Mental Health Technician-4
About The Position
In order to fill our Mission of serving our community by helping each person achieve optimal health and well-being by providing compassionate, exceptional, and affordable healthcare services, all employees of Genesis HealthCare System must be committed to living the Genesis Mission and Genesis values of Compassion, Excellence, Integrity, Team, and Innovation. All employees must regard themselves as an ‘owner’ of Genesis and keep our patients at the center of everything we do - always. Position Details: Work Shift: Day Shift (United States of America) Scheduled Weekly Hours: 36 Department: Youth Crisis Stabilization (YCSU) Overview of Position: Assists the professional staff in providing diverse mental health/court diversion interventions for patients, participants and families. Leads prescribed group activities, gathers patients/participants for groups, marks attendance. Reports pertinent information to professional staff and supports care plans.
Requirements
- High school graduate or equivalent.
- Minimum of a two-year mental health technician or related degree.
- Must be self-directed, able to manage multiple stimuli.
- Must have excellent written and verbal skills to facilitate working with various team members and patient/participant age groups.
- Must be able to perform assigned duties staying within this position’s scope of practice.
- Able to interpret a variety of instructions and have good organizational skills.
Responsibilities
- Demonstrated competency in providing educational groups/discussions under the direction of professional staff.
- Demonstrated competency in providing diversional groups under the direction of professional staff.
- Demonstrated competency in providing 1:1 under the direction of professional staff.
- Provides observations of patient/participant to professional/nursing staff to assist with evaluation of patient needs.
- Demonstrates competence in age specific patient care.
- Competently monitors volunteers/speakers to assure appropriateness.
- Assists with student orientation and placement/internship.
- Successfully completes applicable Genesis Court Diversion Program competencies.
- With orientation able to assist with D.U.I. school, underage consumption programs, including the following of the 12 core functions under supervision of professional staff: screening, intake, orientation, crisis intervention, education, reports, and records keeping.
- Performs other functions as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
