Job Description:

Job Summary:

Substance Use Disorder Techs work in the Social Setting Detox, Adult and Youth Recovery Services programs providing oversite of clients in order to provide a safe, therapeutic and supportive environment. They also provide educational group services to clients. 

Essential Job Functions:

If stationed at Adult Social Setting Detox/Residential support facility:  Assess, admit, supervise, monitor, transfer, and discharge Social Setting Detox clients, Ensure monitoring of vital signs, signs and symptoms of withdrawal, and possess knowledge to determine need for medical assistance if needed, and Conduct and record medical protocols as requested.

If stationed at Adult Social Setting Detox/Residential support and Youth facility: Dispense medications to clients per physician’s orders as requested and training permits.

For all locations:  Provide a safe, therapeutic and supportive environment for all clients.

For all locations:  Provide general monitoring of clients, treating each with respect and dignity at all times and modeling appropriate behaviors.

For all locations:  Foster adaptive behavior in clients by encouraging positive social interaction and role-modeling a solution focused approached to issues of concern.

For all locations:  Assist clients with daily living skills such as laundry, chores, and personal hygiene to ensure clients have clean sanitary linens and clothing at all times.  

For all locations:  Help maintain facility cleanliness by completing designated facility tasks.

For all locations:  Monitor and/or facilitate and document educational group activities as designated by Supervisor (as training permits) and engage clients during group activities and providing intervention as needed for clients to obtain maximum program benefit.

For all locations:  Provide and document Urine Drug Screens given to clients and transport clients as needed. 

For all locations:  Complete documentation in an orderly and timely manner and attend team meetings when requested. 

For all locations:  Obtain required annual staff training. 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.  Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively with clients, employees of organization, family members and other community contacts.

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

Ability to apply common-sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.  Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables within standardized situations.

Shall be able to establish effective relationships via telephone, e-mail, and personal contacts.  Shall be able to follow direction and accept supervision.  Shall have the ability to work with a variety of human problems and competence to handle crisis intervention.  Shall be able to enter clinical documentation into a computerized record as assigned.

Experience and Education Qualifications:

Must be at least 21 years of age and have at least a High School Diploma or GED with experience Human Services or related field preferred. 

Shall successfully complete CPR, First Aid, Medication Administration, and CPI Training.  Must complete 40 hours of related training annually.  CPR, First Aid, Medication Administration and CPI training shall be included in the 40 hour per year training requirement.

Must possess a valid MO driver’s license and be able to obtain a chauffeur’s driver’s license (Class E). 

Supervisory Requirements:

None.

Employment Requirements:

Successful completion of background check including criminal record, driving record, abuse/neglect and fingerprint check.

Completion of New Hire Orientation at the beginning of employment.

All training requirements including Relias at the beginning of employment and annually thereafter.

Current driver’s license, acceptable driving record and current auto insurance.

Physical Requirements:

ADA Consideration - Sedentary work:  Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally (exists up the 1/3 of the time) and/or a negligible amount of force frequently (exists 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) to lift, carry, push, or pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body.  Repetitive movements of hands, fingers, and arms for typing and/or writing during work shift.

Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time.  Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.

We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and encourage applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, disability or veteran status, or to other non-work related factors.

Burrell is a Smoke and Tobacco Free Workplace.