DescriptionIntensive Stabilization Service Technician WAGE: $22.00 - $26.00 per hour Competitive Benefits Package HELPING PEOPLE LIVE INDEPENDENT LIVES Are you looking for more than a job?Are you the healthcare champion we’ve been looking for?AWARE is looking for the right person to join the team as an Intensive Stabilization Services - Treatment/Habilitation Technician.AWARE is seeking Intensive Service Technicians who are scheduled on a regular, rotating, or sporadic basis to work with AWARE Residents who need support focusing on stabilization to avoid being transferred to a higher level of care, including hospitalization, placement in a locked facility, and/or transfer to an out-of-home state placement.AWARE’s Intensive Service Technicians assist people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities in realizing their full potential and becoming valued and participating members of their communities. The work is complex and goes well beyond caregiving, requiring skills including independent problem solving, decision making, behavioral assessment and prevention, medication administration, health and allied health treatment, teaching new skills, crisis prevention and intervention and more.If you embrace new ideas with a heart full of energy, we invite you to join a caring, compassionate, and fully engaged team that isn’t afraid to get vulnerable with one another. We have gritty, but respectful conversations that drive the needle forward on what it means to provide the highest quality of care for our clients. At AWARE, our strength lies in our culture of care.AWARE’s Unconditional Care Principles inspire the services we provide to each person who comes to us for care and these principles lead how we treat ourselves and our clients; with hope, compassion and focus on the next right step. When you join the AWARE team, you will become part of an organization that has a rich history (over 45 years!) helping Montanans with mental health and/or developmental disabilities.AWARE strives to provide the highest quality of care, every single day. When you join the AWARE team, you will be joining a team that believes that building on strengths is the key to success, that prides itself in taking on and sticking with the hardest challenges, believes we are agents of change, that everything is normal until proven otherwise, and that families are our most important resource. Working for our organization means that regardless of your role, we’ll support you so you can support others. AWARE seeks to provide opportunities for employees to grow professionally through its tuition advancement program, professional development opportunities and in-house trainings.Principal Duties & Responsibilities:Provides direct care to those with intellectual and developmental disabilities.Performs personal care tasks, including assistance with basic personal hygiene and grooming, feeding, and ambulation, medical monitoring, and health care related tasks.Fosters positive relationships between caretakers and individuals served.Ensures client safety and maintaining a safe environment.Reminds and assists clients with self-administration of medications (with proper training).Encourages self-help activities.Reports changes in client’s condition or family situation to administrators and supervisors.Documents services provided.Performs home management functions such as light housekeeping, laundry, bed making, and cleaning.will follow the specific plan of treatment under the direction of a Board-Certified Behavior Analysis (BCBA) and/or Lead Clinical Program Supervisor (LCPC/LCSW).Plans meals, shopping for groceries, preparing and serving food/meals, feeding and clean-up.Accompanies clients to scheduled appointments and transports clients or running errands for clients.Provides direct care to those with mental health needs and challenges.The work is complex and goes well beyond caregiving, requiring skills including independent problem solving, decision making, behavioral assessment and prevention, medication administration, health and allied health treatment, teaching new skills, crisis prevention and intervention and more.Job duties and responsibilities include providing direct care to those with intellectual , developmental, disabilities and/or serious emotional disturbances. Performs personal care tasks, including assistance with basic personal hygiene and grooming, feeding, and ambulation, medical monitoring, and health care related tasks, fosters positive relationships between caretakers and individuals served, ensures client safety and maintain a safe environment, along with other related tasks.RequirementsRequired Training and Certifications:Each applicant selected for positions working inside Intensive Stabilization Services will be directed to complete assigned training and/or obtain training certifications. Employee training will be based on individual client needs and may include H.E.L.P., Applied Behavior Analysis, and Functional Behavior Assessments tailored to each client’s unique needs. Training may be before placement with the client and may also be ongoing.Required Skills, Abilities & Education:Ability to work in a residential setting.Communication skills (verbally and written) with all levels of personnel, internal and external to the company.Ability to handle physical aspects of job, including bending, stooping, lifting, pushing, pulling, reaching, and walking for periods of time.High school diploma, GED, or equivalent18 years of age or olderValid driver’s licenseTo learn more please visit www.aware-inc.org. Benefits:AWARE proudly offers an excellent benefits package, uniquely designed to support you and your family in staying well, professional growth, and achieving financial security. AWARE’s benefits include:Annual raisesTuition ReimbursementHealth InsuranceDental/Vision Insurance401(k) with company matchLife InsuranceWellness programsGenerous paid time offAWARE is proud to be an equal opportunity employer