Behavioral Healthcare Provider 1 - Deaf School

State of Ohio • Columbus, OH

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The Ohio School for the Deaf is hiring a Behavioral Healthcare Provider 1 to support deaf and hard-of-hearing students. Within the scope of practice and at the direction of principals, the provider performs psychosocial interventions and develops and facilitates behavior treatment plans. The position also supports student behavioral health, social-emotional needs, crisis response, and coordination of services with school staff, families, agencies, and other providers.

The provider monitors and documents student progress and treatment-plan effectiveness, contributes to treatment and program-development teams, and helps ensure that services and records meet applicable state, federal, and agency requirements. The position is permanent, full-time, and classified, with a Monday–Friday first-shift schedule. Occasional on-call work is required, and evenings or weekends may be worked. The position may include extracurricular activities, field-trip supervision, and accompanying students on trips.

Eligible employees will be reassigned to Behavioral Healthcare Provider 2 upon earning the required licensure, certification, or credentials. The final candidate must submit to a urinalysis for illegal drug use before appointment.

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 Registered Nurse license 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.
• Meet the required licensure documented in the official position description and applicable to the scope of practice and services provided.
• Demonstrate at least Intermediate level on the Sign Language Proficiency Interview (SLPI) at hire.
• Demonstrate Advanced level on the SLPI within one year of hire.
• Be available for occasional on-call work.
• Submit to a pre-appointment urinalysis for illegal drug use.

Nice To Haves

• A master’s degree in counseling or a social work field.
• Experience with therapy issues affecting deaf children and their families.
• Expertise in crisis intervention.
• Experience working in a treatment and/or school setting.
• Strong documentation and data-analysis skills.
• Skills in behavioral health, American Sign Language, educational support, building trust, confidentiality, conflict management, emotional intelligence, and listening.

Responsibilities

• Perform individual, family, or group interventions, including counseling, testing, and educating students.
• Train and assist with suicide ideation and threat assessments.
• Develop intervention goals and objectives and recommend behavior treatment options intended to educate students and address functional problems.
• Identify students’ behavioral counseling needs and coordinate peer mediation programs.
• Operate social-emotional group workshops and ongoing group-building activities.
• Assess clients, determine and develop intervention techniques, and monitor responses to treatment systems and plans.
• Provide feedback on treatment effectiveness, evaluate cases, and assess client progress resulting from prescribed treatment plans.
• Serve on treatment and program-development teams and attend training meetings, intradepartmental meetings, and court hearings.
• Establish and maintain working relationships with facilities, agencies, and support services to coordinate referrals with school social workers and principals and conduct follow-up services.
• Enforce rules, regulations, and legal requirements with students.
• Document events in the therapeutic process and complete required reports, implementation plans, case notes, and other forms.
• Provide feedback about prescribed plans to administrators, teachers, residential advisors, parents, and guardians.
• Monitor student responses to functional behavior plans.
• Collaborate with staff, including psychologists, teachers, and residential advisors, and cooperate with behavior intervention plans and wrap-around services.
• Assist with crisis team intervention.
• Lead Positive Behavior Intervention Support teams and maintain their documentation.
• Collaborate with OSD staff regarding student concerns and wrap-around services.
• Participate in extracurricular activities, supervise field trips, and accompany students on campus-related and off-campus trips as needed or requested.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical coverage.
• Free dental, vision, and basic life insurance premiums after completion of the eligibility period.
• Paid time off, including 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.
• Optional deferred compensation through Ohio Deferred Compensation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level