Mental Health Therapy Aide (MHTA) / Mental Health Therapy Aide (MHTAT) Trainee - Direct Care Positions, Sagamore Children's Psychiatric Center, P21431
As a Mental Health Therapy Aide or Mental Health Therapy Aide Trainee, you would provide direct care services, treatment, rehabilitation, and support to individuals diagnosed with mental illness that receive services in an institutional or community-based setting. You would help individuals to participate in games and recreational programs; coach and encourage individuals to develop daily living skills; and provide a clean, safe, and comfortable environment. You would work with other staff to develop, carry out, and record care plans, and, in accordance with special instructions you may administer medication. This position may be physically demanding. You would need to be prepared to act to ensure the health and safety of patients and staff in emergency situations. You must be able to do such things as bend, stretch, and stand for long periods of time.
Job Function
As a Mental Health Therapy Aide or Mental Health Therapy Aide Trainee, you would provide direct care services, treatment, rehabilitation, and support to individuals diagnosed with mental illness that receive services in an institutional or community-based setting. You would help individuals to participate in games and recreational programs; coach and encourage individuals to develop daily living skills; and provide a clean, safe, and comfortable environment. You would work with other staff to develop, carry out, and record care plans, and, in accordance with special instructions you may administer medication. This position may be physically demanding. You would need to be prepared to act to ensure the health and safety of patients and staff in emergency situations. You must be able to do such things as bend, stretch, and stand for long periods of time.
Salary Range:
From $33631 to $46103 Annually
Minimum Qualification
Candidates must be eligible to transfer via Section 70.1 of the Civil Service Law; OR This posting is to advertise our Mental Health Therapy Aide examinations. You must take the Mental Health Therapy Aide examination to be considered for future job openings. Mental Health Therapy Aide (MHTA) and Mental Health Therapy Aide Trainee (MHTAT) are entry-level direct care positions in the Office of Mental Health (OMH). The minimum qualifications for these direct care positions are:
Mental Health Therapy Aide Trainee, SG-7:
Candidates must have a High School Diploma, High School Equivalency Diploma, or similar equivalency such as a General Education Development Certification (GED) or higher degree. AND Candidates must be on the Mental Health Therapy Aide Trainee eligible list and be reachable for appointment. To be added to the eligible list, you must take the online, continuous recruitment, examination. Copy and paste this link into an internet browser to access the examination:
https:
//www.omh.ny.gov/omhweb/employment/mhta.html As a Mental Health Therapy Aide Trainee, you would participate in a 12-month traineeship. At the successful conclusion of your traineeship, you would advance without further examination to Mental Health Therapy Aide, SG-9. Resumes are not being accepted. You must take the examination to be considered for a job. After completing and submitting the examination, your name will be added to an eligible list. If there is a job opening, the facility may contact you for an interview. Mental Health Therapy Aide, SG-9 Candidates must have a High School Diploma or High School Equivalency Diploma or similar equivalency such as a General Education Development Certification (GED) or higher degree. AND Have had one (1) year of full-time direct patient care experience working in a mental health setting. Qualifying direct patient care experience includes but is not limited to the following:
attending to patient's personal hygiene, grooming, nutrition, and daily living needs; assisting and participating in physical, social, therapeutic or recreational programs; case management, service coordination activities, or discharge planning. Non-qualifying experience includes but is not limited to the following:
housekeeping, food service, pharmacy technician or aide, receptionist, scheduler, medical biller and/or transportation. Mental Health setting is defined as:
a psychiatric inpatient unit within a general hospital, psychiatric hospital, psychiatric clinic, community or county mental health clinic, center, or other service; residential mental health treatment center; or Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program (CPEP). AND Candidates must be on the Mental Health Therapy Aide eligible list and be reachable for appointment. To be added to the eligible list, you must take the online, continuous recruitment, examination. Copy and paste this link into an internet browser to access the examination:
https:
//www.omh.ny.gov/omhweb/employment/mhta.html Resumes are not being accepted. You must take the examination to be considered for a job. After completing and submitting the examination, your name will be added to an eligible list. If there is a job opening, the facility may contact you for an interview.Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
Job Function
As a Mental Health Therapy Aide or Mental Health Therapy Aide Trainee, you would provide direct care services, treatment, rehabilitation, and support to individuals diagnosed with mental illness that receive services in an institutional or community-based setting. You would help individuals to participate in games and recreational programs; coach and encourage individuals to develop daily living skills; and provide a clean, safe, and comfortable environment. You would work with other staff to develop, carry out, and record care plans, and, in accordance with special instructions you may administer medication. This position may be physically demanding. You would need to be prepared to act to ensure the health and safety of patients and staff in emergency situations. You must be able to do such things as bend, stretch, and stand for long periods of time.
Salary Range:
From $33631 to $46103 Annually
Minimum Qualification
Candidates must be eligible to transfer via Section 70.1 of the Civil Service Law; OR This posting is to advertise our Mental Health Therapy Aide examinations. You must take the Mental Health Therapy Aide examination to be considered for future job openings. Mental Health Therapy Aide (MHTA) and Mental Health Therapy Aide Trainee (MHTAT) are entry-level direct care positions in the Office of Mental Health (OMH). The minimum qualifications for these direct care positions are:
Mental Health Therapy Aide Trainee, SG-7:
Candidates must have a High School Diploma, High School Equivalency Diploma, or similar equivalency such as a General Education Development Certification (GED) or higher degree. AND Candidates must be on the Mental Health Therapy Aide Trainee eligible list and be reachable for appointment. To be added to the eligible list, you must take the online, continuous recruitment, examination. Copy and paste this link into an internet browser to access the examination:
https:
//www.omh.ny.gov/omhweb/employment/mhta.html As a Mental Health Therapy Aide Trainee, you would participate in a 12-month traineeship. At the successful conclusion of your traineeship, you would advance without further examination to Mental Health Therapy Aide, SG-9. Resumes are not being accepted. You must take the examination to be considered for a job. After completing and submitting the examination, your name will be added to an eligible list. If there is a job opening, the facility may contact you for an interview. Mental Health Therapy Aide, SG-9 Candidates must have a High School Diploma or High School Equivalency Diploma or similar equivalency such as a General Education Development Certification (GED) or higher degree. AND Have had one (1) year of full-time direct patient care experience working in a mental health setting. Qualifying direct patient care experience includes but is not limited to the following:
attending to patient's personal hygiene, grooming, nutrition, and daily living needs; assisting and participating in physical, social, therapeutic or recreational programs; case management, service coordination activities, or discharge planning. Non-qualifying experience includes but is not limited to the following:
housekeeping, food service, pharmacy technician or aide, receptionist, scheduler, medical biller and/or transportation. Mental Health setting is defined as:
a psychiatric inpatient unit within a general hospital, psychiatric hospital, psychiatric clinic, community or county mental health clinic, center, or other service; residential mental health treatment center; or Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program (CPEP). AND Candidates must be on the Mental Health Therapy Aide eligible list and be reachable for appointment. To be added to the eligible list, you must take the online, continuous recruitment, examination. Copy and paste this link into an internet browser to access the examination:
https:
//www.omh.ny.gov/omhweb/employment/mhta.html Resumes are not being accepted. You must take the examination to be considered for a job. After completing and submitting the examination, your name will be added to an eligible list. If there is a job opening, the facility may contact you for an interview.Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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