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Join the Team Making a Difference in Missouri’s Mental Health

Empowering lives, fostering resilience, and providing compassionate care.
Explore rewarding career opportunities with the Missouri Department of Mental Health.

Agency

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St. Louis Forensic Treatment Center

The St. Louis Forensic Treatment Center is a state-funded psychiatric facility providing inpatient and outpatient mental health services for adults committed through the court system, with campuses in North and South St. Louis.

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Hawthorn Children’s Psychiatric Hospital

Hawthorn Children’s Psychiatric Hospital, Missouri’s only free-standing state-operated children’s psychiatric facility, provides compassionate inpatient treatment to help youth stabilize and build the skills needed to return successfully to their communities.

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St. Louis DDTC - South County Habilitation Center

Situated in South St. Louis, this center offers programs to improve the lives of individuals with developmental disabilities and their families; in a residential setting, individuals receive therapeutic services and supports aimed at promoting independence and living productively.

Positions

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Support Care Assistants

Earn $17.20 - $19.20 per hour

This role involves direct care tasks, helping clients with daily activities like feeding, bathing, and dressing. Responsibilities include monitoring vital signs, recording fluid intake/output, reporting on client conditions, and potentially managing medications. It may also involve some security tasks in a mental health care setting.

Qualification:

  • Typically requires 0–1 year of experience; substitutions may be possible.

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Registered Nurses

Earn $35 - $44 per hour

Work as a key member of a multidisciplinary team providing psychiatric and medical care to individuals with mental illness. The role includes assessing patients, supervising nursing staff, administering medications, and responding to crisis situations in a forensic psychiatric setting.

Qualification:

  • Must hold RN licensure, with 0–3 years of experience; recent graduates may practice temporarily.

  • Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in Missouri.

Support Care Professional

Earn $2,209 Semi-Monthly

Work as part of an interdisciplinary team supporting individuals with developmental disabilities. Responsibilities include implementing and monitoring individualized habilitation plans, observing behavior, assisting with positive behavior supports, and training or guiding direct care staff. Provide hands-on support, document progress, and follow all Safety Care procedures to maintain a safe and therapeutic environment.

Qualification:

  • One year of experience providing services to a person with intellectual disabilities

  • Bachelor’s degree in Nursing, Physical Therapy, Speech-Language Pathology, Recreation, or Human Services (sociology, special education, rehabilitation counseling, or psychology).

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