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Mental Health Worker

ACCS Innovation Center

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This comprehensive course is designed to provide participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to begin working as an entry-level mental health assistant. This course helps students prepare to assume an entry-level job as a Mental Health Assistant.

Format

In-Person

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Program Details

Detailed information about this program

This comprehensive course is designed to provide participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to begin working as an entry-level mental health assistant. This course helps students prepare to assume an entry-level job as a Mental Health Assistant. Students gain a basic understanding of mental health care concepts, including common mental health disorders, treatment options, and patient care fundamentals. They also build prerequisite knowledge about the role and responsibilities of a Mental Health Assistant throughout the patient care process, so they are ready to practice applying their knowledge in a lab setting.

Requirements

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Locations

Where this program is offered

  • Alabama

    Alabama

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Skills & Competencies

Skills developed through this program

  • Accurately monitor and record the patient's blood pressure
  • Accurately monitor and record the patient's heart rate
  • Accurately monitor and record the patient's oxygen levels using an oximeter
  • Assist with daily living activities such as assisting in a patient's movement
  • Assist with daily living activities such as dressing a patient
  • Assist with daily living activities such as feeding a patient
Career Pathways

Occupations this program prepares you for

  • Psychiatric Aides31-1133.00
  • Community Health Workers21-1094.00
What You'll Learn

Key competencies developed through this program

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Mastery: emerging (Level 1)(based on Course)

  • Emotional support and active listening — provide to assigned psychiatric patients under direct staff supervision on an inpatient unit.
  • Patient physical checks — conduct at scheduled intervals following written protocols in a supervised psychiatric ward.
  • Unusual or harmful patient behaviors — recognize and report immediately to a charge nurse or supervising clinician during a shift.
  • Patient area restrictions — enforce by guiding patients back to assigned zones under the direction of senior staff.
  • Vital signs and basic intake data — record accurately into patient charts using facility-approved forms under direct oversight.
  • Restraint techniques — apply basic approved holds to prevent patient self-harm or injury to others when directed by a licensed nurse.
  • Therapeutic activity sessions — assist in setting up and facilitating social or recreational programs led by professional staff.
  • Interdisciplinary team meetings — participate as an observer or note-taker, reporting aide-level observations to clinical team members.
  • Electronic mail and word processing software — use to send shift reports and complete basic documentation tasks under supervisory guidance.
  • Eating habits and daily behavior — observe and document for patients with cognitive or developmental disabilities following a structured care plan.

Some details on this page are auto-populated from public workforce data sources: O*NET (opens in new tab), BLS (opens in new tab), College Scorecard (opens in new tab), DOL Training Provider Results (opens in new tab), NSX (opens in new tab). Provided in partnership with LER.me Career Intelligence.

Student Outcomes

Performance metrics for this program

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Completion Rate
99%
Placement Rate
89%