This position works under general direction and requires thorough knowledge of behavioral healthcare theories, interventions, and evaluation techniques. As a member of an interdisciplinary treatment team, the role is responsible for the development and implementation of mental health interventions (e.g., psychological, social) for a caseload of mentally ill criminal offenders. The role involves developing specialized treatment plans and programs, and intervention methods used by treatment teams to treat patients. The supervisor will also oversee, evaluate, and train social workers and/or counselors, assign caseloads, and monitor treatment activities. Additionally, the position requires completing mental health risk assessments, including suicide watch assessments, and providing social psychological services such as individual and group therapy, diagnostic evaluations, psychosocial assessments, and suicide prevention interventions. Documentation in the Electronic Health Care Record, participation in quality assurance programs, maintaining contact with families and community agencies, making community referrals, and participating in personnel management tasks like recruitment and hiring are also key responsibilities. The role requires compliance with all facility and DRC rules, policies, and procedures, maintaining necessary data documents, establishing working relationships with other facilities and agencies, conducting in-service training, participating in continuing education, and attending conferences, workshops, and meetings as directed.
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Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Number of Employees
101-250 employees