{"id":5004,"date":"2024-03-20T13:11:51","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T20:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/?page_id=5004"},"modified":"2025-05-22T13:49:53","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T20:49:53","slug":"mental-health-specialist-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/classified-staff\/mental-health-specialist-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Mental Health Specialist 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>UW CODE AND REPRESENTATIVE GROUP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>18705 (NE S WFSE HMC)<br \/>\n22770 (NE H NI WFSE HMC)<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLASS SERIES CONCEPT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mental Health Specialists provide prescribed treatment to in-patients on mental health units.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BASIC FUNCTION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Provide prescribed in-patient mental health treatment, data collection and treatment planning as part of an inter-disciplinary treatment team.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Under direct supervision of the Registered Nurse in charge; provide prescribed mental health treatment in an in-patient setting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TYPICAL WORK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Act as co-therapist with members of the inter-disciplinary team to develop treatment and discharge plans;<\/p>\n<p>Provide individual counseling regarding reality testing and the problem-solving of current life situation;<\/p>\n<p>Participate in group therapy and family conferences;<\/p>\n<p>Assist with obtaining psycho-social history from patients, family, referral sources and community agencies;<\/p>\n<p>Observe, assess and assist with physical restraint and seclusion procedures; maintain patient safety and provide physical care to patients;<\/p>\n<p>Document patients physical, mental and behavioral status;<\/p>\n<p>Monitor and report patient response to psychotropic medications;<\/p>\n<p>Consult with mental health agencies as required regarding treatment;<\/p>\n<p>Perform related duties as required.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Associate of Arts Degree; AND two years of experience in a mental health setting. Experience may substitute for education on a year-for-year basis.<\/p>\n<p>Equivalent education and\/or experience may substitute for minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license, certification, and\/or registration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLASSIFICATION HISTORY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>10\/12\/1973: New Class<br \/>\n01\/21\/1983: Revise Title &amp; Class<br \/>\n07\/02\/1990: Revise MQ<br \/>\n06\/01\/2005: CSR Class Conversion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UW CODE AND REPRESENTATIVE GROUP 18705 (NE S WFSE HMC) 22770 (NE H NI WFSE HMC) CLASS SERIES CONCEPT Mental Health Specialists provide prescribed treatment to in-patients on mental health [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96,"featured_media":0,"parent":12,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5004","page","type-page","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/96"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5004"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9396,"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5004\/revisions\/9396"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/v1cypwr8vx2.c.updraftclone.com\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}