Psychiatric Care Technician

3 weeks ago


Chesapeake, Virginia, United States Commonwealth of Virginia Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a skilled Psychiatric Care Technician to join our team at the Southeastern Virginia Training Center. As a Psychiatric Care Technician, you will provide support services for adults with intellectual disabilities and challenging behaviors.

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide a variety of support services for adults with intellectual disabilities and challenging behaviors.
  • Work within a person-centered educational model to provide support, educational/training, and supervision of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
  • Run training programs; administer medications; collect and record pertinent data and complete required paperwork.
  • Contribute to and maintain an environment that is supportive of individual choices, enriching, homelike, safe and nurturing for people with disabilities.
  • Support and instruct individuals in a range of daily living skills including: self-help, personal hygiene, independent living, and social development.
  • Implement daily training programs and behavior support plans.
  • Monitor leisure time, recreational, social and activities of choice.
  • May be supporting individuals receiving emergency stabilization services.
  • Drive facility mega vans to transport individuals.
Requirements
  • A valid Driver's License.
  • Must be able to effectively communicate, interact positively and professionally with peers, other team members and supervisors.
  • Demonstrated ability to follow written and oral instructions; observe and accurately observe report and describe observations and in writing.
  • Good comprehension of English, spoken and written.
  • Must be able to learn and acquire skills of basic care and treatment plans; to read, understand and carry out individualized programs and to recognize and appropriately react to behavioral, medical and other emergencies.
  • Must be able to meet the physical demands of the position to include: standing, bending, walking, pushing/pulling, lifting up to 50 pounds or 1⁄4 of your body weight, and intervening with aggressive behaviors.
  • Must successfully complete the facility's Pre-service training program for Direct Support Professional Staff, to include Person Centered Approach techniques, CPR/First Aid Certification, TOVA, medication administration, nutritional management and physical/behavioral management, for continued employment.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience working with individuals with aggressive behaviors or mental health issues.
  • Related education or experience, either personally or professionally, working with individuals with developmental/intellectual disabilities, mental health issues, or in the medical field.
  • Prefer some knowledge of program activities including recreation, leisure skills, communication, vocational, and educational programming.
Benefits

The Commonwealth of Virginia offers a comprehensive benefit package to include your choice of four health insurance plans, paid life insurance and retirement plans, 12 paid holidays, annual and sick leave.

Hourly (wage) employees may not work more than 29 hours a week and are limited to working 1500 hours in a year.

The Commonwealth's Alternate Hiring Process: In support of the Commonwealth's commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their Certificate of Disability (COD) provided by a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor within the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS). Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS to get their Certificate of Disability.



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