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 care consistent with each patient’s treatment plan; monitors patients to help maintain a safe and secure environment; serves as a member of the treatment team; and completes safety and observation documentation. The position requires travel in the performance of job duties. This is a fully in-office, full-time salaried union position with three vacancies and varying shift schedules. The listed schedules are 3:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m. or 11:00 p.m.–7:00 a.m., with a 30-minute unpaid lunch and rotating days off. Salary is anticipated to be $5,280–$7,375 per month ($63,360–$88,500 per year).
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 when 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, behaviors, safety, status, and response to treatment.
- Complete records and documentation related to patient safety and observation.
- Continuously monitor patient activity and perform patient counts, head checks, and other routine or special checks to verify patient and environmental safety.
- Complete mandatory training to maintain age-specific, illness-specific, and departmental competencies, including civil and adult issues.
- Travel in the performance of job duties.
- Perform other duties within the scope of the position as required or assigned.
Benefits
- Pension program
- Competitive group insurance benefits, including health, life, dental, and vision insurance
- Three paid personal business days annually
- Twelve paid sick days annually, which carry over from year to year
- 10–25 days of paid vacation annually, including 10 days in the first year of employment
- Thirteen paid holidays annually, and 14 in even-numbered years
- Flexible work schedules when available and dependent on the position
- Twelve weeks of paid parental leave
- Deferred Compensation Program supplemental retirement plan
- Optional pre-tax Medical Care Assistance Plan and Dependent Care Assistance Plan
- Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program eligibility
- GI Bill training/apprenticeship benefits eligibility for qualifying veterans
- Commuter Savings Program for Chicago employees
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
