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NEOGOV · 3 months ago

Mental Health Technician

Monroe, WI

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

$58K/yr - $65K/yr

NEOGOV is a company working within the Human Services sector, and they are seeking a Mental Health Technician. The role involves providing psychosocial rehabilitation and support to clients with chronic mental illness, including case management and crisis intervention services.

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Responsibilities

Provide supportive and educative services to an assigned number of clients or client groups in the areas of psychiatric symptomatology, interpersonal/social opportunities, general medical/dental health, vocational rehabilitation, case management and developing and coordinating resources and services to meet specific client needs (i.e. housing, financial, legal, medical, dental, etc.) and as needed delivers and observes client’s medications

Teach clients how to carrying out various activities of daily living such as bathing and hygiene, shopping, laundry, meal and nutrition planning, and social/leisure activities to structure their time

Document client progress in the client’s permanent clinical record according to unit policy and procedures

Provide representative payee services (manage funds/pay bills, keep accurate accounting of checkbooks, and teach budgeting skills) for assigned clients, complete necessary paperwork and consults with outside agencies in order to maintain client benefits

Perform suicide assessment of CSP clients as well as provide crisis intervention services

Attend and participate in daily CSP interdisciplinary team meetings

Develop, implement, evaluate, and revise overall treatment goals, plans, crisis plans and functional screens for an assigned number of clients

Consult with community agencies and with families to maintain involvement and coordination with the treatment process

Perform additional duties and responsibilities as may be assigned by the CSP Supervisor

Qualification

’s degree in behavioral scienceAssertive Community TreatmentClinical symptoms of mental illnessCounseling techniquesSupervised clinical experienceValid Driver’s LicenseCultural responsivenessMicrosoft Office proficiencyActive listening skillsCritical thinking skillsOrganizational skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in a behavioral science or a related field

Knowledge and understanding of Assertive Community Treatment and the implementation of treatment practices specific to a CSP serving persons with mental illness

Knowledge of the clinical symptoms of major mental illness and their comprehensive effects to the client

Knowledge of counseling techniques, principles and practices with clients and their families

Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team

Valid Driver's License

Ability to precisely communicate client's symptomatology during multi-disciplinary team meetings

Ability to utilize active listening skills and empathy when communicating with clients in order to assist them in their treatment recovery process

Ability to be culturally responsive to clientele from diverse backgrounds; evidenced by treating individuals with dignity and respect

Consistently communicate effectively and professionally with Green County citizens, clientele, colleagues and personnel in outside agencies

Ability to maintain written and electronic documentation of clinical and medical records and develop accurate, precise and individualized treatment/crisis plans

Possess knowledge of and utilizes Microsoft Office

Ability to perform basic math (add, subtract, multiply and divide) needed to create client budgets and reconcile checkbooks

Possess critical thinking skills

Possess organizational skills – ability to prioritize tasks according to the immediate needs of clientele, meeting paperwork deadlines

The employee is regularly required to talk and hear

The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, climb stairs, twist and turn when getting in and out of vehicle, smell and use hands to finger, handle, or feel

The employee may frequently be in homes where they are exposed to bodily fluids/communicable diseases

The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, squat and crouch

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust focus

While performing the duties of the position, the employee is occasionally exposed to bodily fluids/communicable diseases and exposed to outdoor weather conditions

The noise level in the work environment is usually mild

Preferred

Have 1,000 hours of supervised post-degree clinical experience with chronically mentally ill persons or if the bachelor's degree is in a field other than behavioral sciences have 2,000 hours of supervised post degree clinical experience with persons with chronic mental illness