Associate Mental Health Specialist

Title:

Associate Mental Health Specialist

Department:
Mental Health

Location:

Berlin, VT, US

Position Type:
Permanent

Schedule Type:
Full Time

Minimum Salary: $24.59

Maximum Salary: $38.27

The State of Vermont’s 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.

The work accomplished by this position is directly linked to the Department of Mental Health’s mission to promote mental health as a vital part of overall well‑being by advancing prevention, early intervention, and recovery‑focused care. Our vision is that mental health is a cornerstone of health in Vermont. Vermonters live in caring, inclusive communities that respond with compassion and respect to mental health needs, ensuring everyone can thrive and participate fully in their lives.

The work done toward our vision and mission uses the values of compassion, equity, integrity, collaboration, and accountability. Please review the Department’s Vision, Mission, and Values at About Us | Department of Mental Health.

This position,
Associate Mental Health Specialist (Job Requisition #53798), is open to all State employees and external applicants. If you would like more information about this position, please contact stephanie.s.shaw. Please note that multiple positions in the same work location may be filled from this job posting. Resumes will not be accepted via e‑mail. You must apply online to be considered.

Candidates, including current State employees seeking transfer, promotion, demotion, or persons exercising re‑employment rights, must pass a fingerprint‑supported background investigation applicable to the position. Additionally, in accordance with AHS Policy 4.02 – Hiring Standards, Vermont and/or national criminal record checks, as well as DMV and adult and child abuse registry checks, as appropriate to the position under recruitment, will be conducted on candidates.

Hiring managers will notify applicants who are in the final stage of the interview process of the fingerprinting and background check requirement, to which an applicant must agree to be deemed eligible for this position. Applicants will have the right to withdraw their applications before fingerprinting and/or a background investigation is conducted.

Please Note:

This position is open until filled. The State of Vermont posts vacancies for a minimum of ten business days. Positions posted as open until filled can be removed at any time after the initial ten day period. After the initial posting period, departments may begin interviewing and may close the posting without notice.

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.

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