POSITION SUMMARY: The Behavioral Health Technician (BHT) provides one-on-one interventions including but not limited to crisis intervention, intensive behavior management support, emotional support, time-structured activities, and psychological rehabilitative activities to children/adolescents who manifest a wide range of disabilities and functioning levels at homes, schools, day care, and/or community by implementing applied behavior analytic interventions and support. The provision of these services allows the child to remain in the least restrictive treatment or education setting.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Carries out specific interventions that are identified in the behavioral treatment plan developed by the Behavioral Consultant (BC), the Interagency Team and the Elwyn treatment team
  • Teaches the child positive social skills in order to avoid or decrease socially inappropriate, threatening and/or dangerous behavior by implementing the behavioral interventions (e.g. role play, modeling, positive reinforcement) that have been developed by the BC
  • Models and explains the appropriate intervention to the child, family and/or teacher by working collaboratively with them modeling the behaviors based on the interventions that have been developed by the BC
  • Supports caregivers in providing immediate rewards or consequences for behavior identified in the individual behavioral treatment plan
  • Implements behavioral supports as identified in the treatment plan to support the child in their participation in activities such as summer camp, community events and school-based events
• Records behavioral data and documents progress toward child's treatment plan goals into Elwyn electronic health records system
• Writes daily progress notes consistent with treatment goal adjectives to be placed in child's case files
• Completes and submit weekly encounter forms to ensure appropriate billing
• Complies with IBHS regulations and seeks out and receives the appropriate number of supervision hours per month to maintain compliance.
• If applicable, Performs cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and crisis intervention using agency-trained protocols
• Performs other duties as assigned

IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR: Clinical Supervisor/Behavioral Analyst (BA) Behavior Consultant (BC)/Clinician Coordinator/Director

DIRECT REPORTS: None

CONTACTS: Elwyn staff, school personnel, parents/family, managed care organizations (MCO) and funding agencies, child welfare and other state and federal agencies (as it relates to audits), physicians/medical personnel, community members, specialists/consultants.

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