Mental Health Worker - Full Time

Generations Healthcare; El Cajon (CA); On-site; USD 25,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Bradley Court in El Cajon, CA is seeking a part-time and per diem Mental Health Worker. The role focuses on overseeing clients' adherence to program guidelines, communicating with persons served, providing rehabilitation groups, and assisting in crisis intervention.

Wage: $18-21/hr DOE. Responsibilities include escorting clients to groups, facilitating activities, leading discussions, and documenting in the medical record.

Qualifications

• At least 6 months of job experience.
• Proficient in reading, writing, speaking, and understanding English.
• Ability to make independent decisions when needed.
• Ability to interact tactfully with residents, staff, families, visitors, and the public.
• Patient, tactful, cheerful, and enthusiastic; able to handle difficult residents.
• Must not pose a direct threat to health or safety.

Responsibilities

• Escort clients to groups and track attendance (1:6 ratio).
• Facilitate groups and activities as assigned.
• Lead MHW discussions and daily community meetings.
• Supervise resident smoke breaks outdoors.
• Document client group participation and log records.
• Encourage attendance and participation in groups.
• Ensure forms are completed accurately and timely.
• Document interventions in the medical record.
• Report behavioral changes to charge nurse and counselor.

Skills

Group facilitation

Crisis intervention

Communication

Record keeping

Job description

Wage: $18-21/hr DOE

Bradley Court is hiring for a Mental Health Worker for Part time and Per Diem Shifts

The primary purpose of your job position is to oversee clients' adherence to the program guidelines. The Mental Health Worker is responsible for communicating with persons served, providing rehabilitation groups, and assisting in crisis intervention. Other duties may be assigned as needed by the program director, or a designee.

Mental Health Worker

El Cajon, CA

Full Time Shifts Only

Wage: $18-21/hr DOE

Bradley Court is hiring for a Mental Health Worker for Part time and Per Diem Shifts

The primary purpose of your job position is to oversee clients' adherence to the program guidelines. The Mental Health Worker is responsible for communicating with persons served, providing rehabilitation groups, and assisting in crisis intervention. Other duties may be assigned as needed by the program director, or a designee.

Key Responsibilities:

• Escort clients timely to groups and record participation ensuring that groups maintain a 1:6 ratio.
• Facilitate groups and activities as assigned.
• Lead MHW discussions as assigned.
• Lead community meeting daily.
• Participate in the rotation to supervise resident smoke breaks on the outdoor patio, which may involve exposure to cigarette or tobacco smoke.
• Record client group participation on tracking calendar.
• Pass out and collect tracking calendar weekly.
• Total tracking calendar weekly and log into medical record.
• Encourage client attendance to groups and participation.
• Ensure and assist clients to complete forms properly and timely.
• Documents interventions and interactions with client in the medical record.
• Report change in behavior to charge nurse and Program Counselor.

Requirements:

• Shall have at least 6 months job experience
• Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.
• Must possess the ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant such action.
• Must possess the ability to deal tactfully with personnel, residents, family members, visitors, government agencies/personnel, and the general public.
• Must have patience, tact, a cheerful disposition and enthusiasm, as well as the willingness to handle difficult residents.
• Must not pose a direct threat to the health and/or safety of other individuals in the workplace.

The Company is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. The Company prohibits unlawful discrimination against employees or applicants based on race (including traits historically associated with race, such as hair texture and protective hairstyles), religion, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, reproductive health decision making, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, military status, veteran status, uniformed service member status, sexual orientation, transgender identity, citizenship status, pregnancy, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. The Company also prohibits unlawful discrimination based on the perception that anyone has any of those characteristics, or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics.