Licensed Mental Health Clinician
About The Position
The Licensed Mental Health Clinician provides professional mental health services to inmates, including evaluations, diagnostic assessments, clinical interventions, therapy, and crisis intervention. The clinician participates in a 24-hour Mental Health On-Call Rotation and helps ensure appropriate emergency and non-emergency transfers for inmates with acute mental health needs. The role provides clinical direction to non-clinical staff, supports continuity of care through referrals and documentation, and maintains accurate inmate mental health records. The clinician also monitors treatment, responds to inmate concerns, and promotes safety and security in the clinical and correctional environment through observations, contraband control, reporting, and assigned training. Applicants must have a master's degree in counseling, social work, psychology, or marriage and family therapy from an accredited institution, and current, valid registration with the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies as an Unlicensed Psychotherapist. Certain Colorado permits or licenses may substitute for the registration requirement. Pay depends on experience and licensure.
Requirements
- Master's degree from an accredited institution in counseling, social work, psychology, or marriage and family therapy.
- Attach transcripts that include the applicant's name, accredited institution, degree type, and date the degree was conferred.
- Current, valid registration with the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies as an Unlicensed Psychotherapist, as required by C.R.S. 12-43-702.5.
- Maintain the required registration, permit, or licensure applicable to the assignment.
- Ability to provide professional mental health or sex-inmate treatment to inmates.
- Efficiency and ability to participate in the 24-hour Mental Health On-Call Rotation.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate across facility programs and with external agencies.
- Ability to work independently and provide comprehensive clinical documentation.
- Ability to work with a diverse inmate population and provide professional mental health treatment as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Ability to read and comprehend English and communicate fluently in English, verbally and in writing.
Nice To Haves
- Current, valid Colorado permit or license as a Marriage and Family Therapist Candidate, Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate, Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Social Worker, Clinical Social Worker, Psychologist Candidate, or Psychologist.
- Master's or doctoral degree in a mental health field from a program accredited by CACREP, CSWE, AAMFT or COAMFTE, or APA.
- License eligibility as a Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, or Licensed Psychologist.
- Experience providing mental health treatment in a correctional environment.
Responsibilities
- Provide formal and informal mental health evaluations, diagnostic assessments, and clinical interventions to inmates.
- Ensure accurate Information System mental health needs levels, including Psychiatric and Developmental Disability needs level codes.
- Provide group, brief, and individual therapy, and crisis intervention, including participation in the 24-hour Mental Health On-Call Rotation.
- Ensure emergency and non-emergency transfers for inmates experiencing acute mental health needs.
- Provide clinical direction to non-clinical staff regarding mental health care and treatment of inmates.
- Support continuity of care by making appropriate referrals and providing necessary information and documentation to receiving units, facilities, or agencies.
- Create accurate and timely handwritten and electronic documentation for comprehensive inmate mental health records.
- Monitor inmate treatment, listen to inmate concerns, and provide counseling and direction.
- Promote and maintain safety and security in the clinical and correctional environment through conscientious observations and sensitive-item contraband control.
- Inform a supervisor of safety and security violations through the report-writing process.
- Attend assigned training programs, including a self-defense course.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
