• Mental Health Worker - part-time/per diem

    Liberty Healthcare Corporation (Redwood City, CA)


    Individuals who have a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology or Social Work are encouraged to consider an outstanding career opportunity as a Mental Health Worker with Liberty Healthcare Corporation.

     

    Liberty Healthcare operates a 10-bed inpatient psychiatric stabilization unit within the Maguire Correctional Facility – a county jail located in Redwood City, CA. This unit exclusively serves adult inmates who are struggling with acute mental illness.

    As a Mental Health Workers with Liberty Healthcare, you will fulfill a vital role and be responsible for:

    + Establishing and maintaining positive therapeutic relationships with psychiatric patients

    + Leading therapeutic recreation activities with individuals and groups

    + Monitoring patient activity and behavior

    + Promoting a positive therapeutic milieu

    + Safely addressing, deescalating and managing aggressive patient behaviors through appropriate interventions and techniques

    + Actively participating in interdisciplinary treatment team meetings

    + Collaborating with Psychiatrists, Psychologists, LCSWs, Registered Nurses and ancillary mental health workers

    + Documenting services and patient’s progress in medical records

     

    Mental Health Workers receive training and valuable resume-building mental health experience. As a Mental Health Worker with Liberty Healthcare, you’ll have an opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of individuals who are struggling with mental illness.

     

    Liberty is currently hiring for part-time and per-diem positions. A part-time schedule working 2 nights per week and a schedule working as needed / as available are both available. You can expect to be paid $30.00 per hour.

    Shift options include:

    + AM shift from 6:45am to 3pm

    + PM shift from 2:45pm to 11pm

    + Overnight (NOC) shift from 10:45 pm to 7:15 am

    You are a good fit for this position if you possess the following:

    + Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Social Work, or a related human services field

    + Experience serving people who have mental illness

    + Experience working in a jail, prison, psychiatric hospital, mental health setting or human services program

     

    Liberty Healthcare is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our organization is composed of, and proudly serves, people of diverse backgrounds and abilities.

     

    Click “Apply” and submit your resume for immediate consideration.

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