. 
• Inspects and handles belongings and valuables of residents to ensure that prohibited material is not brought into the Lodge at admission, upon return from pass, or as clinically indicated, under the direction of a Shift Leader. 
• Assists residents with daily living activities (i.e.; waking up, hygiene, cleaning room, participating in structure, behaving appropriately on activity). 
• Provides input to administration members regarding unit-based PI measures based on concerns, high risk, high volume issues. 
• Ensures that paperwork is completed accurately and within procedural time limits. 
• Other duties and/or projects as assigned. 
• Adheres to HMH Organizational competencies and standards of behavior.

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Co-Occurring (Wolf), RTC (Eagle, Butterfly) Will have one of the following qualifications:
  • High School diploma, general equivalency diploma (GED), and/or GED equivalent programs with one year of experience working with youth in a group setting. 
  • An Associate's or Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university in a field that is unrelated to social work or psychology with six months of experience working with youth in a group setting. 
  • An Associate's or Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university in social work, psychology, or a related field. 

• PCH (Lotus, Sunflower) Bachelor's Degree or High School diploma, general equivalency diploma (GED), and/or GED equivalent programs, with three or more years of experience providing direct care to youth in a behavioral health agency or institutional setting 
• IRTS Level of Care (Swan) Bachelor's Degree, or equivalent, with one year of experience providing direct care to youth in a behavioral health agency or institutional setting. 
• Complete Shift Leader and Medication Administration training. 
• Maintains standards of confidentiality 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. 
• Proficient computer skills that may include but are not limited to Microsoft Office and/or Google Suite platforms. 

Licenses and Certifications Required:

• Valid Driver's License from a USA state. 
• AHA HeartSaver First Aid CPR AED Certification, or completed within the first 90 days of employment.