Behavioral Healthcare Provider 1 (LSW/LPC/MFT) - 20027271

State of Ohio • Leavittsburg, OH

5d • 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 mental health interventions to a caseload of mentally ill criminal offenders. The role includes screenings and risk assessments, clinical and psychosocial interventions, treatment-plan monitoring, assessment and treatment planning, documentation, and coordination with institution staff, families, and community agencies. The position is based at the Trumbull Correctional Institution in Leavittsburg, Ohio. Starting pay is approximately $58,000 based on location. The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction is a qualifying employer for the federal Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness program.

Requirements

• Hold an Ohio Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Licensed Social Worker (LSW), or Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (MFT) license.
• Perform assessments and interventions within the applicable scope of practice and credentialing-board requirements.
• Meet the required license qualifications documented in the official position description.

Responsibilities

• Complete detailed mental health screenings and risk assessments, including suicide watch assessments when permitted by scope of practice, credentialing-board rules, ODRC policy, and required consultation.
• 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 offenders’ 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 assigned inmates’ 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 determined by the mental health treatment team.
• Document inmate contacts, mental health liaison progress notes, discharge plans, and other required forms and reports electronically, 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 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
• Education Level: No Education Listed