Hawthorn Children's Psychiatric Hospital provides specialized care for children and adolescents diagnosed with mental illness. We are looking for a positive and energetic Support Care Assistant who has an interest in helping children with mental illness maximize their potential.
Hawthorn Children’s Psychiatric Hospital uses the Sanctuary Model to guide our interactions with our teammates and the care we provide to our consumers in order to promote healing, safety, and nonviolence. This is accomplished by following the Foundation of Sanctuary - The Four Pillars of (1) Trauma Theory, (2) Seven Commitments, (3) S.E.L.F. (Safety, Emotion, Loss, and Future), (4) Sanctuary Tool Kit.
- Performs basic non-professional psychiatric and general nursing work.
- Work involves establishing effective interpersonal relationships with residents, co-workers and other members of the health care team.
- Contributing to the maintenance of a therapeutic environment.
- Rendering basic nursing care.
- Able to lift 45lbs vertically from floor to shoulder height
- Run, walk or jog a distance of 400 yards
- Pull 45lbs at least 20 feet
- Kneel on floor to perform CPR
- Implement crisis intervention techniques and emergency treatment procedures.
- Demonstrate strong leadership and team building abilities.
- One or more years of work experience or self-employment.
- Possession of a high school diploma or proof of high school equivalency.
- Performs basic non-professional psychiatric and general nursing work.
- Work involves establishing effective interpersonal relationships with residents, co-workers and other members of the health care team.
- Contributing to the maintenance of a therapeutic environment.
- Rendering basic nursing care.
