Psychiatric Aide-Technician

Duties and Responsibilities

Psychiatric aides and technicians help care for mentally ill, disabled, or infirm people who are confined to hospitals, mental facilities, and residential care facilities. They work under the supervision of mental health professionals or nurses. They often work in hospitals, social services centers, crisis centers, schools, and substance abuse facilities.

Average Salary: $12,000- $24,000

Educational Requirements

Psychiatric aides need not always have a high school diploma or formal training; however most employees prefer that they do. Psychiatric technicians need a high school diploma and should have taken courses in English and science. A short training course or a previous job experience as a psychiatric aide is often also required.

Would you like to be one?

I wouldn’t want to be a psychiatric aide-technician because the pay is low and it doesn’t interest me.