Psych Tech / Support Staff (Thurs-Sun)

Overview:

Position – Support Staff / Psych Tech

This position serves in a residential treatment center for adults with substance use disorders and other mental health disorders. The position works closely with the therapist and medical teams to ensure clients have a safe, empathetic, and trauma-informed environment that fosters healing and long-term change.

About Turning Point Centers

Turning Point Centers is a dually licensed, nationally accredited, local leader in Substance Abuse and Mental Health treatment since 2007 with treatment locations throughout Salt Lake County and Davis County. As a contracted, in-network provider we offer a full continuum of care leveraging best practices and evidence-based modalities to deliver high quality, patient-centered treatment. Our model includes CBT, DBT, MI, and EMDR to effectively engage patients with an outcomes-oriented approach.

Turning Point Centers values collaboration and provides a supportive environment with an interdisciplinary approach to client care. More can be found about our methods and company at (url removed)

Competitive Pay and Benefits include:

401(k)

401(k) matching

Medical, vison, and dental insurance

Prescription drug plan

Flexible spending accounts

Health savings accounts

Voluntary short-term and long-term disability coverage

Employee assistance programs, financial support, tuition reimbursement, and much more

Salary: $16-$18 per hour

Location: Sandy

Thursday-Friday 2pm-10pm & Saturday-Sunday 8am-8pm

Responsibilities:

The following job description is not inclusive of all job responsibilities:

Conduct client intakes

Maintain healthy boundaries.

Rounds and document client location/activity/mood.

Facilitate recreational/non-clinical groups

Transport clients off site in a 15-passenger van (no CDL required)

Supervise and participate in off-site recreational activities.

Medication management.

Light housekeeping (replacing living staples, trash, launder linens)

Writing detailed documentation

Use online-based client medical records systems.

Complete verbal “hand-offs” from shift to shift.

Managing emergency situations, de-escalating clients

Escalate situations to clinical and medical providers as necessary.

Conduct room searches, bag searches, and safety inspections.

Qualifications:

Qualifications:

High school diploma / GED

Must be 21 years old or older

Active/valid driver’s license without DUI’s or serious moving violations within last 3 years

Must be able to pass a federal background check through the Department of Human Services (Violent/Sexual/Predatory charges and/or convictions will result in denial of background check)

Preferred: Minimum 1 year working in treatment setting

TURNPT

Permanent