Safety Specialist

h1span class="emphasis-3"bPartner with us in making a positive change!/b/span/h1p style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:left"spanJoin a team where your work truly matters. We#39;re proud to have been certified as a Great Place to Work for 8 years by our own employees. We invite you to partner with us in our mission to improve mental healthcare./span/pp style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:left"bspanJob Title:/span/b/pSafety Specialistp style="text-align:left"bspanDivision/Program:/span/b/pHigh Desert - Behavioral Health Urgent Care Centerp style="text-align:left"bspanStarting Compensation:/span/b/p17.71 - 18.50 USD Per Hourp style="text-align:left"bspanWorking Location:/span/b/pLancaster, CAp style="text-align:left"bspanWorking Hours/Shift:/span/b/pOn Call 11 pm - 7:30 amp style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:left"bspanWhy Join Our Team?/span/bspan /span/pullibspanCompetitive Compensation/span/bspan: Offering a salary that matches your skills and experience./span/lilibspanGenerous Time Off/span/bspan: Enjoy ample vacation and holiday pay./span/lilibspanComprehensive Benefits Package/span/bspan:/spanullispanEmployer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage./span/lilispanAdditional voluntary benefits to support your lifestyle./span/li/ul/lilibspanProfessional Growth Opportunities/span/bspan:/spanullispanOn-the-job training with access to paid CEU opportunities./span/lilispanCareer development programs designed to help you grow./span/lilispanSupervision for BBS hours for AMFT, ACSW, and APCC professionals (where applicable)./span/li/ul/li/ulp style="text-align:left"bspanEmployee Recognition amp; Rewards/span/bspan: A culture that celebrates and rewards your hard work and dedication/span/pdivpbspanWhat you bring to SBHGspan /span/span/bspanspan(Qualifications)/span/spanbspan:/span/bspan /span/pullipspanspanHigh School Diploma or equivalent and two (2) years’ experience in a relevant fieldspan /span/span/spanbspanOR/span/bspan /span/p/lilipspanspanAA degree in a related mental health field and one (1) year experience in a relevant field./span/spanspan /span/p/lilipspanspanRelevant [field] experience refers to experience working with severely emotionally disturbed children and/or adults in an inpatient or outpatient setting, hospital setting, or setting where safety and security were the primary focus./span/spanspan /span/p/lilipspanspanValid California Driver#39;s License and clear DMV printout preferred./span/spanspan /span/p/lilipspanspanValid CPR/BLS certification./span/spanspan /span/p/lilipspanspanValid Security Guard Registration with California BSIS (Bureau of Security and Investigative Services) OR commitment to register as a Security Guard with California BSIS within 90 days of employment required./span/spanspan /span/p/li/ul/divp/pdivpbspanHow you will make a differencespan /span/span/bspanspan(Job Overview):/span/spanspan /span/p/divdivpspanspanThe Safety Specialist is responsible for providing a high level of customer service through maintaining a safe environment for all clients, visitors, staff and physicians. This care is provided through direct and indirect physical and verbal interactions with clients, modeling appropriate behaviors for clients, and monitoring daily client activities.  She/he screens incoming clients/visitors for contraband and inventories all client property as well as monitoring surveillance equipment.  The Safety Specialist controls access to the center, answers/directs incoming clients, conducts physical security checks of the center grounds, and responds to fires and/or emergencies at the center.  Maintains vigilance over the general milieu within the facility to facilitate quality client care, optimum facility operations and preserve the safety of all therein./span/spanspan /span/p/divp/pdivpbspanDivision/Program Overview: /span/bspan /span/pullipspanspan24/7 outpatient program/span/spanspan /span/p/lilipspanspanRapid mental health assessment, crisis intervention, and medication support/span/spanspan /span/p/lilipspanspanWalk-in’s welcome/span/spanspan /span/p/lilipspanspanClients may stay up to 24 hours/span/spanspan /span/p/lilipspanspanBHUCC equipped to serve 12 adults (ages 18 and up) and 6 adolescent (ages 13 to 17) /span/spanspan /span/p/li/ul/divp style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:left"bspanLearn more about SBHG at/span/b: a target="_blank" href="https://www.starsinc.com/stars-inc/"spanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspan class="WHP0"https://www.starsinc.com/stars-inc//span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/a/pp style="text-align:left"bspanFor Additional Information:/span/b/pp style="text-align:inherit"/pJerevilla@starsinc.comp style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:inherit"/pIn accordance with California law, the grade for this position is 17.87 - 24.79. Placement within the grade is determined based on experience, internal equity, and other factors permitted by law.