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Nature of Work—Moraine Valley Community College offers a Psychiatric Rehabilitation certificate program to fit your educational and career goals. The training program addresses the needs of the entire range of entry-level jobs in the mental health service delivery system for individuals who are not credentialed in one of the traditional mental health-related fields. The program is designed to provide individuals with the necessary background and skills needed to work with individuals with severe mental and/or drug, alcohol, and abuse problems. The certificate also can provide needed in-service training for those who are already employed in mental-health positions. Four three-semester-hour courses and four corresponding one-credit hour internships comprise the program. Each course emphasizes a philosophy of consumer empowerment and rehabilitation, and focuses on the practical skills that professionals need to do their jobs. Students gain an understanding of psychiatric disability and current approaches to treatment, including case management and vocational rehabilitation. Implementing skills training for medication management, basic conversation, and symptom management is an important part of the curriculum. The focus includes hands-on skills for rehabilitation and continues as students learn basic interviewing skills, assessment and treatment planning, and crisis intervention. Major Employers—
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Employment Outlook—Employment of psychiatric aides is expected to grow more slowly than average for all occupations. Most psychiatric aides currently work in hospitals, but most job growth will be in residential mental health facilities and in community agencies. There is a long-term trend toward treating mental health patients outside of hospitals because it is more cost effective and allows patients to live more normal lives. Demand for psychiatric aides in residential facilities will rise in response to growth in the number of older persons—many of whom will require mental health services—but also as an increasing number of mentally ill adults, who were formerly cared for by their elderly parents, seek care. Job growth also could be affected by changes in government funding of programs for the mentally ill. Median hourly earnings of psychiatric aides were $11.19 in May 2004. The middle 50 percent earned between $9.09and $14.09 an hour. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $7.63, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $16.74 an hour. Median hourly earnings
in the industries employing the largest numbers of psychiatric aides in May 2004
were as follows: For job and internship listings and job search assistance, contact the Job Placement Center in the Center for Contemporary Technology, T904, (708) 974-5737, www.morainevalley.edu/jpc. |
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The
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Technician certificate program will prepare
individuals for employment as psychiatric technicians and aides capable of
working in a variety of settings, such as mental health facilities, public and
private hospitals, residential programs and support services programs. The
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Certificate Program has been developed by the
University of Chicago Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation in cooperation with
the Department of Human Services Division of Mental Health.
