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Colonial Intermediate Unit 20
MENTAL HEALTH WORKER ALT ED COLONIAL ACADEMY - Colonial Academy
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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.
$37,936 / year median in Pennsylvania
+4% projected growth
Job Description
Requirements Bachelor's Degree in a mental health-related field. Behavior management skills/case management/ experience with special education students, especially those with emotional disturbances would be beneficial. Must have the ability to be trained and utilize TACT-2 methods of behavior assessment and apply restraint when necessary. Must have basic computer skills to utilize both CIU-20 computer-based and web-based programs . Description Mental Health Worker for the Alternative Education Program. Provide direct treatment and educational strategies in a supportive role to meet individualized treatment of assigned students. Provide monitoring services on each individual treatment plan to ensure compliance with the Department of Public Welfare and Colonial IU 20 standards. The salary represents a 188-day work year. New employees who begin after the first day of the school year will have their salary prorated to the numbers of work days remaining in the school year. See link for job description . Application Procedure Your online application material will be screened and reviewed by the program administrator. If you are selected for an interview, you will be contacted by the administrator regarding the interview date and time. Please be certain to fill out all areas as requested in the resume section. Selected candidates for IU20 positions will be required to produce state mandated background clearances and fraud checks as part of the employment onboarding process. All recommendations for hire shall be contingent upon receipt of acceptable clearances and fraud checks. The clearances and checks will be treated confidentially.