Mental Health Worker
About The Position
Liberty Healthcare is hiring a part-time Mental Health Worker for its 10-bed acute psychiatric stabilization unit, which serves adults who are justice-involved and experiencing acute mental illness. The unit admits and treats patients under involuntary civil commitment, providing individualized assessment and treatment interventions intended to achieve psychiatric stability as soon as clinically appropriate. Services are trauma-informed and rooted in the recovery model. The position is onsite at the Maguire Correctional Facility, a San Mateo County jail at 300 Bradford Street in Redwood City, California. The overnight schedule is 10:45 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., with flexibility to work one, two, or a few days each week depending on staffing needs and availability. Pay is $30.00 per hour.
Responsibilities
- Monitor patient activity and behavior.
- Document therapeutic interventions, observations, and treatment in medical records.
- Manage aggressive patient behaviors through appropriate intervention techniques.
- Promote a positive therapeutic milieu.
- Establish therapeutic relationships with patients.
- Collaborate with other mental health professionals and jail security staff.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
