Justice-Involved Behavioral Health Clinician [Marion/Crawford]

Third Street Community Clinic•Bucyrus, OH

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About The Position

Third Street Family Health Services is seeking a compassionate, clinically skilled Justice-Involved Behavioral Health Clinician to help justice-involved individuals address behavioral health challenges and connect with community-based support. The clinician provides assessment, counseling, crisis intervention, care coordination, and transition support for individuals involved in the justice system or returning to the community from justice-system settings. The role involves working collaboratively with patients, families, courts, correctional facilities, community agencies, and interdisciplinary care teams. The position is based in the Marion/Crawford area, with travel to community and justice-system settings as required. Third Street is a patient-centered, not-for-profit community health center established in 1994. It provides medical, dental, OB/GYN, pediatric, community outreach, and behavioral health services across eleven locations in Richland, Marion, Ashland, and Crawford counties. Its mission is to deliver comprehensive health and wellness care that is accessible to all in the communities it serves.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in social work, counseling, psychology, or a related behavioral health discipline consistent with applicable licensure requirements.
Current State of Ohio licensure as applicable to the position, including CT, LSW, LPC, LISW, LPCC, LISW-S, and/or LPCC-S.
Experience providing behavioral health counseling, psychotherapy, behavioral health assessment, and/or crisis intervention.
Knowledge of behavioral health treatment, care coordination, and community resource navigation.
Knowledge of applicable behavioral health laws, regulations, ethical standards, and confidentiality requirements.
Ability to obtain and maintain all required credentials, certifications, and training.
Valid driver’s license and ability to travel to community and justice-system settings as required.

Responsibilities

Conduct behavioral health assessments and provide individual counseling, psychotherapy, and clinically appropriate interventions for justice-involved individuals.
Provide jail outreach and community-based support to help individuals connect with ongoing behavioral health, medical, and social services.
Support patients transitioning from correctional or justice-system settings back into the community through care coordination, treatment planning, and resource navigation.
Collaborate with courts, correctional facilities, probation and parole personnel, community agencies, and internal care teams to support continuity of care.
Help patients access community resources, including housing, substance use treatment, primary care, case management, transportation, and social services.
Respond to behavioral health crises by completing risk assessments and safety planning, providing crisis intervention, and making appropriate referrals.
Maintain timely and accurate documentation of assessments, treatment plans, progress notes, referrals, care coordination, and required program activities.