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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.
$40,746 / year median in New Jersey
+4% projected growth
Job Description
Cafeteria/recess assistants are required to work 2.5 hours per day, five days per week. The hours on a typical day are from 11:00AM to 1:30PM. Those times will change slightly on single session days. The responsibilities of a cafeteria and recess assistant include monitoring the students and maintaining order, as well as taking the students outside or to their classrooms for a period of recess. The ability to positively interact with students and staff is a requirement. Safety of the students, both inside and outside, is the number one priority.