PRTF Mental Health Technician (1st & 2nd Shift Open)

  • Grove City
  • The Buckeye Ranch
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.

Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities (PRTF ) are designed to reduce long-term hospitalization by delivering intensive care specifically designed for each youth. PRTF supports youth with chronic behavioral health needs that have not been adequately addressed in an acute psychiatric setting.

The Buckeye Ranch is seeking Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility 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

Schedule: Full-time, Non-exempt (2nd Shift Available, One Weekend Day Required)
  • 1st Shift (7:00am-3:00pm)
  • 2nd Shift (2:30pm-10:30pm during the week; 3pm-11pm on Saturdays/Sundays)

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 expectations appropriate for the client's background and development without utilization of coercive practices
  • 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.'
  • Ability to understand and follow additional regulations defined by Ohio Department of Medicaid and Aetna Better Health of Ohio.

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 healthcare experience.
  • You are 21 years or older.

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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