Mental Health Technician SUDPT

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• 0SY46 - 14114
• SPOKANE
• DETOX
• LLC -
• SPOKANE,
• WA 99216Salary
• Range: $23.00 - $27.00 HourlyThe Hybrid Mental Health Technician (MHT)/SUDPT role is designed for a highly adaptable, clinically grounded professional who thrives in a small, high-acuity environment. This hybrid position requires flexibility, sound clinical judgment, and a strong recovery-oriented mindset. This position supports clients across the full continuum of care, detox stabilization, residential treatment, and early recovery by delivering therapeutic services within scope, reinforcing treatment engagement, and maintaining a safe, structured, and supportive milieu.
• Mental
• Health
• Technician
• Functions: Maintain a safe, therapeutic, and structured milieu across all shifts. Perform regular client safety checks and document observations accurately. Monitor clients for withdrawal symptoms, mental health changes, and behavioral concerns; escalate concerns appropriately. Support detox operations by assisting licensed staff with non-clinical tasks within scope. Responding to crises, de-escalation needs, and behavioral incidents using trauma-informed practices. Assist with medication line support (non-administrative), client reminders, and compliance monitoring. Enforce program rules, boundaries, and unit expectations consistently and professionally. Support daily unit operations, including shift coverage, client transitions, and activity coordination. Assist with client admissions, orientations, and room assignments. Facilitate or support therapeutic activities, groups, and recreational programming. Provide meal support, client escorts, and supervision as needed. Maintain clear communication with nursing, clinical leadership, and operations staff. Complete required shift reports, incident reports, and safety documentation discharge/transition planning. Use trauma-information and de-escalation techniques to manage behavioral issues or crises. Facilitate or co-facilitate psychoeducational, life skills, and recovery-focused groups and I would like to help create our group topics for fill in groups in case needed. Work to help make training for MHT staff optional like peer support & CPI. And help on floor as the hybrid role would allow and make it and even workflow.
• Substance
• Use
• Disorder
• Professional
• Trainee (SUDPT)
• Functions: Deliver individual and group counseling services under supervision, consistent with state SUDPT scope of practice. Assist in the development, implementation, and documentation of individualized treatment plans. Facilitate psychoeducation, relapse prevention, life skills, and recovery-focused groups. Conduct client check-ins, motivational interviewing, and recovery planning support. Accurately complete progress notes, group notes, and treatment documentation in the EHR. Participate in multidisciplinary treatment team meetings and case consultations. Support discharge planning, aftercare coordination, and continuity of care.