Behavioral Instructor/Residential Treatment 6a2p - 2 positions - Methodist Family Health - Little Rock, AR
Utilize the
Teaching Family Model to teach youth social skills. This includes: preventive
teaching, effective praise, corrective teaching, intensive teaching (tantrum
management), self government (house meetings, green cards, peer manager,
problem solving) and motivation systems (point card management, facilitating
tally up)
Responsibilities
Use only approved Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI)
when engaging in physical crisis intervention
Follow all policies and procedures
Abides by departmental attendance policy
Complete all required documentation on time and accurately
according to policy. This includes but may not be limited to: transition
notes, critical incident reports, restraint/seclusion forms, observation/
rounds, fire/disaster drills (overnight BI’s) and security checklists
(overnight BI’s)
Use consultation services to seek and implement
feedback. Communicate effectively with supervisors and treatment team
Maintain a professional and positive attitude
Maintain current employee requirements (annual
orientation, CPR, 1 st Aid, CPI, S&R, etc.)
Complete required annual in-service hours as specified
by RTC policy
Keep all work areas neat and clean. Provide guidance
to the youth resulting in them keeping their areas neat and clean (may
require lifting)
Complete other related tasks as assigned by the
supervisor
Note: Behavioral Instructors working an overnight shift will be
required to maintain applicable records according to specific guidelines.
Qualifications
At least twenty-one (21) years of age
College graduate preferred. A minimum of 60 college hours required
Ability to document accurately and
professionally
Possesses the ability to understand and implement
extensive training and to apply that training to the implementation of a
comprehensive program of care for patients
Ability to perform physical demands required by Crisis
Prevention Intervention
Experience working with “at-risk” youth or other
populations with special needs preferred
Ability as a self-motivator and the aptitude to work
in a high stress fast paced position with a minimal amount of supervision
Possess or able to obtain a valid Arkansas Driver’s
License within 30 days from date of hire
Must be eligible to be insured to drive MFH vehicles
Must be physically capable to receive verbal and
written directions
Must be physically able to sit and/or stand for long
periods of time
Must be willing and able to work with all patients of
Methodist Family Health, regardless of gender
Additional Requirements
Must be physically able to lift 50 pounds and hold for
one minute.
Remains current in Crisis Prevention Intervention
Training, CPR & First Aid
Must have good auditory, visual and
olfactory ability
Requires the ability to sit and
stand for long periods of time and intermittently walk, stand, stoop, kneel,
crouch and reach with hands and arms
Use hands and fingers to handle or
feel objects, tools or controls
Must be able to maintain effective
audio, visual discrimination and perception needed for making
observations, communicating with others, reading and writing, and
operating office equipment and other treatment equipment
Must be able to use a telephone to
communicate verbally and a computer to communicate through written means,
to review information and enter/retrieve data, to see and read characters
on a computer screen, chart or other treatment items
Requires the strength and stamina
to perform clinical duties
Flu shot is mandatory and
required for all positions (subject only to qualified exemptions).
Job
descriptions are not intended, nor should be construed, to be all-inclusive
lists of all responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions associated
with a job. While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection
of the job requirements, management reserves the right to modify, add or remove
duties from particular jobs and to assign other duties as necessary.
