Mental Health Worker I - Adolescent Services - 1st Shift

Commonwealth of Massachusetts • Worcester, MA

14d • Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Mental Health (DMH) Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital (WRCH) is seeking a dynamic candidate to provide direct care and/or assist in the direct care skills of the activities of daily living (ADL) for individuals in an inpatient setting. This role involves assisting in the implementation of habilitative/rehabilitative, behavioral, and recreational treatment plans by contributing information and input to the treatment team. The position exemplifies DMH's commitment to core values, behaviors, attitudes, and competencies of a culture of safety. This is a Full-Time, 40-hour position working on Unit E1, 1st Shift (6:45 AM - 3:15 PM), with specific days off. Employees will be required to perform mandatory overtime.

Requirements

• Knowledge of the English Language
• Ability to communicate effectively in oral expression.
• Ability to write clearly and concisely, expressing thoughts clearly and developing ideas in logical sequence.
• Ability to gather information through observing and questioning individuals.
• Ability to gather information by examining records and documents.
• Ability to maintain accurate records.
• Ability to establish rapport and deal tactfully with persons from varied ethnic, cultural, or economic backgrounds.
• Ability to interact with people who are under physical and/or emotional stress.
• Ability to maintain a calm manner in stressful or emergency situations.
• Ability to follow written and oral instructions.
• Ability to work in a team setting and in group situations.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment.
• Ability to understand, apply and explain the laws, rules, regulations, procedures, guidelines, and policies governing assigned unit activities.
• Ability to lift and carry heavy objects or persons.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with individuals with serious, persistent mental illness, substance abuse and/or who have experienced homelessness.
• Bilingual or multilingual fluency, given the population served.
• American Sign Language (ASL)

Responsibilities

• Provides direct care and/or assists persons served in the direct care skills of the activities of daily living (ADL) as needed, as well as the habilitation/rehabilitation aspects of care to ensure the health, comfort, safety, and human rights of persons served.
• Takes and reports vital signs as instructed.
• Accompanies persons served to appointments, programs, and treatment areas and assists professional or medical staff as needed.
• Provides observation of persons served according to hospital and departmental policy, conducting 5, 15, 30-minute checks and 1:1 or constant observation as directed.
• Assists in the planning and implementation of rehabilitative, behavioral, and recreational care of persons served by contributing to and/or addressing specific Treatment and Recovery Plan interventions with the treatment team.
• Discusses goals and needs of persons served while attending Treatment Team meetings and unit shift change report as instructed.
• Reports and discusses observations, behavior, desires, and/or problems to ensure consistency and timeliness of care for persons served.
• Organizes and encourages persons served to participate in leisure time activities during unstructured time to enhance socialization and interpersonal skills.
• Actively participates in providing a safe therapeutic environment through observation and communication thereof.
• Reviews Individual Safety Plans of persons served and assists the treatment team by reviewing and recommending revisions to Individual Safety Plans.
• Communicates immediate observations and recommended changes required to immediate supervisor or charge nurse.
• Remains vigilant and aware of any safety and health concerns and reports them to the immediate supervisor and/or charge nurse.
• Responds as trained to emergency situations.
• Utilizes de-escalation, restraint, and seclusion prevention strategies to provide trauma-informed care.
• Establishes a rapport with persons served; meets with assigned persons served at designated intervals to discuss goals and other care issues to facilitate recovery.
• Uses a computer for documentation which includes medical records, daily reports, safety checks, etc.
• Completes admission forms through interviewing and orienting persons served.
• Communicates priority information for care to the treatment team.
• Attends and completes all required annual trainings.
• Performs related duties as required.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Benefits
• Outstanding suite of employee benefits that add to the overall value of your compensation package.
• Work experience that supports you, your loved ones, and your future.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed