Behavioral Health Technician - Permanent Supportive Housing

Terros Health is pleased to share an exciting and rewarding opportunity for a BehavioralHealth Technician (BHT)working at our McDowell Roadlocation.Reporting to the Program Manager, the ideal individual is flexible, compassionate and professional. If you enjoy working with individuals during some of the most vulnerable times of their lives this may be just the opportunity you've been seeking.This individual will be part of the Permanent Supportive Housing team and works directly with members who are enrolled in the program with serious mental illness (SMI) or co-occurring mental health issues and substance abuse, to transition to and maintain stable housing. You will need to be professional, friendly, a self-starter, organized, and compassionate.

Terros Health is a healthcare organization of caring people, guided by our core values of integrity, compassion and empowerment. For more than four decades, the heart of everything we do is inspiring change for life. We help people manage addiction and mental illness, provide primary medical care, restore families, support our veterans, and connect individuals to the care they need.

Behavioral Health Technician works 1-1 with persons with SMI designation that are living in Permanent Supportive Housing. The goal is to have the member maintain stable housing. Having full or partial resolution of the presenting issues. Psychiatric stabilization; symptom management and reduction; prevention of relapse. PermanentSupportive Housing wants to boost the members power to choose their own living arrangements and get services that are flexible based upon the support they need at any given time.This position requires skills for engagement, building relationship and coordinating care.

Terros Health is hiring a BehavioralHealth Technicianfor our Bridging the Gap (BTG) Complex Care Services - Permanent Supportive Housing Program, in Phoenix, AZ.

Full-Time

Schedule: Monday - Friday 8am - 4pm or 9am - 5pm

Full Benefits, Including 401K and Generous PTO/PST (4+ weeks)

$2,000 Sign on Bous! External Candidates Only

Behavioral Health TechnicianDuties Include:

• Provides direct face to face community-based services to assist tenants to maintain their housing. Providing PSH services in both scattered-site and single-site Yucca/Vista (Yucca and Vista) sites assisting tenants to maintain their housing. If 24-hour 1-1 service, maintains clients in line of sight at all times. Documents all services provided including non-billable services.
• Delivers outreach for the purpose of engaging tenants into PSH services. Orients potential tenants to the PSH program.
• Arranges transportation for tenants as appropriate and as medically necessary, and determined by the PSH team, in personal vehicle or in Terros Health provided vehicle, when available.
• Ensures ongoing collaboration, including the communication of appropriate clinical information with other involved parties as appropriate. Coordinates care with a tenant's family, behavioral and general medical providers, community resources, and other involved supports.
• Assists tenants with connection to physical health services, including Primary Care services and medical appointment follow up.
• Provides direct care wellness management and recovery strategies using strength-based engagement and psycho-social/educational /rehabilitation services/groups as needed. Ensures linkage into community services and resources.
• Actively engages tenants into services by utilizing motivational interviewing techniques creating an alliance that will support their success in reaching their treatment plan goals.
• Employs therapeutic interventions for life skill development, participating in meaningful activities and daily living skills appropriate for identified goals on treatment plan including assertive outreach and engagement strategies.

Benefits & Wellness

• Multiple medical plans - including a no premium plan for employees and their families
• Multiple dental plans - including orthodontia
• Financial well-being - 401(k) with a company match, interest free medical line of credit, financial education, planning, and support
• 4 Weeks of paid time off in the first year
• Wellness program
• Child Care Support Program
• Pet Insurance
• Group life and disability insurance
• Employee Assistance Program for the Whole Family
• Personal and family mental and physical health access
• Professional growth & development - including scholarships, clinical supervision, and CEUs
• Employee perks and discounts
  
  
  
  • Gym memberships
  • Tuition at GCU and University of Phoenix
  • Car rentals
  
  
  
  
• Bilingual pay differential

• High School Diploma or GED, as well as a combination of behavioral health education and work experience totaling a minimum of three (3) years; or an Associate's degree in any field, plus two years of work experience in a behavioral health service delivery working with Serious Mental Illness (SMI).
• Customer service skills, excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently, with flexibility, and within prescribed deadlines
• Competency in Word, Excel, Outlook and Nextgen.
• Must have valid Arizona driver's license, be 21 years of age with minimum 4 years driving experience and meet requirements of Terros Health's driving policy.
• Must have a valid Arizona Fingerprint Clearance card or apply for an Arizona fingerprint clearance card (Level 1) within 7 working days of assuming role.
• Must pass a TB Test.

Physical demands of this position are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.