Bobby R Jones Jr.
Deerfield Beach,FL
Summary
Dynamic psychiatric technician with extensive experience at Krome Dentation Center, excelling in crisis intervention and therapeutic communication. Proven ability to enhance patient safety and support treatment plans, fostering collaboration within multidisciplinary teams. Adept at clinical documentation and behavior monitoring, ensuring high standards of care and compliance with safety protocols.
. Compassionate psychiatric technician with crisis intervention and therapeutic communication expertise. Proven ability to monitor behaviors and assist with treatment plans, ensuring safety and support for clients.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Psychiatric Tech
Krome Dentation Center
Miami, FL
11.2024 - Current
- Monitoring of behavior, vital signs, assisting with daily living activates (personal care assistance).
- Providing therapeutic communication (building trust, providing emotional support).
- Crisis intervention and De- escalation (handling behavioral crises, managing violent or disruptive behavior).
- Assisting with treatment plans (supporting therapies, documentation).
- Ensuring a safe environment (maintaining safety protocols, reinforcing positive behavior).
- Collaboration with treatment team (team participation, report and feedback).
- Maintaining professional and ethical standards (adhering to policies and procedures, self-care and emotional resilience).
Florida Agency Staffing Coordinator
Aware Recovery Care
Delray Beach, FL
05.2022 - 08.2024
- Plan and implement staffing solutions, assisting with hiring process, creating work schedules, monitoring employee compliance with punching and time management.
- Running and preparing daily staff labor reports.
- Overseeing PTO requests and employee coverage.
- Assisting with staff training, report scheduling and timekeeping issues to management.
- Coordinating with payroll to verify staff details and working hours.
- Determining company staffing needs and developing a staffing strategy.
- Assisting with employee recruitment and performance evaluations.
CRA/FEF Agency Trainer
Aware Recovery Care
Delray Beach, FL
10.2021 - 05.2022
- Training new staff for positions of CRA/FEF, facilitating employee workshops and forums, auditing new hire employees for the first 13 weeks of employment, assisting all agency employees through education and retraining throughout employment.
Lead Behavioral Health Tech
JC’S Recovery Center
Hollywood, FL
06.2018 - 12.2021
- Monitoring of residents activities in community setting, monitoring of medications, maintaining medication records, completing clients logs and shift reports, training staff, handling client property, developing policies and procedures, daily staffing on clients progress and needs, advising clinical staff of any behavior or social interaction changes, following all state and federal laws, maintain OSHA, DCF, Joint Commission Guidelines for Substance Abuse Residential living.
Certified Recovery Advisor
Aware Recovery Care
Delray Beach, FL
03.2000 - 10.2021
- Direct care with clients, completing progress notes, UDS, client visits, assisting clients in meeting their individual recovery goals, recovery support.
Detox Behavioral Health Tech Supervisor
Retreat of Broward
Pompano Beach, FL
02.2020 - 09.2020
- Monitoring of resident’s activities in detox setting, monitoring medication line, completing clients logs and shift reports, training staff, handling client property, developing policies and procedures, daily staffing on clients progress and needs, advising clinical staff of any behavior or social interaction changes, following all state and federal laws, maintain OSHA, DCF, Joint Commission Guidelines for Detox setting.
Assistant Director of Housing
Elan Recovery + Wellness
North Palm Beach, FL
01.2018 - 05.2018
- Supervising Staff, Staffing, Training, developing policies and procedures for department, monitoring of resident’s activities in community setting, monitoring of medications, maintaining medication records, completing clients logs and shift reports, following all state and federal laws, maintain OSHA, DCF, Joint commission guidelines for Substance Abuse Residential living.
- Have worked with medical records systems Tier, Kipu, Sunwave.
- Insurance verification of benefits, case management duties such as housing, job searching, aftercare, outside medical appointments, court and legal issues, insurance, client intake and assessments.
