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Brighter Path Alabama
Youth Care Worker
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What they do
A Mental Health Assistant provides basic care and assistance with daily activities to patients with mental illnesses or cognitive disabilities. Helps patients dress and eat, monitors patients' well-being, and restrains patients if they become physically violent. Works in hospitals or mental health care facilities.
$31,383 / year median in Alabama
-9% projected decline
Job Description
Duties``` As a Youth Care Worker, you will be responsible for providing support and assistance to individuals with mental health conditions.
Your duties will include:
- Conducting crisis interventions and providing emotional support to individuals in distress
- Assisting with the care and treatment of individuals with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Collecting and documenting data on patient behaviors and progress
- Implementing behavior management techniques to promote positive outcomes
- Providing counseling and support to individuals struggling with behavioral problems
- Utilizing your experience working with children to provide appropriate care and support
- De-escalation and crisis management
- Enforcing of daily routines and activities
- Assistance with group and team building exercises
- Transition to and from school setting
- Classroom assistances
- Transition and supervision to and from off campus activities ```Skills``` To excel in this role, you should possess the following skills:
- Crisis intervention: Ability to effectively respond to crisis situations and provide immediate support
- PTSD care: Knowledge of treatment strategies for individuals with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Social work: Understanding of social work principles and ability to collaborate with social workers on treatment plans
- Data collection: Ability to collect, record, and analyze data related to patient behaviors and progress
- Behavior management: Skill in implementing behavior management techniques to promote positive outcomes
- Working with people with developmental disabilities: Experience working with individuals with developmental disabilities, understanding their unique needs, and providing appropriate support
- Experience working with children: Previous experience working with children in a mental health setting This is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the lives of individuals struggling with mental health conditions.
Pay:
$16.00- $18.