MENTAL HEALTH TECHNICIAN II
About The Position
The Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery is hiring a Mental Health Technician II at the Elizabeth Packard Mental Health Center in Springfield, Illinois. The position provides direct therapeutic care to patients with mental illness on an assigned shift and hall. The technician conducts activities, uses therapeutic interventions, and provides basic patient care consistent with individual treatment plans. The role monitors patient activities and behavior to maintain a safe and secure environment, serves as a member of a treatment team, completes safety and observation documentation, and travels in the performance of job duties. The position is fully in office and offers three vacancies across second- and overnight-shift schedules. Work may include evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays. This is a union position subject to the applicable collective bargaining agreement. Employment with the State of Illinois includes a pension program and a benefits package that includes insurance, paid leave and holidays, parental leave, deferred compensation, and other programs.
Requirements
- Knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to completion of high school.
- Successful completion of an approved training program.
- Six months of experience in, or applicable to, the care, treatment, or habilitation of individuals with mental illness or developmental disabilities.
- Ability to physically restrain patients as necessary to prevent injury to the patient or others.
- Ability to lift, turn, and reposition patients.
- Ability to pull, lift, and carry moderate loads up to and including 100 pounds with assistance.
- Ability to control, restrain, catch, and direct fleeing patients and protect them from physical and psychological injury.
- Ability to work after business hours, weekends, and holidays.
- Successful completion of CPI (Crisis Prevention and Intervention) training.
- Ability to travel in the performance of job duties.
- Ability to use office equipment, including personal computers.
- Ability to pass the IDHS background check.
- Ability to pass a drug screen for drugs prohibited from recreational use under Illinois law.
Responsibilities
- Provide direct therapeutic care to patients with mental illness on an assigned shift and hall.
- Participate in treatment planning as a member of the treatment team and provide input about patient activities, behavior, safety, status, and response to treatment.
- Complete records and documentation related to patient safety and observation.
- Monitor patient activity continuously and perform patient counts, head checks, and other routine or special checks to verify the safety of patients and the environment.
- Complete mandatory training to maintain age-, illness-, and department-specific competencies, including civil and adult issues.
- Perform other duties within the scope of the position as required or assigned.
- Travel in the performance of job duties.
Benefits
- Pension program
- Group health, life, dental, and vision insurance
- Three paid personal business days annually
- Twelve paid sick days annually, with sick days carrying over from year to year
- 10–25 days of paid vacation annually, with 10 days in the first year of employment
- 13 paid holidays annually, and 14 in even-numbered years
- Paid parental leave of 12 weeks
- Deferred compensation supplemental retirement plan
- Optional pre-tax medical care and dependent care assistance programs
- Eligibility for the Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
- GI Bill training/apprenticeship benefits eligibility for qualifying veterans
- Commuter Savings Program (Chicago only)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
