Job Location: This position will be located at 1010 West Columbia Street Farmington, MO 63640

Why you’ll love this position: The Missouri Department of Mental Health/Southeast Missouri Mental Health Center is dedicated to the prevention, treatment, and public understanding of mental illness and developmental disabilities. By joining our team, YOU can make a difference in the lives of those impacted by a mental illness or developmental disability so they have the opportunity to pursue their dreams, live their lives to the fullest, and be a valued member of their communities.

This is a vocational teaching position accountable for aiding instructors in state facilities, assisting with the provision of cognitive and/or self-help skills, monitoring client behavior, and providing clerical classroom support. Employees at this level follow set lesson plans to provide classroom instruction, administer examinations, grade papers, provide one-on-one client support (e.g. tutoring), and prepare reports based on client attendance, performance, progress, and skills assimilation. This position will also help the Patient Rights Coordinator with several clerical tasks.

Lack of post‐Minimum Qualifications:

• Knowledge of the needs and requirements of working with students of varying levels, including those with disabilities. Ability to work in a state correctional, youth, and/or mental health facility.

  Typical qualifications

  Certification and/or 1 year of relevant experience. (Substitutions may be allowed.)

secondary education will not be used as the sole basis denying consideration to any applicant.

The State of Missouri offers an excellent benefits package that includes a defined pension plan, generous amounts of leave and holiday time, and eligibility for health insurance coverage. Your total compensation is more than the dollars you receive in your paycheck. To help demonstrate the value of working for the State of Missouri, we have created an interactive Total Compensation Calculator. This tool provides a comprehensive view of benefits and more that are offered to prospective employees. The Total Compensation Calculator and other applicant resources can be found here.

For more information please contact Human Resources at 573-218-6800.