Behavioral Healthcare Provider 1 (LSW/LPC/MFT) - 20081536, 20092572

State of Ohio • Marion, OH

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Behavioral Healthcare Provider 1 works under clinical supervision and uses knowledge of behavioral healthcare programs and techniques to provide mental health services to a caseload of incarcerated individuals with mental illness at Marion Correctional Institution. As part of an interdisciplinary mental health treatment team, the provider completes screenings and assessments, delivers individual and group interventions within their credentialed scope of practice, monitors treatment-plan progress, and coordinates care with institution staff, families, and community agencies. The role also includes treatment planning, documentation, referrals, discharge planning, supervision meetings, and professional development. 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

• Must hold an Ohio Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Licensed Social Worker (LSW), or Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (MFT) credential issued by the Ohio Counselor, Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy Board.
• Perform clinical activities within the scope of practice permitted by the employee's credential and applicable ODRC policy; consult with an independently licensed mental health professional when required.

Responsibilities

• Provide assigned mental health interventions for a caseload of incarcerated individuals with mental illness as a member of an interdisciplinary mental health treatment team.
• Complete detailed mental health screenings and risk assessments, including suicide watch assessments when within scope of practice and permitted by credentialing-board rules and ODRC policy; consult directly 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 as directed by supervision.
• Provide psychosocial group interventions prescribed by mental health treatment plans.
• Provide mental health liaison services for 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 individuals 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.
• Write reports and documentation, including electronic documentation of 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 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, and sick leave, plus 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