Sr. Mental Health Technician - 1st Shift
Grove City, OH 43123
Overview
Salary Range $18.16 - $22.70 Hourly Position Type Full Time Travel Percentage Up to 10%
Description
The Buckeye Ranch is seeking an experienced Psychiatric Sr. Mental Health Technician to join our Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (PRTF). The Sr. Mental Health Technician will provide one-on-one and group supervision, intervention, and behavioral leadership of clients to establish and maintain a trauma informed positive treatment environment and desired treatment outcomes.
Learn about The Buckeye Ranch:
The Residential Campus at The Buckeye Ranch was founded in 1961 and has expanded our home environment to nine residential houses with 93-beds and 200 employees. The Residential Campus, a division of The Buckeye Ranch, offers behavioral health and child welfare programs across a wide continuum of care. We proudly serve over 5,000 children and families annually, with a strong foundation in family centered, trauma-informed care.
Shift Differential: Added to base rate when working the below hours
- PRTF: $2.00/hr
- Weekends (Fri, 3pm - Mon, 6:59am): $0.50/hr
Schedule: Full-time | Non-Exempt | 7:00am - 3:00pm | Sunday - Thursday or Tuesday - Saturday
What you'll do:
- Assists clients in developing age-appropriate activities, behaviors, and interpersonal skills. Sets and obtains conformance to clear behavioral limits appropriate for the client's background and development
- Understanding special issues regarding age and developmental disabilities
- Helps with establishment of daily goals and follows up to assure attendance and participation in scheduled activities
- Work with the program coordinator and clinician to develop program schedules
- Identifies indicators of age-appropriate development in all domains for children of varying ages
- Supervises individual and group activities and behaviors to establish and maintain a positive treatment environment
- Understanding special issues regarding gender identity/crisis, substance use, mental health conditions, and other needs typically presented by the service population
- Implement and supports the trauma informed culture for all the clients within TBR's care, including positive interactions with families, taking a strengths-based approach, and appropriate communication with all involved systems
Our benefits:
Benefit effective date: First of the month following 30 days of employment
- Wonderful medical, dental, vision insurance
- Generous paid time off
- Free Lunch
- Professional advancement opportunities
- Overtime opportunities
- And more...
Qualifications
Who you are:
- You have a high school diploma
- You have at least one year of behavioral health/treatment experience
- You have an active driver's license and proof of car insurance
- You are 21 years or older