Psychiatric Attendant - 20092387

What You'll do: * Under the direction of the Psychiatric/MR nurses and/or behavioral health supervisors, participates directly or indirectly in the development of the Individual Treatment Plan (e.g., plans designed around habilitation and rehabilitation in cooperation with the multidisciplinary treatment team) * Recommends to treatment team changes in offender treatment plans as behavior shows progress or regression and carries out offender or group treatment delineated by the multidisciplinary treatment team * Directs and monitors all aspects of offender activities * Trains offenders to function independently in self-help and/or daily living skills (e.g., personal hygiene, eating, grooming, toileting, etiquette, social skills, cooking, communications, writing and/or identifying name and address, identifying survival signs and words, and telling time) by using a variety of training techniques (e.g. behavior support programs, modeling, and over-hand instruction) * Directs and monitors offenders vocational responsibilities * Assists in escorting offenders during off-unit therapeutic activities and training programs * Performs specific tasks with offenders as assigned by treatment team at program areas as described in offenders' treatment plan (e.g., cooking, vocational tasks, fine/gross motor activities) * Facilitates basic fundamental and psycho-educational groups to the SMI and IDD populations assigned to any MH unit or programmatic area * Assists in the planning and participates in leisure/recreational activities with offenders (e.g., games, gardening, crafts, fine/gross motor skills, institutional services, to library, recreation yard, and commissary) and documents the activities and outcomes in electronic health record * Institutes appropriate crisis intervention for unacceptable behavior as defined by treatment/behavior plan and prevent injury of the offender to self or to others * Completes necessary documentation of incident reports as required * Provides on-unit surveillance of offender behavior * Investigates offender non-compliance with unit rules and recommends restrictions for violation to the treatment team and advises disciplinary process of offenders * Responds to emergencies and recognizes unusual or threatening conditions and takes appropriate action per institution policies * Reports and documents any problems and or unusual incidents directly to program and institutional staff * Maintains control of own emotional response to repugnant offender behavior and restrains self from punitive or retaliatory activity to prevent escalating aggressive behavior * Assists with institutional count and direct monitoring of offenders * Assists with shakedowns of offender cells and unit area for contraband * Provides orientation to newly transferred offenders * Provides appropriate training, direction and/or feedback to offender regarding behavior observed * Conducts offender interaction with client to clarify issues and resolve problems * Completes charting and documentation, observation logs, reports and records offender response to programs, treatments, medications and activities * Completes forms and reports that are related to shift attendant duties and unit operations * Assists in escorting offenders to leisure/recreational activities, occupational activities and medical appointments * Interacts appropriately with staff, offenders and visitors at all times * Assists other staff and departments (e.g., security and behavioral health) in treatment and behavioral health plans, implementation, offender activities, off- unit programming and worksite area activities, maintaining sanitation standards and adhering to infection control procedures * Act as offender representative or advocate as assigned * Attends scheduled meetings and serves on institutional committees * Maintains safety, security and sanitation of offenders and living area per DRC policies * Attends in-service training and/or educational programs as applicable and updates on institution policies and procedures holder] Formal education in arithmetic that includes addition & subtraction & in reading & writing common English vocabulary. (Pursuant to a Federal Court Order, individual hired into this class at Oakwood Forensic Center must be high school graduate or G.E.D.) * Or equivalent of the Minimum Class Qualifications for Employment noted above. Job Skills: Mental Health, Behavioral Health, Basic Documentation, Programming, Professional, Confidentiality, Customer Focus, Decision Making, Emotional Intelligence, Teamwork

Created: 2025-09-25