Seasonal Mental Health Worker I - All Shifts - Corrigan Mental Health Center

Commonwealth of Massachusetts•Fall River, MA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

This is a seasonal position for an anticipated duration of 90 days. The Dr. John C. Corrigan Mental Health Center is seeking dedicated and compassionate individuals for the position of Mental Health Worker I who desire a rewarding career making a difference in the lives of individuals. Our ideal candidate for this position will assist professional staff in providing day-to-day direct care to individuals on a 16-bed secured inpatient unit with serious and persistent mental illness. The MHW, supervised by the RN and LPN, assists professional staff in providing direct care treatment for mentally ill clients in an acute care setting by providing programmatic direct care services daily while instructing and assisting clients in learning skills of daily living to promote independence. The selected candidate will possess strong therapeutic interpersonal skills to encourage and motivate individuals in their recovery to work towards treatment goals. Please Note: This is a seasonal position for an anticipated duration of 90 days. This position is full-time, 40 hours per week. The work schedule will vary. Day, Evening, and Night shifts available with rotating weekends. Seasonal positions do not offer employee benefits with the exception of sick time accruals. Day Shift: 6:45AM - 3:15PM Evening Shift: 2:45PM - 11:15PM Night Shift: 11:00PM - 7:00AM Employees in this position will be required to perform mandatory overtime.

Requirements

None.
Incumbents may be required to have a current and valid motor vehicle driver’s license at a class level specific to assignment.
Based on assignment: Incumbents are required upon successful completion of a training program to obtain and maintain one or more of the following certifications: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), first aid, and Medication Administration Program (MAP) certification.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual (Portuguese, Spanish, Khmer) or multilingual.
Experience working with individuals with serious mental illness, behavioral or mood disturbances in an inpatient setting.
Trained in de-escalation and nonviolent crisis intervention procedures.
Experience working in facilities that are accredited and inspected by The Joint Commission, Department of Public Health, Board of Health, Department of Mental Health, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Certified Nursing Assistant training or experience in providing direct care and assistance with activities of daily living.

Responsibilities

Provides programmatic direct care services, instructing and assisting patients/clients in learning the skills of daily living and foster independence in feeding, bathing, toileting, dressing, grooming and self-preservation.
Assists professional staff in the implementation of habilitative/rehabilitative behavioral and recreational programs by reporting observations about patient/client behavior, needs, desires and problems, providing information and making recommendations concerning the patient/client and their treatment plan.
Organizes, provides, and encourages patients/clients to participate in active treatment/leisure activities, including working on goals identified on their treatment plan.
Completes regular observational safety checks, environmental risk assessments and 1:1 observation duty, reporting changes in patient status to charge nurse.
Responds to behavioral and medical emergencies utilizing principles of restraint reduction, de-escalation, debriefing as well as basic first aid and CPR.