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Please note that applicants must be located in Alaska to be eligible for an interview for this position. 

Summary of Job Functions: 

The Outpatient Treatment Behavioral Health Aide provides support for individuals to assist them in pursuing goals related to community activities, social interactions, essential life skills, and personal hygiene tasks.  This position may work independently but maintains close contact with the assigned supervisor and the team.  The job atmosphere is based on the individual’s needs.   The work site for this job may be in a private home, agency facility, or community setting.

Essential Job Functions: 

• Accurately completes note entry and/or other documentation of the individual’s programs and progress with proper format, spelling, grammar, and using all parts of speech by established timeline. 
• May supervise or assist the individual in monitoring their medications and health care needs.
• Promotes and implements supports in accordance with each individual’s Treatment Plan as well as The Arc’s Mission Statement and Value Guiding Service Principles.
• Promotes the self-sufficiency and independence of the individual specific to their abilities.
• Supports individuals in exercising their human rights.  
• Participates as a team member in the development and implementation of the individual’s Treatment Plan.
• Attends all required agency training and Behavioral Health Services Training. 
• Attends all required meetings. 
• Asks questions and elicits required information.
• Ability to manage a flexible and changing schedule.  
• Ability to apply common sense and effective problem-solving skills as appropriate.
• Ability to handle emergency situations by communicating the appropriate information to designated persons and maintaining a calm and professional manner.
• Demonstrates cooperative and effective professional behavior with colleagues and supervisors in the course of work.
• Learns and follows all policies, procedures, and guidelines of the program and the agency.
• Ability to read safety rules and apply appropriate instructions in the use of equipment.
• Ability to use computers and software to satisfactorily complete tasks as assigned.
• Ability to develop a working relationship with home, school, and community.
• Ability to interpret instructions in written, oral, or scheduled form.
• Assists the individual in planning and participating in activities of their choice.
• Maintains a safe environment for the individual.
• May teach and assist in meeting the individual’s domestic needs, which includes domestic and household cleaning.
• Actively listens and communicates with the individual to encourage positive behaviors, promote social interaction, and improve their quality of life.
• Perform other work-related duties as assigned.

Core Competencies: 

• Building and maintaining positive relationships
• Collaboration
• Oral / Written Communication
• Flexibility / adaptability
• Initiative
• Interpersonal skills
• Supporting safety
• Problem-solving /critical thinking skills

Education and Experience: 

• Must be at least 18 years old.  High school diploma or GED. Experience in social services and/or direct support of individuals with behavioral health challenges preferred
• Basic computer use and experience with Microsoft Office

Required Licenses, Clearances & Trainings:  

• Background checks as defined by licensing agencies
• Current TB test/clearance
• Valid driver’s license and proof of insurance 
• Clean driving record 
• Pass mandatory agency trainings (i.e., CPR, Mandt, Programs)
• Complete mandatory Behavioral Health trainings

Equipment Use:

• Personal Vehicle 
• Routine use of standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and other office-related devices. 

Working Conditions:

• Required to drive in the community with individuals served
• Required to perform duties in the community

Physical Demands: 

• Ability to exert 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or 10 to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.  Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for light work  
• Standing and moving for extended periods of time

• Communication skills using the English spoken word
• Ability to see within normal parameters
• Ability to hear within normal range

                                                                                    The Arc of Anchorage is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer