Behavioral Aide
Listed on 2025-12-31
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Healthcare
Healthcare Administration, Community Health
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SUMMARY: The Behavioral Aide assists in the implementation of programs in the Social Services Department. This can include assuring that the medically related emotional and social needs of the resident are met/maintained on an individual basis, to safeguard the health, safety, and welfare of all manner, in accordance with the facility’s established policies and procedures, applicable laws and regulations and the directions of your supervisor.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Supporting the facility’s philosophy of care and striving to achieve its goals and objectives.
- Greeting new residents to the facility and orienting them to the building and staff.
- Monitor facility entrances and exits to ensure resident safety.
- Make regular rounds during scheduled shifts to ensure the safety of residents and staff.
- Assist residents going to workshops and special community outings with arrival and departure ensuring proper hygiene, medications, and clothing.
- Stay current on facility policies and procedures on behavioral emergencies and be trained in crisis management and diffusing a potentially volatile situation, especially concerning aggressive/agitated behavior.
- Maintain knowledge of current goals/objectives that each resident is working on and encouraging the resident to do so.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
- Must possess, at minimum, a high school diploma.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands 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 essential functions.
- Must be able to move intermittently throughout the workday.
- Must be able to able to cope with the emotional stress of the position.
Base pay range
: $15.00/hr - $15.00/hr
Seniority level
:
Entry level
Employment type
:
Full-time
Job function
:
Administrative
Industries
:
Hospitals and Health Care
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