Mental Health Technician

Grove City, Ohio

The Buckeye Ranch
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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.

The Buckeye Ranch is seeking Mental Health Technicians to join our Residential Treatment Program. The Residential Mental Health Technician provides 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. Youth ages range from 9-17.
  • Base Rate: $17.2811 - $21.60
  • 2nd Shift Differential: $1.50 added to base rate
  • Weekend Differential: $0.50 added to base rate

Hiring Bonus:
  • 2nd Shift - $1,500. $500 each at 1st paycheck, 3 months, 6 months (This is for external applicants only)

Schedule: Full-time, Non-exempt (Weekends Required)
  • 2nd Shift (2:30pm-11pm)

Location: Grove City, OH (100% in person)

What you'll do:
  • Assists clients in developing age-appropriate activities, behaviors, and interpersonal skills.
  • Deescalate potentially aggressive youth
  • Sets and obtains conformance to clear behavioral limits appropriate for the client's background and development.
  • 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
  • Provides transportation for the clients as needed
  • Adapts to changing, unusual or unplanned situations with appropriate measures and modification of planned activities including working shifts on another unit as directed by supervisor/shift supervisor.
  • Intervenes as needed to manage or assist in crisis situations.
  • Manage behavioral health crises through appropriate interventions including using the principles 'Regulate, Relate, Reason.'

Who you are:
  • You have a high school diploma; Associates degree preferred.
  • You have an active driver's license and proof of car insurance.
  • You have one year of mental health working experience.
  • You are 21 years or older.
  • You have previous work experience as a Mental Health Technician, Mental Health Specialist, Behavioral Aide, or other related titles.

Our benefits:
  • Wonderful medical, dental, vision insurance (Low-cost premiums)
  • Generous paid time off
  • Professional advancement opportunities
  • Overtime opportunities

Applicants are considered for all positions in accordance with statutes and regulations concerning non-discrimination on the basis of race, ancestry, age, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, non-disqualifying disability, veteran status, or other protected classification. The Buckeye Ranch is an equal opportunity employer, as well as a substance and tobacco free workplace. All offers of employment are contingent on satisfactory pre-employment drug screen.

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Date Posted: 23 October 2024
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