Psychiatric Aides
SOC Code: 31-1133
Psychiatric Aidess listen and provide emotional support and encouragement to psychiatric patients. This career typically requires moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year). With an AI-proof score of 83.4/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Social Perceptiveness, Speaking, Social Perceptiveness.
AI-Proof Score: 83.4 — Very High
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Median Salary
$41,590
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Job Growth
-0.4%
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Training Time
Moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year)
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Job Zone
Zone 2 / 5
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Training Cost
~$5,000
Key Skills
- •Social Perceptiveness
- •Speaking
- •Service Orientation
- •Monitoring
- •Active Listening
- •Coordination
- •Critical Thinking
Common Tasks
- ✓Listen and provide emotional support and encouragement to psychiatric patients.
- ✓Provide patients with cognitive, intellectual, or developmental disabilities with routine physical, emotional, psychological, or rehabilitation care under the direction of nursing or medical staff.
- ✓Complete physical checks and monitor patients to detect unusual or harmful behavior and report observations to professional staff.
- ✓Restrain or aid patients as necessary to prevent injury.
- ✓Work as part of a team that may include psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric nurses, or social workers.
Training & Resources
Why AI-Proof?
- ✅Requires hands-on physical presence and dexterity
- ✅Demands human empathy, judgment, and trust
- ✅Operates in unpredictable, variable environments
- ✅Social and regulatory barriers to full automation