Mental Health Technician - $1,000 Bonus

About the role

The Buckeye Ranch is seeking Mental Health Technicians to join our Residential Treatment Program. The Residential Mental Health Technician provides one-on-one and group supervision, intervention, and behavioral leadership of clients to establish and maintain a trauma informed positive treatment environment and desired treatment outcomes. Youth ages range from 9-17.

What You’ll Do

• Assists clients in developing age-appropriate activities, behaviors, and interpersonal skills.
• Deescalate potentially aggressive youth.
• Sets and obtains conformance to clear behavioral limits appropriate for the client's background and development.
• Supervises individual and group activities and behaviors to establish and maintain a positive treatment environment.
• Understands special issues regarding gender identity/crisis, substance use, mental health conditions, and other needs typically presented by the service population.
• Provides transportation for the clients as needed.
• Adapts to changing, unusual or unplanned situations with appropriate measures and modification of planned activities including working shifts on another unit as directed by supervisor/shift supervisor.
• Intervenes as needed to manage or assist in crisis situations.
• Manage behavioral health crises through appropriate interventions including using the principles ‘Regulate, Relate, Reason.

Qualifications

• You have a high school diploma; Associates degree preferred.
• You have an active driver’s license and proof of car insurance.
• You have one year of mental health working experience.
• You are 21 years or older.
• You have previous work experience as a Mental Health Technician, Mental Health Specialist, Behavioral Aide, or other related titles.

Benefits

• Wonderful medical, dental, vision insurance (Low-cost premiums).
• Generous paid time off.
• Professional advancement opportunities.
• Overtime opportunities.

Pay

• Shift Differential: Added to base rate when working the below hours
  2nd Shift (3p - 11p): $1.50/hr
  3rd Shift (11p - 7a): $1.00/hr
  Weekends (Fri, 3pm - Mon, 6:59am): $0.50/hr

Schedule

• Full-time, Non-exempt (Weekends Required)
• 1st Shift: 7:00am - 3:00pm
• 2nd Shift: 2:30pm - 11:00pm
• 3rd Shift: 11:00pm - 7:00am