BH Milieu Specialist - Adolescent Behavioral Health - Young Minds

Provide a safe environment for patients, visitors and staff in the behavioral health inpatient unit. Assist in providing care to individuals with behavioral/emotional/mental health diagnosis. This position is responsible for ensuring that all therapeutic activities, therapeutic groups, daily schedules are being followed, and implemented while directing direct care staff in guiding patients towards attending their treatment goals.

Provide a safe environment for patients, visitors and staff in the behavioral health inpatient unit. Assist in providing care to individuals with behavioral/emotional/mental health diagnosis. This position is responsible for ensuring that all therapeutic activities, therapeutic groups, daily schedules are being followed, and implemented while directing direct care staff in guiding patients towards attending their treatment goals.

• Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) Training within 3 months
  - Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 days
  - American Heart Association (AHA)

Bachelor's Degree:
Social Science,

1 year of behavioral health experience.

THERAPEUTIC ENVIRONMENT AND SAFETY FOCUS:

• Supports the treatment by providing education on ways to minimize behavioral outbursts through use of preventative strategies such as building positive relationships, rapport, and being a primary support to patients when additional care and behavioral management are needed.
• Ensures all therapeutic activities, groups, and daily schedules are being followed.
• Directs staff toward interventions that ensure individual and milieu safety.
• De-escalates patients utilizing the CPI model for patient interventions and prevention strategies.
• Takes initiative in making decisions and taking immediate action to ensure safety
• Serves as role model to reduce/eliminate use of seclusion/restraints through the use of effective verbal de-escalation and patient support.
• Participates in application of seclusion/restraints when appropriate; provides monitoring of patients in such situations; completes appropriate documentation
• Participates in patient and staff debriefing
• Helps patients to develop strategies that are effective in managing stressful situations which may provoke behavioral outbursts. These strategies may include but are not limited to, coping skills and emotional regulation to achieve success in their treatment goals and remain safe during hospitalization.
• Interfaces effectively with behavioral health and security staff to promote a safe environment; calls for additional assistance if needed
• Provides supportive care to patients and families when appropriate
• Monitors video/audio equipment to ensure patient