Crisis Safety Technician - CST
Claratel Behavioral Health is an innovative, community-based organization in metropolitan Atlanta offering comprehensive mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse services to over 11,000 uninsured and underinsured citizens annually. Operating over 20 locations in DeKalb County with a diverse workforce of 500+ staff, our dedicated team provides high-quality, evidence-based care to help clients and their families recover and thrive. Accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), we strive to ensure disabilities no longer limit potential. Read more about our recent CARF accreditation here.
At Claratel, we are dedicated to providing care that is client-centered, recovery-focused, and trauma-informed, ensuring a holistic and empathetic approach to each individual's unique journey
GENERAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Builds rapport with persons served
- Engages persons served in group and individual activities, as needed
- Maintains safety of persons served, employees, and guests by executing searches of persons and the environment according to approved policies and protocols
- Responsive to emergency calls for service via overhead paging system
- Routinely patrols facility and other assigned areas while maintaining the safety and security of all clients, visitors, and employees
- Engages persons served at the onset of agitation and provides crisis de-escalation in accordance with the individual’s crisis advance directive and crisis-de-escalation protocols
- Executes emergency safety interventions in the least restrictive manner in response to imminent threats of harm (to client and/or others)
- Maintains safety of persons served, employees, and guests by executing searches of persons and the environment according to approved policies and protocols
- Conducts environmental health and safety checks and drill protocols
- Completes required documentation (i.e., incident reports, observation sheets, itemize client belongings, and client searches)
- Completes all required trainings and maintains all required certifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Must maintain a valid state issued driver’s license and good driving record as outlined by the agency’s insurance carrier
- Must have command of the English language and fully capable of accurately and precisely completing Incident Reports, Daily Progress Notes, Safety and Fire Reports, and all other written and typed documents required during their duties.
- Must have basic computer knowledge to be able to check emails and complete departmental assignments
MINIMUM EXPERIENCE
- A minimum of one year of applicable work experience is required.
MINIMUM EDUCATION
- High School diploma or GED
PHYSICAL REQUIRMENTS
- Must be in good physical condition, physically capable of lifting at least 50 pounds
WORK ENVIRONMENT
- Inpatient Residential Facility servicing individuals who are experiencing behavioral health crises
Please note that due to the high volume of applications we have received, we regret to inform you that only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. We appreciate your understanding and wish you the best of luck with your job search. Applicants will be subject to an FBI Criminal History Record Check.
Claratel CSB is an equal opportunity employer regarding disability under VEVRRA and ADA
Claratel is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer (EOE)
It has been and will continue to be a fundamental policy of Claratel not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, marital or partnership status, domestic violence victim status, sexual orientation, age, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, veteran or military status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, caregiver status, unemployment status or any other characteristic prohibited by federal, state and/or local laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including hiring, promotion, demotion, compensation, training, working conditions, transfer, job assignments, benefits, layoff and termination
Claratel Behavioral Health participates in E-Verify (Company ID: 226305).
Our Mission: Claratel Behavioral Health strives to provide the right service, for the right person, at the right time.
Our Vision: Claratel Behavioral Health envisions a community in which disabilities no longer limit potential.
Our Values:
- Providing inspirational leadership in marshaling resources to achieve our vision
- Being an industry leader in public sector service delivery
- Having talented and well trained staff that is client and mission focused
- Offering a full service continuum with a collaborative spirit
- Being the provider of choice, the employer of choice and the board of choice
Other details
- Job Family Technician
- Pay Type Hourly
- 450 Winn Way, Decatur, GA 30030, USA