Behavioral Healthcare Provider 1 (LSW/LPC/MFT) - 20030934, 20030939

State of Ohio

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Behavioral Healthcare Provider 1 works under clinical supervision and uses knowledge of behavioral healthcare programs and techniques. As part of an interdisciplinary mental health treatment team, the provider delivers assigned mental health interventions to a caseload of mentally ill criminal offenders. Work includes screenings and risk assessments, individual and group clinical interventions, psychosocial assessments and groups, treatment-plan monitoring, referrals, consultation with institution staff, and documentation. The position may also include teaching in-service training.

The role is located at Noble Correctional Institution in Caldwell, Ohio, and is listed as permanent, full-time classified employment. Starting pay is approximately $70,000 based on location. The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction is a qualifying employer for the federal Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness program.

Requirements

• 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.
• Perform duties within the scope of practice and applicable credentialing-board requirements; consult with an independently licensed mental health professional when required.

Responsibilities

• Complete detailed mental health screenings and risk assessments, including suicide watch assessments when within the provider’s scope of practice and credentialing-board requirements, and in consultation with an independently licensed mental health professional when required.
• Conduct individual and group clinical interventions prescribed by individual mental health treatment plans, within scope of practice and under direction of supervision.
• Provide psychosocial group interventions prescribed by 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 regarding mental health caseload 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 directed by the mental health treatment team.
• Write reports and documentation, including electronic records of inmate contacts, mental health liaison progress notes, discharge plans, forms, and other reports required by policy and protocol.
• Attend social work or counselor supervision meetings.
• Attend in-service training sessions and professional development workshops.
• May be assigned to teach in-service.

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, and optional deferred compensation through Ohio Deferred Compensation.

What This Job Offers

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