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Mental Health Worker, Full-Time, Days 40 hours (2 8 x 2 12 hour shifts)

Griffin Health

Derby, CTFull-time$17.83–28.52/hrSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago

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Compensation
$17.83–28.52/hr
Location
Derby, CT
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Mental Health Worker provides direct services and patient care on the Inpatient Psychiatric Unit. The role supports admission, discharge, and transfer processes; records vital signs; orients and assists patients with feeding and routine physical care; and contributes to treatment planning and implementation, including co-leading group sessions and observing patient status. At least two years of schooling in Psychology or a related field is required. Experience is preferred.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Direct Patient CarePhlebotomyAssessment and PlanningTreatment ImplementationGroup FacilitationPatient Observation

Qualifications

Two Years Psychology or Related Schooling

Full job description

Hourly Range: $17.83 USD to $28.52 USD

Description

MAIN FUNCTION:Provide a variety of direct services to patients on the Inpatient Psychiatric Unit. Provides direct patient care, assisting in the patient admission, discharge and transfer process, obtains and records vital signs, orients patient to the unit, feeds and assists in feeding patients, and assist in routine physical care needs of patients as directed by nurse. Other responsibilities include phlebotomy, assessment and planning, functioning as a member of Interdisciplinary Treatment Team, and implementation, including co-leading group sessions, implementing treatment approaches and providing appropriate observation to patient status.

EDUCATION: Minimum 2 yrs schooling in Psychology or related field. Experience preferred

Rotating weekends required

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How this job compares

Set against the 3,432 open Patient Care jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$17.83–28.52/hr
  • Connecticut median$21–34/hr50 hourly ranges
  • US median$24–34/hr1,932 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $23.17/hr, is 11% below the Connecticut median midpoint ($26/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Patient Care hourly ranges in Connecticut.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 84 open Patient Care jobs in Connecticut and 3,432 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Connecticut
Experience
Patient Care postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (879 postings).
Education
642 of the 3,432 open Patient Care jobs (19%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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