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. The role involves completing screenings, including detailed mental health screens and risk assessments, and suicide watch assessments when within their scope of practice and allowable per their credentialing board, ODRC policy, and in consultation with an Independently Licensed Mental Health Professional if not independently licensed. The provider will conduct individual and group clinical interventions as prescribed on the individual mental health treatment plan using clinical intervention strategies within their scope of practice and directed by supervision. They will also provide psychosocial group interventions, mental health liaison services to an assigned caseload, and monitor offender progress with mental health treatment plan goals. Completing psychosocial needs and treatment assessments, transfer and discharge summaries, and consulting with other institution staff regarding the caseload inmate’s institutional adjustment and service needs are key responsibilities. The role also involves initiating and maintaining contact with families and community agencies, providing and seeking information relative to patient care and treatment, and making appropriate community referrals. Documentation, including electronic records of all inmate contacts, progress notes, discharge plans, and miscellaneous reports, is required per policy and protocol. The provider will attend meetings of social work or counselor supervision and in-service training sessions and workshops for professional development. Teaching in-service sessions may also be assigned.
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Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
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