De-Escalation Worker

De-Escalation – DSP for the Crisis Service Diagnostic Center (CSDC).

Company Overview:

At River Edge Behavioral Health in Macon, GA, employees are expected to develop meaningful relationships with patients, establishing trust and making a difference in the lives of clients and their families. We believe in supporting our team as well as our clients with our comprehensive benefits package and a supportive work culture, including health, dental, and vision benefits, paid vacation, retirement plans, and more.

The Crisis Service and Diagnostic Center is a program designed to offer individual tailored assistance and brief (up to 90-day) stabilization for a maximum of sixteen (16) adults aged 18 and above, who have intellectual or developmental disabilities and/or concurrent IDD/BH diagnoses. These individuals are facing psychiatric challenges and/or significant emotional/behavioral changes that are impacting on their essential functions, potentially jeopardizing their ability to stay in their usual home environment.

Position Overview:

We are seeking a De-Escalation Worker which can use communication or other techniques during an encounter to stabilize, slow, or reduce the intensity of a potentially violent situation without using physical force, or with a reduction in force.

Location/Schedule: 750 Hazel Street, Macon, GA – 36 hours 3–12-hour Sunday-Saturday 7am7pm and Every Other Weekend.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist individuals in crisis with activities of daily living, including personal hygiene, feeding, and mobility.
• Implement interventions developed by behavior analysts in behavior support plan to prevent challenging behaviors and ensure the safety of individuals in crisis.
• Implement de-escalation strategies to reduce and prevent harmful behaviors during crisis situations.

Qualifications:

• Requires High School Diploma.
• At least 2 years working in behavioral health, with individuals intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), or related field.
• Must have good computer skills.

Additional Benefits:

• Flexible spending accounts.
• Short and long-term disability coverage.
• 11 Paid holidays.
• Voluntary Life Insurance.