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CSU Mental Health Tech Crisis Stabilization Unit

CSU Mental Health Tech

Full Time • Crisis Stabilization Unit
Communicare is a community mental health center in North Central Mississippi that serves Calhoun, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate and Yalobusha counties. Communicare offers specialized treatment services for adults with serious mental illness, children with serious emotional disturbances, individuals with substance abuse disorders and individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Communicare is currently seeking a Mental Health Tech at our Crisis Stabilization Unit in Panola County. 

The position requires a High school diploma or equivalent.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  1. Assist clinical team in the general activities of the program.
  2. Orient new individuals into the program by reviewing the schedule and ensuring their needs are met, when appropriate
  3. Provide direct care and supervision to individuals receiving services.
  4. Facilitate recreational activities, including board games, movies, cards, etc.
  5. Help insure safe living environment for all residents, to include cleaning and other housekeeping duties as requested.
  6. Assist with management of unstructured time.
  7. Help enforce program schedule and program rules.
  8. Maintain accurate and up to date records on assigned individuals, such as behavior reports.
  9. Supervise and assist residents with daily living skills as needed.
  10. Wash linens and ensure that all hygiene boxes are filled.
  11. Ensure orientation packets are available for all new individuals coming in for treatment.
  12. Assist staff in the admission process
  13. Fill in for other staff as needed and assigned by the Coordinator.
  14. Man facility phone service and handle referral of all emergency calls to appropriate Communicare crisis staff.
  15. Provide administrative assistance when requested such as scanning documents and filing them into the chart in the EHR, making copies, etc.
  16. Perform other duties as assigned.
 
Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)
  1. High school diploma or equivalent.
  2. Good oral and written communication skills.
  3. Acceptable criminal background check.
  4. Acceptable criminal background check.
  5. Satisfactory completion of CPR with 30 days of employment
  6. Satisfactory completion of CPI within 30 days of employment.
  7. Requires completion of annual trainings in compliance with DMH standards 

Because we are the people who care, Communicare offers competitive benefits for full-time employees, including health protection plans, income protection, and paid time off.

Our popular benefits:

·         Medical Insurance
·         Critical Illness Insurance
·         Life/AD&D/Long-Term Disability Insurance
·         Dental/Vision/Term Life/Cancer coverage available
·         Retirement Plan
·         403-B
·         403-B matching
·         11 Holidays per year
·         15 Annual Leave days per year (18 days after 3 years of employment)
·         15 Sick Leave per year
·         Professional Development leave
·         Jury leave
·         Military leave
Compensation: $11.50 per hour

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.





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