Behavioral Healthcare Provider 1 (LSW/LPC) 20020244

State of Ohio • Mansfield, OH

7h • Onsite

About The Position

This position works under clinical supervision and requires considerable knowledge of behavioral healthcare programs and program techniques. As a member of an interdisciplinary mental health treatment team, the provider is responsible for assigned mental health interventions for a caseload of mentally ill criminal offenders. The role involves completing screenings, conducting individual and group clinical interventions, providing psychosocial group interventions, and serving as a mental health liaison. The provider will also complete psychosocial needs and treatment assessments, transfer and discharge summaries, and consult with other institution staff. Additionally, they will initiate and maintain contact with families and community agencies, provide and seek information relative to patient care and treatment, and make appropriate community referrals. Documentation of all inmate contacts, progress notes, discharge plans, and other reports is required. The position also involves attending supervision meetings and in-service training sessions for professional development. The starting pay is approximately $68,000. The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DRC) is a qualifying employer for the federal Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness program.

Requirements

• Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) by Ohio Counselor, Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy Board. -Or Licensed Social Worker (LSW) by Ohio Counselor, Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy Board.
• Clearly describe how you meet the minimum qualifications outlined on this job posting in your on-line Ohio Civil Service Application.

Nice To Haves

• Behavioral Health
• Basic Documentation
• Programming
• Professional
• Confidentiality
• Teamwork
• Customer Focus
• Decision Making
• Emotional Intelligence

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the completion of screenings which include detailed mental health screens as well as risk assessments that are inclusive of suicide watch assessments when determined to be within their scope of practice and allowable per their credentialing board, ODRC policy, and within direct consultation with an Independently Licensed Mental Health Professional when they are not independently licensed
• Conducts individual and group clinical interventions as prescribed on the individual mental health treatment plan using clinical intervention strategies within their scope of practice and directed by supervision
• Provides psychosocial group interventions as prescribed on the mental health treatment plan
• Provides mental health liaison services to an assigned caseload, including the monitoring of the offender progress with the mental health treatment plan goals.
• Completes psychosocial needs and treatment assessments as part of interdisciplinary treatment planning
• Completes transfer and discharge summaries
• Consults with other institution staff regarding the mental health caseload inmate’s institutional adjustment and service needs.
• Initiates and maintains contact with families and community agencies
• Provides and seeks information relative to patient care and treatment
• Makes appropriate community referrals, per mental health treatment team.
• Writes reports and/or documentation to include electronic documentation of all inmate contacts, mental health liaison progress note entries, discharge plans and miscellaneous forms and reports as needed, per policy and protocol.
• Attends meetings of social work or counselor supervision
• Attends in-service training sessions and workshops for professional development
• May be assigned to teach in-service

Benefits

• Medical Coverage
• Free Dental, Vision and Basic Life Insurance premiums after completion of eligibility period
• Paid time off, including vacation, personal, sick leave and 11 paid holidays per year
• Childbirth, Adoption, and Foster Care leave
• Education and Development Opportunities (Employee Development Funds, Public Service Loan Forgiveness, and more)
• Public Retirement Systems ( such as OPERS, STRS, SERS, and HPRS ) & Optional Deferred Compensation ( Ohio Deferred Compensation )

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed