Bobby R Jones Jr.
Deerfield Beach,FL
Summary
Experienced with patient care and psychiatric support, providing consistent and compassionate assistance. Utilizes therapeutic techniques and crisis management skills to ensure patient well-being. Knowledge of patient observation and healthcare collaboration, ensuring comprehensive and effective care.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Psychiatric Technician
Krome Detention Center
Miami, FL
11.2024 - Current
- Company Overview: InGenesis, DHS, Ice
- Observation of patient’s behaviors and wellness checks.
- Prompt and assist with activities of daily living as needed.
- Provide health and general program education and patient support.
- Facilitate basic therapeutic groups (i.e., Processing Groups/Alternative Programming) and provide direct individual patient care and treatment.
- Assist in the development of specific behavioral treatment interventions such as coping skills, anger management, and other self-regulating behavior activities.
- Gathers patient care information through frequent contacts to assist behavioral health and medical providers with diagnosis, treatment planning, and medication management.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- InGenesis, DHS, Ice
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.
CRA/FEF 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
03.2021 - 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 residents 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 residents 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 residents 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 residents 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
BA - Psychology
Ashford University
01.2014
BA - Sociology
Ashford University
01.2014
Substance Abuse Counselor - undefined
Med-Life Institute
01.2012
Skills
- Clinical documentation
- Developmental disabilities support
- De-escalation techniques
- Incident reporting
Certification
- CRSS (Certified Recovery Support Specialist) 2009
- CBHT(Certified Behavioral Health Technician)2009
- NCPT LEVEL 4( Nationally Certified Psychiatric Technician)
Special Training
- CDL Class B/ Passenger/Tanker/ Hazmat
- Modula Education Program for Activity Professional Part 1 (MEPAP I), 2006-01-01, 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, 2006-01-01, Collins Healthcare Education, Inc., Fort Lauderdale, FL, 90 Hour Course
- Keeping Families Together Program, 2003-01-01, Children’s Home Society
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
Personal Information
Title: Psychiatric Technician
Timeline
Psychiatric Technician
Krome Detention Center
11.2024 - Current
Florida Agency Staffing Coordinator
Aware Recovery Care
05.2022 - 08.2024
CRA/FEF Trainer
Aware Recovery Care
10.2021 - 05.2022
Certified Recovery Advisor
Aware Recovery Care
03.2021 - 10.2021
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
Food and Nutrition Supervisor
Westside Regional Medical Center
12.1999 - 10.2004
BA - Sociology
Ashford University
Substance Abuse Counselor - undefined
Med-Life Institute
BA - Psychology
Ashford University