Find & Apply For Mental Health / Psychiatric Technician Jobs in Yankton, South Dakota

Lewis & Clark Behavioral Health Services (LCBHS) is recruiting for a Behavioral Health Technician position. The position will be responsible to assist clinical staff in caring for youth and adults experiencing mental health and addiction crisis, as well as caring for adults participating in chemical dependency treatment. The role will be positioned at The Core Center, which provides 24/7 mental health and addiction crisis care services for youth and adults, and the Ebel Recovery Center, which provides substance use treatment services for adults.

Employment Status:

Full Time Weekend Rotation:

Every Other Weekend Holiday Rotation:

Every Other Holiday Reports to:

Behavioral Health Technician Supervisor Wage:

Begins at $22.00/hour

Essential Functions:

Perform screenings for youth and adults in crisis upon presentation to the facility, identifying potential risks and possible options for support/intervention, in collaboration with clinical staff. Perform breathalyzer checks and obtain vitals for patients, when indicated. Through controlled observation and direct patient contact and participation, educate, prevent, and intervene throughout the patient's daily interactions including groups, 1-1s, structured recreation, and free time establishing a secure, positive, and therapeutic recovery environment. Perform phone screenings for the facility's 24/7 crisis line. Observe and document patient self-administration of medications, documenting errors and completing incident reports to improve medication administration process. Work with nursing staff and other techs on minimizing staff medication errors. Monitor patients for safety via routine safety checks, communicating information regarding patient's behavior to other members of treatment team. Role model appropriate social interactions. Encourage and facilitate patient's participation in therapeutic activities and program schedule, enforcing accountability to program rules. Offer feedback, assign consequences, and provide therapeutic interventions to motivate behavioral changes. Engage in 1:1 supportive activities with patients, such as therapeutic communication and structured recreation. Maintain therapeutic posture with patients experiencing emotional instability, exercising self-control in volatile situations such as verbal/physical threats and/or confrontation. Assist in conflict resolution and de-escalation. Maintain patient confidentiality. Immediately report safety concerns related to patient care issues, maintenance concerns, property destruction, theft, or any other safety concern preventing or directly or indirectly impacting the effective provision of treatment services. Gather, record, and relate reliable factual information about general client behaviors including both positive and negative behaviors. Record unusual client behavior(s) or situations, including critical incidents in the correct manner, contacting designated and on-call staff when required. Participates in implementing patie...