Senior Psychiatric Technician (Safety) - California Correctional Institution (CCI)
The Senior Psychiatric Technician (Safety) position is located at California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi, Kern County.
About the Department
We enhance public safety and promote successful community reintegration through education, treatment, and active participation in rehabilitative and restorative justice programs. Our mission is to facilitate the successful reintegration of individuals in our care by providing education, treatment, rehabilitative, and restorative justice programs in a safe and humane environment. CDCR and CCHCS are committed to transforming the correctional landscape to create safer, more professional, and fulfilling environments for employees, the incarcerated population, and those supervised in our communities.
We aim to attract and hire candidates from all communities, empowering employees from diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. We foster inclusion, creativity, and collaboration while treating others fairly, honestly, and with respect.
Responsibilities
- Plan, assign, train, and evaluate the work of Psychiatric Technicians (Safety) and other assigned staff in a mental health service line delivery area.
- Receive, disseminate, and implement policies and procedures to ensure continuity of quality patient care.
- May be assigned the most difficult or complex patients in a therapy program.
- Actively participate in and support the Complete Care Model.
Requirements
Effective July 1, 2025, the Personal Leave Program 2025 (PLP 2025) requires the following:
- Full-time employees in Bargaining Unit 18, and related Excluded, Exempt, and Statutory Exempt employees, will have their base salary reduced by 3% and receive 5 PLP 2025 leave credits monthly through June 2027.
- Part-time employees are subject to the same conditions on a prorated basis equivalent to their time-base.
- Permanent intermittent employees are subject to the same conditions based on the number of hours worked in the pay period.
Under the supervision of the Unit Supervisor (Safety) or the Supervising Registered Nurse II/III, Correctional Facility, the Senior Psychiatric Technician (Safety) performs the duties outlined above.