Mental Health Technician

Valor Healthcare, Inc. • Fort Bragg, NC

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About The Position

The Mental Health Technician assists with the management and treatment of client behavioral health activities to support the well-being of SOF personnel. This role is not a licensed independent provider role; the technician works under the authority of a provider’s license and under the supervision of credentialed and licensed behavioral health professionals.

Responsibilities may vary by location and assignment. The technician assists with intakes, care and treatment for psychiatric and substance-use clients, counseling, observation, and prescribed individual or group therapy. Depending on the assignment, duties may also include administering psychological or psychophysiological tests under appropriate supervision, maintaining unit and client-service databases and statistics, preparing correspondence and attendance records, gathering and presenting data, and using standard software applications to organize and present information.

Requirements

• Associate degree or commensurate level of training, such as military mental health technician training, for a psychiatric technician or mental health program assistant.
• Military or comparable training may satisfy the education requirement; military-trained applicants must have a specialty as a mental health technician or specialist.
• Training to intervene and, when required, restrain violent, potentially violent, or suicidal clients by verbal or physical means. This training may be completed after hire, before assignment to duties that may require intervention or restraint.
• At least three years of experience as a mental health technician.

Responsibilities

• Under a credentialed provider’s supervision, conduct intakes, assist with the care and treatment of psychiatric, drug, and alcohol clients, and counsel clients with personal, behavioral, or psychological problems.
• Under the supervision of a licensed psychiatrist, social worker, psychiatric nurse, or psychologist, provide behavioral health interventions ranging from mitigation to treatment.
• Observe clients for behavior patterns and report observations to licensed behavioral health staff.
• Lead prescribed individual or group therapy sessions as part of specific therapeutic procedures under the guidance of a licensed mental health professional.
• Depending on location and assignment, conduct intake interviews under the supervision of a licensed mental health professional.
• Depending on location and assignment, administer psychological tests, compile data, and prepare reports for psychological testing under the supervision of a licensed psychologist.
• Depending on location and assignment, administer psychophysiological tests and assessments under the supervision of a licensed medical or mental health professional.
• Populate and maintain a computerized database listing units within the headquarters organization and the number of service members assigned to each unit or directorate for monthly training statistics.
• Prepare daily correspondence, including training and meeting agendas, purchase orders, and clinical appointments.
• Collect and maintain monthly workplace statistical data.
• Prepare and maintain attendance rosters and statistical data for active-duty personnel who attended Social Work or Behavioral Health services.
• Assist with or independently gather data for presentations, including process improvement initiatives, longitudinal statistical tracking, hospitalizations, and discharges.
• Manipulate data and present it using off-the-shelf software applications.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Associate degree