Lead Behavioral Health Tech
Pathway to Hope
Fort Lauderdale, FL
11.2016 - 12.2017
- Monitoring of resident’s activities in community setting, monitoring of medications, maintaining medication records, completing clients logs and shift reports, following all state and federal laws, maintaining OSHA, DCF, Joint commission guidelines for Substance Abuse Residential living.
Director of Community Housing
Galt Ocean Rehab
Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, FL
10.2015 - 09.2016
- Overseeing community housing property which housed 33 residents and 15 staff, staffing, staff payroll, monthly staff meetings, developing and maintaining housing department policies and procedures, client residential safety, dealing with client facility relations, daily administration meetings, department budget, community housing activity planning, overseeing scheduling of client transportation, assisting staff in maintaining safety of clients, following all state and federal laws, maintaining OSHA, DCF, Joint Commission guidelines for Substance Abuse Residential living.
- Have worked with medical records systems Tier, Kipu, Sunwave.
- Insurance verification of benefits, case management duties such as housing, job searching, aftercare, court and legal issues, insurance, client intake and assessments.
Lead Chemical Dependency Tech
The Recovery Place
Fort Lauderdale, FL
09.2012 - 10.2015
- Overseeing community residential treatment campus which housed 108 clients, assigned tech staff daily assignments, maintaining safe environment for recovery, maintaining tech office and campus, reconciling department funds, address and resolves client issues that fell under housing department, campus safety checks, carrying out directives for clinical staff in dealing with client care.
Detox Technician
Boca House Detox
Boca Raton, FL
02.2012 - 06.2012
- Monitoring clients in a controlled environment for detox, daily assessments using cow scale, monitoring medications and medication logs and writings MARS, communicating with doctor for medication needs, monitoring client blood pressure and vitals, client risk assessments, bio social assessments, following all state and federal laws, maintain OSHA, DCF, Joint Commission guidelines for Substance Abuse Detox.
- Have worked with medical records systems Tier, Kipu, Sunwave.
- Insurance verification of benefits, case management duties such as housing, job searching, aftercare, court and legal issues, insurance, client intake and assessments.
Behavioral Health Technician Supervisor
Recovery First
Hollywood, FL
05.2006 - 02.2011
- Supervising staff of 20 and two properties with 65 clients (Residential and PHP level of care), staffing, staff payroll, developing and maintaining housing department policies and procedures, client residential safety, dealing with client facility relations, daily administration meetings, department.
Chemical Dependency Technician
Treatment Solutions of South Florida
Lighthouse Point, FL
06.2007 - 01.2009
- Monitoring of resident’s activities in community setting, monitoring of medications, maintaining medication records, completing clients logs and shift reports, following all state and federal laws, maintaining OSHA, DCF, Joint commission guidelines for Substance Abuse Residential living.
Transportation Specialist
Tender Loving Care Non-Emergency Transportation
Pompano Beach, FL
06.2004 - 03.2007
- Transporting Medicare and private clients to doctor’s appointments, to and from medical facilities both ambulatory and non-ambulatory clients.
- Securing wheelchair clients, maintaining client transportation logs, mileage logs, gas logs, pre-trip and vehicle inspections.
Adult Activities Coordinator
Tender Loving Care Adult Daycare Center
Pompano Beach, FL
09.2004 - 06.2005
- Direct care and supervision of clients with disabilities such as brain damage, Alzheimer’s, dementia, mental illness, limited or no mobility, speech impairment, loss of sight or hearing, coordinate activities with other agencies for activities and events that assist in the improvement of the quality of life for clients, activity level assessments, maintain clients charts and logs as required by local and state guidelines.
Food and Nutrition Supervisor
Westside Regional Medical Center
Plantation, FL
12.1999 - 10.2004
- Overseeing department operations of patient meal services which has 215 patient beds and 40 department staff, staffing and scheduling, labor control, employee training, supply and stock purchasing of cold and dry products, tube feeding and nutritional supplements, addressing and resolving patient complaints and issues, accounting for department, maintain OSHA, DCF, Joint commission guidelines for Hospital Food Services.
