Behavioral Healthcare Provider 1 (LSW/LPC)- 20087247, 20026437

State of Ohio • Chillicothe, OH

4d • 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. The role involves completing screenings, including detailed mental health screens and risk assessments (inclusive of suicide watch assessments when determined to be within their scope of practice and allowable per their credentialing board, ODRC policy, and within direct consultation with an Independently Licensed Mental Health Professional when they are 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 (including monitoring offender progress with treatment plan goals), and complete psychosocial needs and treatment assessments as part of interdisciplinary treatment planning. Additionally, the role includes completing transfer and discharge summaries, consulting with other institution staff regarding the mental health caseload inmate’s institutional adjustment and service needs, and initiating and maintaining contact with families and community agencies. The provider will provide and seek information relative to patient care and treatment, make appropriate community referrals per the mental health treatment team, and 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. The position also requires attending meetings of social work or counselor supervision, attending in-service training sessions and workshops for professional development, and may be assigned to teach in-service.

Requirements

• Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) by Ohio Counselor, Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy Board.
• Licensed Social Worker (LSW) by Ohio Counselor, Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy Board.
• 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 online Ohio Civil Service Application.
• Must submit to urinalysis to test for illegal drug use prior to appointments. Testing will also be performed for the presence of marijuana.
• Must undergo a criminal background check.

Nice To Haves

• Considerable knowledge of behavioral healthcare programs and program techniques
• Considerable knowledge of clinical intervention strategies
• Considerable knowledge of psychosocial group interventions
• Considerable knowledge of mental health treatment planning
• Considerable knowledge of electronic documentation systems

Responsibilities

• Responsible for assigned mental health interventions for a caseload of mentally ill criminal offenders
• Responsible for the completion of screenings which include detailed mental health screens as well as risk assessments that are inclusive of suicide watch assessments when determined to be within their scope of practice and allowable per their credentialing board, ODRC policy, and within direct consultation with an Independently Licensed Mental Health Professional when they are not independently licensed
• Conducts 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
• Provides psychosocial group interventions as prescribed on the mental health treatment plan
• Provides mental health liaison services to an assigned caseload, including the monitoring of the offender progress with the mental health treatment plan goals.
• Completes psychosocial needs and treatment assessments as part of interdisciplinary treatment planning
• Completes transfer and discharge summaries
• Consults with other institution staff regarding the mental health caseload inmate’s institutional adjustment and service needs.
• Initiates and maintains contact with families and community agencies
• Provides and seeks information relative to patient care and treatment
• Makes appropriate community referrals, per mental health treatment team.
• Writes reports and/or documentation to include 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.
• Attends meetings of social work or counselor supervision
• Attends 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