Departmental Technician 7-E9 (Community Health Technician) na State of Michigan, MI

About the Department

This position will be the primary point of contact for veterans and their families seeking mental health assistance from the Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency (MVAA). This position will receive complex callers from the MVRSC regarding requests involving mental health related issues or case management related to social determinates of health to the Community Health Technician. The Community Health Technician will serve as the case manager and utilize their cross-agency training from the MDHHS Walking with Warriors program to complete a baseline mental health screening and analyze results of such screening to determine which applicants are eligible and appropriate for more extensive services offered by the MDHHS Walking with Warriors Veteran Navigators and Peer Support Specialists (e.g., serious mental illness/serious emotional disturbance/substance use disorder related). Through their analysis and subsequent determination, the Community Health Technician will work with the individual and applicable partners to ensure an appropriate, complete, compassionate referral to the appropriate organization for external action. The Community Health Technician will also serve as a case manager on non-mental health related services to ensure proper health services are secured and serve as a liaison on the Governors Challenge for the MVAA.

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*This is a limited-term position for one-year.*

Position Duties

Education

Education typically acquired through completion of high school

Experience

Departmental Technician 7

One year of experience performing administrative support activities equivalent to the 7-level in state service. 

Departmental Technician 8

One year of experience performing administrative support activities equivalent to the 8-level in state service. 

OR 

One year of experience as a technician or paraprofessional equivalent to the entry level in state service. 

Departmental Technician E9

One year of experience as a supervisor of administrative support activities equivalent to the 9-level in state service. 

OR 

One year of experience performing administrative support activities equivalent to the 9-level in state service. 

OR 

Two years of experience as a technician or paraprofessional, including one year of experience equivalent to the intermediate level in state service.

Minimum Qualifications

Departmental Technician 7 

Completion of two years of college (60 semester or 90 term credits) may be substituted for the experience requirement. 

Departmental Technician 8 

Possession of a Bachelor’s degree may be substituted for the experience requirement. 

Departmental Technician E9 

Possession of a Bachelor’s degree and one year of job-related experience may be substituted for the experience requirement.

Other Qualifications

View the entire job specification at: https://www.michigan.gov/mdcs/-/media/Project/Websites/mdcs/JOBSPECS/D/DepartmentalTechnician.pdf