Well developed communication skills are required. The work requires moderate physical exertion. The work environment involves hazards, risks or discomforts typical of working with or around machinery with exposed moving parts, irritant chemicals, heavy equipment or abusive or hostile clientele and patients. Exposure to disagreeable weather conditions and extreme levels of temperature, ventilation, lighting and sound are normal. Protective clothing or gear and specific safety standards or procedures may be required.
Serious injury is possible .
Distinguishing Features Differs from the Mental Health Aide class in which the therapeutic work is more closely supervised, incumbents have not completed advanced training and ate not licensed as mental health technicians. Differs from Licensed Mental Health Technician II class which allows for the same work and requires the daily and on-going performance of lead worker responsibilities to a group of at least two Licensed Mental Health Technician I's and lower level mental health staff. Differs from the Licensed Mental Health Technician Specialist class which provides for specialized therapeutic and supervisory work or training others in therapeutic skills in a facility for the care and treatment of the mentally ill or emotionally disturbed. Differs from the Activity Therapy Technician class which provides for developing and implementing a therapeutic program of mental, physical and expressive activities for clients, patients or youth offenders. Leads lesser skilled staff the basic personal care and grooming of patients.