ELYJAH MEDINA
Pomona
Summary
Highly skilled and dedicated Behavioral Health Technician with a strong background in implementing treatment plans and conducting therapeutic interventions.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Lead Behavioral Health Technician
Shahid's Place (Mountain Gate Treatment Center)
02.2025 - 05.2025
- Complete intake for incoming clients, including admission paperwork, UA, vitals, property search.
- Provide supervision and care for adults who are seeking detox treatment for substance and alcohol abuse.
- Facilitate daily schedule by supporting residents and facilitating groups, including chores and providing phone calls.
- Complete individual shift notes for each client along with communicating needs and concerns to treatment team.
- Supervise self-administration of resident medications per physician orders and maintain training in medication disbursement.
- Ensure rounds are completed every hour for residential patients.
- Provide transportation for new intakes and for discharging patients.
- Facilitate video calls with physician and patients.
- Assign duties to each BHT to ensure that all duties are being completed.
- Hold weekly meetings with BHTs to ensure that all concerns are communicated.
- Communicate with supervisors about concerns and needs.
Store Associate - Seasonal
Five Below
12.2024 - 03.2025
- Answered questions about store policies and addressed customer concerns.
- Monitored sales floor and merchandise displays for presentable condition, taking corrective action such as restocking or reorganizing products.
- Checked pricing, scanned items, applied discounts, and printed receipts to ring up customers.
- Greeted customers, helped locate merchandise, and suggested suitable options.
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TECHNICIAN
55 Silver - Ocean Valley Behavioral Health
07.2024 - 11.2024
- Supervise self-administration of resident medications per physician order and maintain training in medication disbursement per State of California Community Care Licensing.
- Complete intake for incoming clients, including admission paperwork, strip search, nursing assessment, vitals, COWS, CIWAS, property search.
- Provide supervision and care for adults who are seeking detox treatment for substance and alcohol abuse.
- Facilitate daily schedule by supporting residents and facilitating groups, including chores and providing phone calls.
- Complete individual shift notes for each client along with communicating needs and concerns to treatment team.
- Supervise self-administration of resident medications per physician orders and maintain training in medication disbursement.
- Complete nursing individual shift notes for each client and communicating any needs and concerns with nursing.
- Ensure rounds are completed every 15-minutes for detox clients and every 20-minutes for residential clients using a device to push each button.
MENTAL HEALTH CARE COORDINATOR
Newport Healthcare
05.2022 - 12.2023
- Provide supervision and care for adolescents who are dealing with mental health and substance abuse, if a client were to leave premises expectation is to follow the client.
- If client is under detox order for substance/alcohol expectations is supervise ensuring safety and compliance.
- Facilitate residential daily schedule including participating in and providing support to residents, to include but not limited to, activities such as chores, deep clean of designated spaces (includes tasks such as sweeping, dusting, vacuuming and cleaning), meal service, laundry service, groups, activities, and events, as well as providing phone calls at designated times
- Complete individual shift notes for each client as well as communicating with house treatment team about individual needs/concern.
- Ensure client safety by using verbal de-escalation methods to redirect client behaviors and prevent/respond to crisis.
- Use CPI techniques if client imposes imminent physical danger to themselves or others.
YOUTH CARE WORKER
Insight Global
05.2021 - 10.2021
- Provide supervision and care for the Unaccompanied Alien Children (UC) all while complying with company line of sight
- Register arriving UCs into the computer system and assign them housing location and assist them with the intake health procedures
- Assist UCs with communication with health professionals
- Build a professional relationship with the UCs
ASSISTANT STORE MANAGER
Spirit Halloween
10.2018 - 11.2020
- Support the Store Manager in the merchandising, pack-up, and teardown of a seasonal store
- Maintain guest services as per company standards
- Support the Store Manager by generating sales, general housekeeping, merchandising, signing, pricing, POS operation and loss prevention
Education
A.S. - Neurodiagnostic Technology
Concorde Career College
San Bernardino, CA11.2025
B.A. - Psychology
Mount Saint Mary's University
Los Angeles, CA08.2017
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA - undefined
Azusa High School
Azusa, CA06.2017
Skills
- EMR System
- Ability to work under pressure
- Quick learner
- Empathy
- Crisis intervention
- Active listening
- Group therapy
- Behavioral modification
- Trauma-informed care
- Nonviolent crisis intervention
- Behavioral assessment
- Clinical documentation
- De-escalation techniques
- Treatment implementation
Certification
- CPR Certification, 06/17/24
- SUDRC, 07/02/24
Timeline
Lead Behavioral Health Technician
Shahid's Place (Mountain Gate Treatment Center)
02.2025 - 05.2025
Store Associate - Seasonal
Five Below
12.2024 - 03.2025
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TECHNICIAN
55 Silver - Ocean Valley Behavioral Health
07.2024 - 11.2024
MENTAL HEALTH CARE COORDINATOR
Newport Healthcare
05.2022 - 12.2023
YOUTH CARE WORKER
Insight Global
05.2021 - 10.2021
ASSISTANT STORE MANAGER
Spirit Halloween
10.2018 - 11.2020
B.A. - Psychology
Mount Saint Mary's University
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA - undefined
Azusa High School
A.S. - Neurodiagnostic Technology
Concorde Career College
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