Direct Care Worker – Ft- 3P-11Pm(1), 11P-7A(1)

HBHS offers an excellent compensation and benefits package including BCBS of MS health insurance, dental, vision, life, 401k with 5% Match, Paid Time Off and much more!

Job Summary: Full time Direct Care Worker (DCW) position is available at our 24-7 Ruth Wilson Children & Youth Crisis Stabilization Unit (C&Y CSU). The Direct Care Worker assists clients at the C&Y CSU with physical care and daily program activities. The DCW works closely with all other clinical staff (Activity therapists, Social Workers, Nurses) to conduct various process and specialty groups within the program.

Qualifications:Job Qualifications: High school graduate and 2 years of experience in a psychiatric or inpatient, residential, group home setting, any institutional setting/facility determined to be acceptable by the agency or a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college. Employee must demonstrate ability to recognize patients’ individual needs based on medical conditions, age (infants, pediatrics, adolescents, young adults, middle-aged and geriatric), limitations and planned procedures. Good communication skills are necessary. This position has been determined to have an occasional or very low risk of occupational exposure to blood-borne pathogens.