Psychiatric Technician I Flex
$39,520–$39,520 year
On-sitePortland, Oregon, United States
Job Summary
Conduct evaluations and assessments of clients while ensuring their personal safety and providing basic needs such as food, hygiene, and clothing. Implement appropriate care based on treatment plans by teaching social skills and facilitating educational and therapeutic groups. Perform safeguarding interventions, complete cleaning tasks, and document notes for incident reporting. Support children and adolescents in acute psychiatric episodes through structured recreational activities and daily assistance within a multidisciplinary team. This role is covered under the SEIU Local 503 Collective Bargaining Agreement and includes paid internal training and career development opportunities.
Required Qualifications
- Ability to interact effectively with clients, families, and peers.
- Adept problem-solving skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Proficient computer skills, and capacity to learn new operating systems and applications.
- Basic math skills.
- Ability to lift, push, bend and pull, stand or move about; raise arms in an unsupported. position, twist from side to side at the waist, reach for objects, perform similar repetitive hand operations or other fatiguing demands for over five hours per day.
- Ability to safely perform Oregon Intervention System (OIS) requirements for physical intervention techniques.
- Meets requirements to register as a Qualified Mental Health Associate (QMHA).
- Demonstrated experience and skill in working with clients with high level of behavioral acuity.
- Understanding of age specific child development.
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