- Based on 13 Jobtrees users who were a Mental Health Worker in their career, on average, they have 2.06 years of experience and 3 jobs prior to this one. They spend 3.4 years on average in this job building experience and earn $49K per year before moving on.
- 0% of Jobtrees users moved to another job with this same title in their next career step. The most common career steps after Mental Health Worker are Psychiatric Technician, Behavior Therapist and Program Manager. While Psychiatric Technician is from the same job family, Mental Health, there are other common opportunities outside this discipline that Jobtrees users are taking as shown by Program Manager, also being a common career path from Mental Health Worker.
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- The most common career steps to get to Mental Health Worker are Medical Social Worker, Behavior Therapist and Community Liaison based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
- Medical Social Worker, the most common step before Mental Health Worker, is a more senior role which is common to see in career paths. This is a natural and common career progression as titles aren't synonymous across companies so a more senior title doesn't always mean higher pay and larger scope. For Mental Health Worker, this is an indication that you should focus more on the scope of the role than the specific title when thinking about building a path to Mental Health Worker.
- While Medical Social Worker is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Mental Health Worker that is an overwhelmingly common path.
- Another characteristic of the Mental Health Worker career path is that experience within the same job family as this role isn't common and as a result likely not necessary.
- This shows there are many potential paths to becoming a Mental Health Worker so focusing on translatable skills is likely more important than a specific role.
- While Medical Social Worker isn't from the same job family as Mental Health Worker, Mental Health, it can help to have direct experience in this discipline shown by Behavior Therapist also being a common career path to Mental Health Worker.
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- The most common degrees or certifications earned by Jobtrees users on the path to become Mental Health Worker are Bachelor Of Arts (b.a.) In Psychology, Bachelor Of Arts (b.a.) In Criminal Justice - Corrections, and Master Degree In Social Work. There may be other specific certification requirements to land a job with this role, so please make sure to check local regulations as well.
- Career paths aren't linear with people often returning to a prior role which is what you see with Medical Social Worker being on the path to and from Mental Health Worker. This is common when people move companies where the title is the same as a past one but the scope may be different but also is commonly driven by them choosing to return to a function they fit well with.
- Mental Health Worker is part of the Mental Health job family which has a limited number of unique role types (34) within that discipline. Choosing to pursue a role within this family likely will mean that you will need to look outside of your discipline to find new roles and so should focus on related skills as part of that search.
- Other common titles that have similar job requirements and career paths as Mental Health Worker are Mental Health Specialist.
- Our data is limited for this role so it's possible there are other common career paths not highlighted here for Mental Health Worker.