The Maryland Department of Health has several vacancies located within its Central Region. Specifically, positions are located within the Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center (Jessup), Springfield Hospital Center (Sykesville), Spring Grove Hospital Center (Baltimore), RICA Baltimore (Baltimore City), and RICA Rockville (Rockville). When completing your application, please select all locations in which you are willing to accept employment. Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center, Jessup, MD (Howard County) is a State facility where care is provided to mentally ill offenders, patients or residents who have been judged not criminally responsible for committing felonies and to those who are too violent for a regular hospital or residential setting and who have been deemed dangerous to themselves or others. Springfield Hospital Center, Sykesville, MD (Carroll County) is a regional psychiatric hospital operated by the State of Maryland, Maryland Department of Health, which is located on a picturesque campus in southern Carroll County. Springfield Hospital Center is on of the largest psychiatric hospitals in the State of Maryland that provides a wide range of clinical services for the treatment of patients with mental illnesses. Spring Grove Hospital Center, Catonsville, MD (Baltimore County) is a 375-bed complex that provides a broad spectrum of inpatient psychiatric services to adults and adolescents, as well as comprehensive residential psychiatric services to adults. The center is owned and operated by the State of Maryland, under the governance of the Behavioral Health Administration of the Department of Health. Regional Institute for Children and Adolescents (RICA)- Baltimore, Baltimore, MD (Baltimore City) is a mental health residential treatment facility of the Maryland Department of Health located in Baltimore City. This facility serves adolescents and their families from the central Maryland region, the Eastern Shore and parts of Western Maryland. RICA-Baltimore is staffed by qualified multidisciplinary treatment teams, providing treatment and educational programs for adolescent boys and girls aged 12 to 17.6 who are experiencing emotional, behavioral and learning difficulties. Regional Institute for Children and Adolescents (RICA) - Rockville, Rockville, MD (Montgomery County) is a community-based public residential, clinical, and educational facility serving children and adolescents with severe emotional disabilities, located in Rockville, Maryland. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME), Baltimore, MD (Baltimore City) is the statewide agency designated by law to investigate deaths from injury, homicide, suicide, under unusual or suspicious circumstances, or when a person is not attended by a physician. OCME also serves a critical public health role by identifying injury trends or potential infectious diseases that may pose risk to Marylanders. LOCATION OF POSITION Central Maryland Main Purpose Of Job This recruitment is for multiple positions and shifts throughout the Maryland Department of Health. Direct Care Assistant II is the full performance level of work assisting in the care, treatment, habilitation or rehabilitation of mentally or physically ill patients, aged or developmentally disabled clients in State treatment facilities or community based programs. These positions are essential members of an interdisciplinary team working together to provide all services needed to meet all needs of the person to return to full community living.