Mental Health Worker-11p-7:30a 16hrs per wk

Description

Under the general supervision of a professional nurse and according to established procedures and guidelines, provides psychiatric nursing care at the para-professional level. Participates in group therapy sessions, one-on-one interactions, and discharge planning and crises intervention.
Qualifications: Analytical ability necessary to assess (according to defined sign and symptoms) patients immediate psychological status and determine need to request professional assistance; ability to recommend alterations to treatments and the need for social services; interpersonal skill to almost constantly interact with disturbed patients and their families; ability elicit information from these persons and encourage their participation in treatment activities and open communications; physical ability for almost constant standing and walking and to occasionally restrain patients; level of knowledge equivalent to that ordinarily acquired through completion of high school with college level training in behavioral science; one to three months of experience in order to a) acquire a fundamental knowledge of psycho-social problems and appropriate responses, b) acquire a thorough knowledge of pertinent department policies and procedures for psychiatric patient care, c) learn assigned duties, and d) acquire suitable interpersonal skills
16hrs per wk- 11p-7:30a EOW & holidays