Job Detail

Organization: Denali Family Services

Location: Wasilla, AK

Position: Behavioral Health Associate

Starting Salary: $13.00 or DOE

This job will expire on: 09/12/2010

Position Duties: Behavioral Health Associate is the entry level in the series and provides skill development to severely emotionally disturbed (SED) consumers and their families in individual, group, and family settings.

This position is responsible for observing policies, procedures and safeguards to protect the privacy of health information in compliance with the HIPAA Privacy (Privacy Rule).

Essential Functions of the Position:

•Provides community based behavioral health services as a primary worker with clients.

•Demonstrates complete familiarity with a client service plans and targeted goals.

•Transports, via private or agency vehicle, client’s to/from home, school, the agency, and community settings as it is part of their treatment program

•Participates in treatment team meeting to develop and review client’s goals.

•Actively works towards developing and maintaining a therapeutic relationship with client’s and their families.

•Teaches and model behavior and life skills.

•Deescalates angry clients and engages them in less volatile behaviors.

•Documents daily progress notes into Harmony within 72 hours per agency policy.

•Follows mandatory reporting laws with any and all incidents of harm within 24 hours.

•Ensures client confidentiality as prescribed by agency policy and federal law.

•Actively seeks clinical and administrative direction.

•Understands and complies with all agency policy and procedures, plans, program requirements and protocol.

•Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications: A high school diploma or GED and one (1) year of experience working with children and adolescents

Substitution: College level course work in human services, psychology, social work, or a closely related field may substitute for the required experience.

Ability to perform sedentary work as well as to be engaged in physical exercise with consumers such as running, walking, hiking, etc.. Must be able to lift 70 lbs and bend down frequently. Visual acuity necessary to utilize a computer monitor throughout the course of a normal workday. Ability to perform repetitive keyboarding activities and operate general office equipment. Ability to communicate verbally, both in person and over the telephone. Ability to wrap arms around and hold a person. Ability to twist and bend. Must have visual and hearing acuity.

Work is performed at the Denali Family Services office, in schools, in homes and in the community.

Ability to obtain CPR and First Aid certification, continual proof of a valid Alaska Driver's License, maintain current personal vehicle insurance and registration on personal vehicl(s)used for company business, maintain a violation free driving record for the past 1 year, and maintain satisfactory criminal background record.

Notes: Visit www.denalifs.org to download an application or stop by office at 4600 Debarr Rd, Ste. 130 Anchorage, AK 99508

Contact Information

Name: Tobechi Chukwu

Phone Number: (907) 222-2374

Fax Number: (907) 222-2393

E-mail: tchukwu@denalifs.org

Address: 4600 Debarr Rd, Ste. 130

Address 2:

City: Anchorage

State: AK

Zip Code: 99508

Website: http://www.denalifs.org