Onsite Mental Health Security Specialist

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About the role

  • Mental Health Security Specialist for Florida's DCF ensuring safety and security of patients and staff. Patrols facility, responds to emergencies, conducts safety inspections, and handles incidents.

Responsibilities

  • Patrol grounds by foot or by vehicle for the protection and security of buildings, equipment, living areas, and fenced-in areas; inspect for hazards, contraband, unauthorized persons, and eloping residents.
  • Conduct searches to find and retrieve missing and eloped residents.
  • Assist in coordinating these searches with other agencies.
  • Inspect and maintain all equipment assigned to the Security Department.
  • Respond to calls for assistance or for emergencies relating to resident disturbances, CSU admissions, medical emergencies, fires and other types of disaster situations.
  • Responsible for the physical control of combative residents.
  • Operate the Welcome Center; log in visitors and staff, observe for unauthorized entry and all vehicles for items that should be bolted down or locked inside.
  • Issue parking passes/decals and maintain appropriate records.
  • Patrol for traffic and parking violations; issue department tickets to violators.
  • Assist and monitor the flow of traffic control devices.
  • Assist in the investigation of traffic accidents occurring on grounds.
  • Conduct hospital-wide fire drills.
  • Inspect fire extinguishers, fire alarms and warning devices.
  • Participate in disaster preparedness drills.
  • Conduct safety inspections of residents' living areas, their activity areas and staff offices looking for hazards or contraband.
  • Make routine inspections of buildings in designated zones; conduct walk-throughs; check unoccupied areas and living areas in designated zones, watching for anything that may compromise the environment's safety and security.
  • Serve as Centrex Operator. Duties include answering incoming local and long-distance telephone calls. Make proper connections to persons or offices via an on-line employee directory lookup with multiple search criteria.
  • Place local and long-distance telephone calls for both staff and the people served.
  • Maintain records of calls placed for the purpose of verification of billing.
  • Operate a two-way radio communications system and paging system. Alert and/or dispatch Security staff, Emergency Response Team and other hospital staff as necessary.
  • Obtain and log information necessary to provide response to emergencies.
  • Provide escort of residents to and from institution terminals and other hospitals and mental health facilities.
  • Assist Transportation with medical runs as needed.
  • Participate as a designee in meetings, special projects, or special functions as appointed, representing the department in a professional and courteous manner.
  • Provide feedback to the Shift Supervisor or Mental Health Security Chief as needed.
  • Conducts training on Application of Restraints once a month.
  • Conducts training for Two-Way Radio Utilization once a month.

Requirements

  • A high school diploma or its equivalent
  • Two years of experience providing for the safety and security of patients and/or staff in either a residential or outpatient mental health or acute care facility
  • Successful completion of a basic recruit training course or its equivalent can substitute for the required experience
  • Successful completion of college course work with a major course of study in one of the social, behavioral or rehabilitative sciences can substitute on a year-for-year basis for the required work experience

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Retirement plans
  • Professional development opportunities

Job title

Mental Health Security Specialist

Job type

Experience level

JuniorMid level

Salary

$34,760 - $52,412 per year

Degree requirement

High School Diploma

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