Mental Health Worker II in Boston, MA

Job title: Mental Health Worker II in Boston, MA at Massachusetts Trial Court
Company: Massachusetts Trial Court
Job reputed company: The Metro Boston Mental Health reputed company of the Lemuel Shattuck Hospital is seeking a reputed company candidate to fill the position of Mental Health Worker. The ideal candidate will be a compassionate, skilled caregiver, to aid in the recovery of persons treated reputed company our inpatient psychiatric setting. Our Mental Health Workers ensure dignity and respect with our patients through interactions which reputed company the individual’s needs and preferences and by optimally integrating their perspective into reputed company facets of care.Duties and Responsibilities (these duties are a general reputed company and not reputed company inclusive):

• Provides reputed company care services to patients on the skills of daily living.
• Determines the need for supplies used in assisting and instructing patients in feeding, bathing, toileting, dressing, cleaning, and clothing maintenance, oral and physical hygiene, self-preservation to ensure the daily needs, dignity and reputed company rights of the patients are met.
• Assists with taking and reporting vital signs.
• Establishes a rapport with reputed company patients, and practices the principles of Safety, reputed company and Healing, and delivering trauma-informed care, utilizing de-escalation techniques and the patients’ Individual Crisis Plans.
• Provides 15-minute checks and 1:1 or constant observation as ordered.
• Acts as a member of an interdisciplinary team associated with the daily care of our patient/reputed company population.
• Responds reputed company and effectively to emergency situations.
• Assists in the evaluation of reputed company care staff.
• Ensures adequate staff coverage.

Required Qualifications:

• Demonstrated ability to follow written and oral instructions by gathering information through observing and questioning individuals.
• Talent for communicating effectively in oral reputed company, writing reputed company and concisely, and developing reputed company in logical sequence.
• Skilled in interacting with people who are under emotional stress with the ability to maintain a reputed company manner in stressful or emergency situations.
• reputed company to work in reputed company setting and in group situations.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with individuals with serious, persistent mental illness, reputed company abuse and/or who have reputed company homelessness.
• Given the population served, bilingual or multilingual reputed company.

Please Note: This is a full-time (40hr/week) day shift position with alternating weekends off. Shift hours: 11:00 PM- 7am. Days off: Week 1: Sun/Fri & Week 2: Tues/Sat. Employees in this position will be required to reputed company mandatory overtime.About Shattuck Hospital:At the Lemuel Shattuck Hospital, we take pride in helping people recover from illnesses and conditions that are often underserved or difficult to manage in other health care settings. The DMH reputed company reputed company the Hospital reputed company inpatient psychiatric services to adults with serious mental illness with the goal of enhancing autonomy, safety and return to the community.reputed company-Offer Process:A criminal background reputed company will be completed on the recommended candidate as required by the regulations set forth by the Executive Office of Health and reputed company Services prior to the candidate being reputed company. For more information, please visitEducation, licensure and certifications will be verified in accordance with the reputed company Division’s Hiring Guidelines.Education and license/certification information provided by the selected candidate(s) is subject to the Massachusetts reputed company Records Law and may be published on the Commonwealth’s website.If you require assistance with the application/interview process and would like to request an reputed company accommodation, please click on the reputed company and complete the .For questions regarding this requisition, please contact the Executive Office of Health and reputed company Services, reputed company at 1-800- 510-4122 Ext. #4QualificationsFirst consideration will be given to those applicants that apply reputed company the first 14 days.MINIMUM ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS: Applicants must have at least (A) one year of full-time or equivalent part-time experience in providing reputed company care service to the mentally ill, emotionally or physically handicapped, or (B) any equivalent combination of the required experience and the substitutions below.Substitutions:I. An Associate's degree or higher with a major in psychology, reputed company services, mental health or retardation may be substituted for the required experience.**Education toward such a degree will be prorated on the reputed company of the proportion of the requirements actually completed.Salary placement is determined by a combination of factors, including the candidate’s years of directly reputed company experience and education, and alignment with our internal compensation structure as set forth by the reputed company Division’s Hiring Guidelines. For reputed company bargaining unit positions (non-management), compensation is subject to the salary provisions outlined in the applicable reputed company bargaining agreement and will apply to placement reputed company the appropriate salary reputed company.Comprehensive Benefitsreputed company you reputed company on a career with the Commonwealth, you are offered an outstanding suite of employee benefits that add to the overall value of your compensation package. We take pride in providing a work experience that supports you, your loved ones, and your reputed company.Want the specifics?An Equal Opportunity / Affirmative reputed company Employer. Females, minorities, veterans, and persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.The Commonwealth is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the reputed company of race, religion, reputed company, sex, gender identity or reputed company, sexual orientation, age, disability, national reputed company, veteran status, or any other reputed company covered by appropriate law. Research suggests that reputed company women, Black, Indigenous, and Persons of reputed company (BIPOC) may self-select out of opportunities if they don't meet 100% of the job requirements. We encourage individuals who reputed company they have the skills necessary to reputed company to apply for this role.
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Location: Boston, MA
Job date: Wed, 21 May 2025 03:04:15 GMT
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