Behavioral Healthcare Provider 1 (LSW/LPC/MFT) - 20020338

State of Ohio • Paris Township, OH

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Behavioral Healthcare Provider 1 works under clinical supervision and applies knowledge of behavioral healthcare programs and techniques. As a member of an interdisciplinary mental health treatment team, the provider delivers assigned interventions to a caseload of incarcerated people with mental illness. Duties include screening and risk assessment, clinical and psychosocial interventions, treatment-plan monitoring, assessment and documentation, care coordination, and communication with institutional staff, families, and community agencies. The role also includes attending supervision and professional development activities and may include teaching in-service sessions.

The position is with the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction at the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville, Ohio. Starting pay is approximately $70,000 based on location. The position is permanent and full-time. Applicants must hold an Ohio license as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Licensed Social Worker (LSW), or Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (MFT).

Requirements

• Must hold an Ohio Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Licensed Social Worker (LSW), or Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (MFT) license issued by the Ohio Counselor, Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy Board.
• Must perform duties within the applicable scope of practice, credentialing-board requirements, ODRC policy, and clinical supervision.

Responsibilities

• Serve on an interdisciplinary mental health treatment team and provide assigned mental health interventions for a caseload of incarcerated people with mental illness.
• Complete detailed mental health screenings and risk assessments, including suicide watch assessments when within the provider’s scope of practice and permitted by credentialing requirements and ODRC policy; consult an independently licensed mental health professional when required.
• Conduct individual and group clinical interventions prescribed in mental health treatment plans, within scope of practice and under 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 for interdisciplinary treatment planning.
• Complete transfer and discharge summaries.
• Consult institutional staff about assigned patients’ institutional adjustment and service needs.
• 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, liaison progress notes, discharge plans, forms, and reports electronically and as required by policy and protocol.
• Attend social work or counselor supervision meetings.
• Attend in-service training sessions and workshops for professional development.
• May teach in-service sessions.

Benefits

• Medical coverage.
• Free dental, vision, and basic life insurance premiums after completion of the eligibility period.
• Paid vacation, personal leave, 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.

What This Job Offers

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