Behavioral Healthcare Provider 1 - 25% Supplement

State of Ohio • Circleville, OH

1d • $27 - $34 • Onsite

About The Position

The Ohio Department of Youth Services is seeking a Behavioral Healthcare Provider 1 to oversee behavioral healthcare functions at the Circleville Juvenile Correctional Facility. The role involves supporting youth through psychosocial interventions and treatment planning, maintaining required records and documentation, and collaborating with treatment teams, agencies, and support services. The position is permanent and full-time, with a stated schedule of 40 hours per week. A temporary supplement of $6.87 per hour is offered in addition to the listed pay scale.

Requirements

• Hold one of the following Ohio credentials: Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor II (LCDC II); Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC); Licensed Social Worker (LSW); Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (MFT); or a Licensed Registered Nurse with a mental-health or psychiatric-nursing practice specialty certificate.
• Alternatively, hold a Registered Nurse license and have completed a master’s degree in psychology or another mental-health-related field, or a master’s degree in nursing with a mental-health or psychiatric-nursing concentration.

Responsibilities

• Perform psychosocial interventions with youth within the scope of practice, including individual, family, or group counseling, testing, and client education.
• Develop intervention goals and objectives to provide education and address clients’ problems in functioning.
• Participate in establishing, implementing, and evaluating treatment-system goals and objectives.
• Interview youth and their families to establish case goals and objectives.
• Assess clients, determine intervention techniques, monitor youth responses to treatment, provide feedback on treatment effectiveness, and evaluate progress under prescribed treatment plans.
• Maintain data and documents required by federal, state, and local agencies.
• Prepare social histories, admission and aftercare summaries, court documents, and forms required by law or department policy.
• Serve on treatment and program-development teams and attend training meetings, intradepartmental meetings, and court hearings.
• Establish and maintain working relationships with other facilities, agencies, and support services to coordinate referrals and conduct follow-up services.

Benefits

• Medical coverage.
• Free dental, vision, and basic life insurance premiums after completion of the eligibility period.
• Paid vacation, personal, and sick leave, plus 11 paid holidays per year.
• Childbirth, adoption, and foster-care leave.
• Education and development opportunities, including employee development funds and Public Service Loan Forgiveness.
• Public retirement systems, including OPERS, STRS, SERS, and HPRS, and optional deferred compensation.

What This Job Offers

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