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Posted by: Foxy85

DMH police are hiring. I don't know much about the department, but I know the deadline is tomorrow (3-5-08. If you have it post marked by tomorrow, you should be all set...I just stumbled upon the opening, better late than never....

Perhaps someone who works there, or knows about the department will be able to give more information.

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Campus Police Officer I

Campus Police Officer I

Agency Name

epartment Of Mental HealthOfficial Title:Campus Police Officer IFunctional Title:Campus Police Officer I Occupational Group:Police, Guard, CorrectionalPosition Type:Civil ServiceFull-Time or Part-Time:Full-TimeSalary Range

29,616.08 to $38,562.94 AnnuallyBargaining Unit:02Shift:EveningConfidential:NoNumber Of Vacancies:1City/Town:LowellRegion:NORTHEASTFacility Location:Solomon Mental Health Center Application Deadline:03-05-2008Apply Online:NoPosting ID:J13790
Duties:

GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES:

Provides services to safeguard personnel. Ensures security of facility and grounds. Provides back up security to all DMH departments within facility, Conducts regular patrol of building and grounds. Maintains security records and performs related work as required.

DETAILED STATEMENT OF DUTIES:

1. Performs security services by conducting regular patrol of building and grounds, using Morse System checking for safety and or security violations and hazards. Ensures that property is secure and that security and safety systems are operative.

2. Performs security services by maintaining a log of facility egress of all personnel and visitors entering or exiting the building from the time of facility lockdown to the time of facility unlock.

3. Performs security services by conducting investigations of any adverse incidents and reporting such incidents as per protocol. Prepares reports as needed

4. Monitors CCTV surveillance system and alarm systems and responds as procedures dictate.

5. Responds appropriately and in a timely manner to medical emergencies, behavioral emergencies or any emergency call that impacts the safety of consumers, employees or any other person present.

6. Assists staff in escorting consumers from one area of the building to another, or from the building to a transport vehicle, or from the building to off the premises, as the situation dictates. Makes Arrests as required.

7. Attends training appropriate for DMH campus Police and obtain and maintain a Special State Police License.

8. Exercises police powers by making arrests, searching prisoners, searching clients, restraining violent persons and advising suspects of their constitutional rights to prosecute violators and to prevent further violations of law.

9. Investigates crimes, explosions and suspicious fires by interviewing witnesses, victims and others, preserves crime scenes and fire sites for examination by experts: collects physical evidence to aid in locating and apprehending suspects and in preparing cases for prosecution.

10. Patrols facility adjacent areas on foot or in a patrol vehicle to ensure the security of buildings and grounds at the facility.
Qualifications:

Minimum Entrance Requirements: None.

Special Requirements: Possession of a current and valid Massachusetts Class D Motor Vehicle Operator's License.

Appointee must be eligible for appointment as a special police officer under Chapter 22C, Section 60 (DPH) and Section 59 (DMH & DMR) of the Massachusetts General Laws. Preferred Qualifications:

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED AT HIRE:

1. Ability to work with clients in a respectful and humane manner.
2. Ability to deal with the public and staff respectfully and communicate effectively to same.
3. General knowledge of fire fighting procedures and equipment.
4. General knowledge of procedures of buildings and grounds security.
5. Ability to follow written and oral instructions accurately.
6. Ability to prepare written and oral reports.
7. Ability to train staff.
8. Ability to make decisions and acts quickly in dangerous or emergency situations.
9. Ability to exercise sound judgment.
10. Ability to analyze and determine the applicability of data, to draw conclusions and to make appropriate recommendations.

Comments:

This is a Civil Service position. How To Apply:

Mail cover letter and resume to:
Health Office of Human Resources
Joyce Robito
365 East Street
Tewksbury, MA 01876
Fax: 978-851-0133
Customer Service: 978-851-7321 X2155

PLEASE INDICATE POSTING #J13790 ON ALL CORRESPONDENCE

Posted by: rg1283

Harry Solomon in Lowell is very small, 9 State beds there, 24 up stairs run by Westwood Lodge for kids and teenagers. I go up there once a week for work related duties, haven't seen the DMH Officer there at times, I thought he was watching a patient or something. Either way its a small facility, worth applying to as any police job is. Also emergency psych services since lowell hospital ERs do not have psych wards.

Posted by: Delta784

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Originally Posted by rg1283

Harry Solomon in Lowell is very small, 9 State beds there, 24 up stairs run by Westwood Lodge for kids and teenagers. I go up there once a week for work related duties, haven't seen the DMH Officer there at times, I thought he was watching a patient or something. Either way its a small facility, worth applying to as any police job is. Also emergency psych services since lowell hospital ERs do not have psych wards.

Didn't it used to be a lot bigger? Or am I confusing that with another facility with "Solomon" in the name?

Posted by: quality617

Quote:

Originally Posted by Delta784

Didn't it used to be a lot bigger? Or am I confusing that with another facility with "Solomon" in the name?

Solomon Carter Fuller in the South End maybe?

Posted by: Delta784

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Originally Posted by quality617

Solomon Carter Fuller in the South End maybe?

That's probably it.

Posted by: rg1283

There are 2 DMH Facilites with the name solomon in them:

-The Dr. Solomon Carter Fuller Community Mental Health Center (one name, I thought at one time it was named after 3 different people) named after the first black psychiatrist. Which is located in Boston

-The Dr. Harry C. Solomon Community Mental Health Center in Lowell.
named after the commissioner of the DMH in the 60s who helped to change the way mentally ill are dealt with. Things like out patient services, community mental health services, etc. Basically no more hugh mental hospital to lock up people for life at.

Its very confusing how the state facilites are run. Basically who an actually state employee is.

In the community mental health centers (at least in lowell) the only state employees are:

-DMH Police
-DMH Case Managers/Admin.
-DMH Maintenance

Everyone else is contracted out to private companies. Certain facilities have state nurses and doctors, a lot are affiliated with UMass Medical School.

Posted by: Foxy85

HOw many officers are on up there....from the sounds of it, it seems like 1 guy per shift?

Posted by: Tuna

Foxy, you applying?

Posted by: O-302

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Originally Posted by Delta784

Didn't it used to be a lot bigger? Or am I confusing that with another facility with "Solomon" in the name?

It used to be larger...it was the psych facility for the area, then came the funding cuts for mental health facilities...now the psych patients live in the ER's for a week or so until a bed can be located for them...

Posted by: rg1283

Lowell usually has 1 officer on, sometimes I see 2. Lowell has whats called "crisis beds" used for people who are coming out of a psych hospital setting or are going into a psych hospital setting. The goal is supposed to keep them from ending up in a psych hospital. In my opinion crisis beds are waiting beds.

Upstairs is a childrens and adolescent unit leased out to a private company, however the DMH Police do respond up there at times. On top of it there are partial hospital programs (basically daily group therapy and activities, etc.). Also the traveling crisis team and emergency psych services are stationed there.

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Originally Posted by O-302

Definately true. The DMH handles forensic cases and long term cases involving people who are severely mentally ill. You can't just drive up to a state hospital and get admitted.

For the most part its very sad when you can't get someone a state bed who needs the long term care (beyond one month is considered long term). A lot of the severely mentally ill end up becoming forensic before they get any real services, besides the "revolving door" of hospital stays. There have been patients who have waited for 6 months to get a state bed while in a private psych hospital.

They end up being #1 on the list for months. Community mental health and fully pro-active mental health systems are needed. Also post discharge care may save the trauma of being hospitialized again and again.

I've seen patients who have been the biggest jerks in the world when they first come in, once the they find the right meds for the patient, that patient can be the nicest guy in the world. Its a shame because he or she has no where to go when they are discharged to the homeless shelter because they really don't need the half-way houses (or have no beds). With in a few months they will miss an appointment, or not adjust to live with out psychosis (similar to how an addict quits drinking, then relapses because they can't live with out that feeling) stop taking their meds and end up back at the hospital again and again. Most of the frequent flyer mentally ill people are like this and have had messed up lives that you read about. However, a good portion of the mentally ill turn out fine and are in the hospital for about a week to 2 weeks. I'm not even going to talk about dual diagnosis patients (patients with mental illness and substance abuse problems)

It is a joke because the State Hospitals, some like Medfield (now closed) have buildings built in the last 20 years that need min. maintence and could be used for "assisted living" for people who are mentally ill that aren't ill enough for a half-way house, but lack community support. What it comes down to is $. Psych stuff can't be measured with tests you would get during a heart attack. Insurance companies don't want to pay as much. Its not a money maker by any means. The lack of available service are astounding (especially for children/adolescents). Lowell General hospital used to have a psych unit, there isn't any $ in it thats why.

Posted by: Foxy85

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Originally Posted by Tuna

Foxy, you applying?

I through my resume in, we'll see what happens...Pay is about the same for me right now, but its more in the direction that I want to go....So to answer your question, yeah I applied...

Posted by: Delta784

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Originally Posted by rg1283

It is a joke because the State Hospitals, some like Medfield (now closed) have buildings built in the last 20 years that need min. maintence and could be used for "assisted living" for people who are mentally ill that aren't ill enough for a half-way house, but lack community support.

Based on pictures I've seen taken in the last year or so, Medfield State Hospital is still in pretty decent shape and seems to be maintained. Hopefully the state learned their lesson with the old Kirkbride facilities like Danvers where they shut off the heat & electricity to save money and the buildings quickly deteriorated.

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