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Georgia Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Disabilities


OVERVIEW

DBHDD operates state hospitals and provides for community-based services across the state through contracted providers. The department serves people living with mental health challenges, substance use disorders, intellectual and developmental disabilities, or any combination of these. As Georgia’s public safety net, our primary responsibility is to serve people who are uninsured. We also serve individuals on Medicaid and others with few resources or options.

Our program divisions are:
• Behavioral Health
• Developmental Disabilities
• Hospital Services

OUR VISION and MISSION

Our team is dedicated and compassionate with a commitment to transparency and accountability, but we can only do this work in partnership with providers, civic officials, and citizens. Together, we can continue to make recovery and independence real!

Vision: Easy access to high-quality care that leads to a life of recovery and independence for the people we serve.

Mission: Leading an accountable and effective continuum of care to support Georgians with behavioral health challenges, and intellectual and developmental disabilities in a dynamic health care environment.


Health Service Technician - Community Integration Home [PART-TIME]

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Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Georgia Department of - DBHDD

This is a part-time position. The incumbent will not work more than 29 hours per week.

 

The selected candidate must perform the following duties:

  •  Under direct supervision, learns to provide basic patient care and works with patients/clients to develop daily living skills.
  • May take vital signs.
  • Answers clients' call signals.
  • Assists in administration of medications and treatments, takes vital signs, and/or draws blood or collects other bodily fluids, as directed by a physician or nurse.
  • Bathes, grooms, shaves and dresses clients.
  • Conducts activities for recreation and socialization.
  • Ensures safety and security of clients.
  • Feeds clients who are unable to feed themselves.
  • Observes and documents patient data, behavior and activity.
  • Prepares clients for treatment or examination. Provides client care by supplying and emptying bedpans, applying dressings and supervising exercise routines.
  • Provides clients with help walking, exercising, and moving in and out of bed.
  • Provides subprofessional occupational and/or physical therapy services to physically and/or developmentally disabled patients.
  • Transports and/or accompanies clients to treatment units, using a wheelchair or stretcher.
  • Turns and re-positions bedridden clients, alone or with assistance, to prevent bedsores.
  • Receives additional training, as required, to gain full proficiency and experience in all areas

 

This is hourly paid work performing health care assistance services. Positions in this job are established for less than 9 months or are scheduled for less than 30 hours per week and are not eligible for benefits if the position status is temporary (i.e., SCOA 513). Positions in this job are established for greater than 9 months and scheduled for greater than 30 hours per week if the position status is permanent labor (i.e., SCOA 512). Normally permanent labor positions are eligible for Health Insurance benefits.

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