Behavioral Healthcare Provider 1 (LSW/LPC/MFT) - 20092390

State of Ohio • London, OH

12h • Onsite

About The Position

This position 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 is responsible for assigned mental health interventions for a caseload of mentally ill criminal offenders. This includes completing screenings, risk assessments (including suicide watch), and conducting individual and group clinical interventions as prescribed on the individual mental health treatment plan. The role also involves providing psychosocial group interventions, mental health liaison services, psychosocial needs and treatment assessments, and completing transfer and discharge summaries. Consultation with other institution staff, initiating contact with families and community agencies, and making appropriate community referrals are also key responsibilities. The provider will be responsible for electronic documentation of all inmate contacts, progress notes, discharge plans, and other reports as needed. Attendance at supervision meetings, in-service training, and workshops for professional development is expected. The position may also involve teaching in-service sessions.

Requirements

• Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) by Ohio Counselor, Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy Board.
• OR Licensed Social Worker (LSW) by Ohio Counselor, Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy Board.
• OR Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (MFT) by the State of Ohio Counselor, Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy Board.
• Must clearly describe how you meet the minimum qualifications outlined on this job posting in your on-line Ohio Civil Service Application.
• Must submit to urinalysis to test for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
• Must undergo a criminal background check.
• Must not be under a federal or state weapons disability if the position requires firearms certification/recertification and use.
• Must not have engaged in sexual abuse in a prison or other confinement facility.
• Must not have been civilly or administratively adjudicated, or convicted of engaging or attempting to engage in sexual activity in the community facilitated by force, implied threats of force, or if the victim did not or was unable to consent.
• Must not have been convicted of soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism, terrorism, or money laundering to support terrorism.
• Must not have been convicted of or pled guilty to a felony where a direct correlation exists between the position and prior criminal behavior.

Nice To Haves

• Behavioral Health
• Basic Documentation
• Programming
• Professional
• Confidentiality
• Teamwork
• Customer Focus
• Decision Making
• Emotional Intelligence

Responsibilities

• Provide assigned mental health interventions for a caseload of mentally ill criminal offenders as a member of an interdisciplinary mental health treatment team.
• Complete screenings, including detailed mental health screens and risk assessments (inclusive of suicide watch assessments when within scope of practice and allowable per credentialing board, ODRC policy, and in consultation with an Independently Licensed Mental Health Professional).
• Conduct individual and group clinical interventions as prescribed on the individual mental health treatment plan using clinical intervention strategies within scope of practice and directed by supervision.
• Provide psychosocial group interventions as prescribed on the mental health treatment plan.
• Provide mental health liaison services to an assigned caseload, including monitoring offender progress with mental health treatment plan goals.
• Complete psychosocial needs and treatment assessments as part of interdisciplinary treatment planning.
• Complete transfer and discharge summaries.
• Consult with other institution staff regarding the mental health caseload inmate’s institutional adjustment and service needs.
• Initiate and maintain contact with families and community agencies.
• Provide and seek information relative to patient care and treatment.
• Make appropriate community referrals, per mental health treatment team.
• Write reports and/or documentation, including electronic documentation of all inmate contacts, mental health liaison progress note entries, discharge plans, and miscellaneous forms and reports as needed, per policy and protocol.
• Attend meetings of social work or counselor supervision.
• Attend in-service training sessions and workshops for professional development.
• May be assigned to teach in-service.

Benefits

• Medical Coverage
• Free Dental, Vision and Basic Life Insurance premiums after completion of eligibility period
• Paid time off, including vacation, personal, sick leave and 11 paid holidays per year
• Childbirth, Adoption, and Foster Care leave
• Education and Development Opportunities (Employee Development Funds, Public Service Loan Forgiveness, and more)
• Public Retirement Systems (such as OPERS, STRS, SERS, and HPRS) & Optional Deferred Compensation (Ohio Deferred Compensation)

What This Job Offers

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