State of Connecticut Executive Branch

In a Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services major hospital this class is accountable for planning, organizing and supervising the patient work program.

Works under the limited supervision of a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor or other employee of higher grade.

May lead Mental Health Assistants and Rehabilitation Therapy Assistants in the direction of patient activities.

Responsible for care and handling of a large patient work force including those on payroll; assigns individual patients to various work groups taking into account patient level of social competence and work tolerance, therapeutic needs and hospital work load; consults with and apprises medical personnel (including doctors, nursing and social services personnel, department heads and others) of patient behavior during work assignments and their fitness for a particular duty or rehabilitation; checks patient workers in and out of residence halls; makes daily rounds of wards with doctors as required; maintains various records for patient workers including payroll records, clothing, materials, tools, etc.; prepares accident and other reports; may conduct patient work programs; performs related duties as required.

Considerable knowledge of principles and practices of remotivation techniques and related clinical activities; considerable knowledge of patient job requirements for hospital departments utilizing patient workers; knowledge of suitability of individual patients for hospital work programs as indicated by patient behavior patterns; considerable interpersonal skills; ability to process and maintain patient records such as payroll and accident reports.

Three (3) years of experience as a Rehabilitation Therapy Assistant 2 or its equivalent.

Incumbents in this class may be exposed to some risk of injury from assaultive and/or abusive patients.

Classified/Competitive

(25)-Patient and Inmate Care

(10)-HEALTH NONPROF(NP-6)

(3)-Technician

XN 19

New class 4741A 5/23/01 pzd

11/16/2001