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Overview
The State of Vermonts Department of Mental Health is currently seeking
Associate Mental Health Specialists on Night Shift. Associate Mental
Health Specialists will be given opportunities to learn the complex
duties of the delegation and unit leadership and demonstrate their
ability to carry out those duties. There is considerable interaction
with unit staff, social workers, psychiatrists, nurses, psychologists,
patients, families, visitors, and treatment personnel from other
facilities. The Associate Mental Health Specialist demonstrates positive
role modeling when interacting with these groups in promoting and
maintaining an appropriate therapeutic milieu for clients. Consistently
communicates in a professional, respectful manner. Work may include
transportation of individuals with a mental illness to other treatment
facilities with significant interaction with staff of other clinical
service units. All employees of the Agency of Human Services perform
their respective functions adhering to four key practices: customer
service, holistic service, strengths-based relationships, and results
orientation.
**This position is eligible for full retirement after 20 years of
service in eligible positions in recognition of the challenges of
front-line mental health work. More information can be found here.
Environmental Factors
Incumbents may be assigned to any DMH Treatment facility and any shift.
Employees regularly interact with patients experiencing serious mental
illness, who present with various levels of risk to self or others -
assaultive behavior, elopement risk, self-harm; and may be exposed to
infectious diseases and caustic detergents.