Education
NCPT4 - Psychiatric Technician
American Association
Sacramento, CA03-2025
BA - Psychology
Ashford University
01.2014
BA - Sociology
Ashford University
01.2014
Substance Abuse Counselor -
Med-Life Institute
01.2012
Florida Certified Recovery Support Specialist -
01.2009
Florida Certified Behavioral Health Technician -
01.2009
Modula Education Program for Activity Professional Part 1 (MEPAP I) -
Collins Healthcare Education, Inc.
Fort Lauderdale, FL01.2006
Curriculum for the Special CARE OF Nursing Home Residents with Alzheimer’s disease or Related Disorders -
Collins Healthcare Education, Inc.
Fort Lauderdale, FL01.2006
Keeping Families Together Program -
Children’s Home Society
01.2003
Skills
- Treatment plan assistance
- Safety protocols
- Problem solving
- Clinical documentation
- Treatment management
- Care team collaboration
- Group therapy facilitation
- First Aid/CPR
- Medical records requests
- Treatment Planning
- Infection control practices
- Needs assessment
- Critical thinking
- Analytical thinking
- Support patients
- Excellent communication
- Organizational skills
- Teamwork
- Decision-making
- Psychopharmacology Principles
- Nursing intervention adjustment
Certification
- CRSS
- CBHT
- BA
Continuing Education Courses
- Cultural Competence
- Psychotherapeutic Medications
- Domestic Violence and Substance abuse
- Urine Drug Screen Competency
- OSHA Standards Universal Precautions
- HIPPA
- HIV/AIDS
- Confidentiality
- Aggression Control
- Fundamentals of Basic Life Support (BLS) and CPR for Healthcare Providers
Special Training
- CDL Class B/ Passenger/Tanker/ Hazmat
- Modula Education Program for Activity Professional Part 1 (MEPAP I):2006
- Collins Healthcare Education, Inc., Fort Lauderdale, FL
- 90 Hour Course
- Curriculum for the Special CARE OF Nursing Home Residents with Alzheimer’s disease or Related Disorders: 2006
- Keeping Families Together Program: 2003
- Children’s Home Society
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Psychiatric Tech
Krome Dentation Center
11.2024 - Current
Florida Agency Staffing Coordinator
Aware Recovery Care
05.2022 - 08.2024
CRA/FEF Agency Trainer
Aware Recovery Care
10.2021 - 05.2022
Detox Behavioral Health Tech Supervisor
Retreat of Broward
02.2020 - 09.2020
Lead Behavioral Health Tech
JC’S Recovery Center
06.2018 - 12.2021
Assistant Director of Housing
Elan Recovery + Wellness
01.2018 - 05.2018
Lead Behavioral Health Tech
Pathway to Hope
11.2016 - 12.2017
Director of Community Housing
Galt Ocean Rehab
10.2015 - 09.2016
Lead Chemical Dependency Tech
The Recovery Place
09.2012 - 10.2015
Detox Technician
Boca House Detox
02.2012 - 06.2012
Chemical Dependency Technician
Treatment Solutions of South Florida
06.2007 - 01.2009
Behavioral Health Technician Supervisor
Recovery First
05.2006 - 02.2011
Adult Activities Coordinator
Tender Loving Care Adult Daycare Center
09.2004 - 06.2005
Transportation Specialist
Tender Loving Care Non-Emergency Transportation
06.2004 - 03.2007
Certified Recovery Advisor
Aware Recovery Care
03.2000 - 10.2021
Food and Nutrition Supervisor
Westside Regional Medical Center
12.1999 - 10.2004
NCPT4 - Psychiatric Technician
American Association
BA - Psychology
Ashford University
BA - Sociology
Ashford University
Substance Abuse Counselor -
Med-Life Institute
Florida Certified Recovery Support Specialist -
Florida Certified Behavioral Health Technician -
Modula Education Program for Activity Professional Part 1 (MEPAP I) -
Collins Healthcare Education, Inc.
Curriculum for the Special CARE OF Nursing Home Residents with Alzheimer’s disease or Related Disorders -
Collins Healthcare Education, Inc.
Keeping Families Together Program -
Children’s Home Society