Sr. Mental Health Technician - 1st Shift

The Buckeye Ranch is seeking an experienced Psychiatric Sr. Mental Health Technician to join our Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (PRTF). The Sr. Mental Health Technician will provide 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.

Learn about The Buckeye Ranch:

The Residential Campus at The Buckeye Ranch was founded in 1961 and has expanded our home environment to nine residential houses with 93-beds and 200 employees. The Residential Campus, a division of The Buckeye Ranch, offers behavioral health and child welfare programs across a wide continuum of care. We proudly serve over 5,000 children and families annually, with a strong foundation in family centered, trauma-informed care.

Shift Differential: Added to base rate when working the below hours

• PRTF: $2.00/hr
• Weekends (Fri, 3pm - Mon, 6:59am): $0.50/hr

Schedule: Full-time | Non-Exempt | 7:00am - 3:00pm | Sunday - Thursday or Tuesday - Saturday

What you'll do:

• Assists clients in developing age-appropriate activities, behaviors, and interpersonal skills. Sets and obtains conformance to clear behavioral limits appropriate for the client's background and development
• Understanding special issues regarding age and developmental disabilities
• Helps with establishment of daily goals and follows up to assure attendance and participation in scheduled activities
• Work with the program coordinator and clinician to develop program schedules
• Identifies indicators of age-appropriate development in all domains for children of varying ages
• Supervises individual and group activities and behaviors to establish and maintain a positive treatment environment
• Understanding special issues regarding gender identity/crisis, substance use, mental health conditions, and other needs typically presented by the service population
• Implement and supports the trauma informed culture for all the clients within TBR's care, including positive interactions with families, taking a strengths-based approach, and appropriate communication with all involved systems

Our benefits:

Benefit effective date: First of the month following 30 days of employment

• Wonderful medical, dental, vision insurance
• Generous paid time off
• Free Lunch
• Professional advancement opportunities
• Overtime opportunities
• And more...