Behavioral Healthcare Provider 1 (LSW/LPC/MFT) - 20026860

State of Ohio • Lima, IL

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Behavioral Healthcare Provider 1 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 delivers assigned interventions to a caseload of people in custody with mental illness. Duties include screening and assessment, individual and group clinical interventions, psychosocial group work, treatment-plan monitoring, coordination with institution staff and community providers, and clinical documentation. Interventions and assessments must remain within the provider’s scope of practice and applicable credentialing-board and ODRC policies; when the provider is not independently licensed, specified assessments require direct consultation with an independently licensed mental health professional.

The position is with the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction at Allen/Oakwood Correctional Institution in Lima, Ohio. It is permanent, full-time, classified employment. Starting pay is approximately $73,000 based on location; the posting also lists compensation of $27.48. The role is eligible for benefits subject to applicable eligibility conditions. ODRC is a qualifying employer for the federal Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness program. Final applicants must complete pre-employment drug testing and the selected applicant must undergo a criminal background check.

Requirements

• Hold an Ohio Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Licensed Social Worker (LSW), or Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (MFT) credential issued by the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage & Family Therapist Board.
• Perform assessments and interventions within the applicable scope of practice, credentialing-board requirements, and ODRC policy.
• Consult directly with an independently licensed mental health professional for specified assessments when not independently licensed.

Responsibilities

• Serve on an interdisciplinary mental health treatment team and provide assigned interventions to a caseload of mentally ill criminal offenders.
• Complete detailed mental health screenings and risk assessments, including suicide-watch assessments when within scope of practice and permitted by credentialing-board requirements and ODRC policy; consult directly with an independently licensed mental health professional when required.
• Conduct individual and group clinical interventions prescribed in individual mental health treatment plans, using strategies within scope of practice and as directed by supervision.
• Provide psychosocial group interventions prescribed in mental health treatment plans.
• Provide mental health liaison services to an assigned caseload and monitor progress toward treatment-plan goals.
• Complete psychosocial needs and treatment assessments as part of interdisciplinary treatment planning.
• Complete transfer and discharge summaries.
• Consult with institution staff about the institutional adjustment and service needs of people on the mental health caseload.
• Initiate and maintain contact with families and community agencies.
• Provide and seek information related to patient care and treatment.
• Make appropriate community referrals as directed by the mental health treatment team.
• Document inmate contacts, mental health liaison progress notes, discharge plans, forms, and reports electronically and in accordance with policy and protocol.
• Attend social work or counselor supervision meetings.
• Attend in-service training sessions and workshops for professional development.
• May be assigned to teach in-service training.

Benefits

• Medical coverage.
• Free dental, vision, and basic life insurance premiums after completion of the eligibility period.
• Paid vacation, personal and sick leave, and 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 Ohio Deferred Compensation.
• Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness qualifying-employer status.

What This Job Offers

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