Licensed Mental Health Professional
About The Position
This position is located at Johnston Correctional Institution, Smithfield, NC. Johnston Correctional Institution is a minimum-custody prison housing male offenders. Johnston Correctional Institution serves as the hub for healthcare for the male inmate population. The facility is designed to house a maximum capacity of 668 offenders, including 28 restrictive housing beds. The Licensed Mental Health Professional (LMHP) provides a full spectrum of psychological and comprehensive clinical services to offenders within a correctional setting. Work involves applying theory in the diagnosis and treatment of mental and emotional disorders, providing individual and group counseling to offenders and serving as a liaison between correctional staff and offenders at Johnston Correctional Institution. The License Mental Health Professional will provide direct psychological services to offenders with a range of emotional and behavioral issues from situational stressors to those with severe and persistent mental illness and personality disorders. Such services include mental health triage/screening, crisis intervention, mental health assessment and treatment planning, suicide/self-injury assessment and management and Restrictive Housing reviews and evaluations.
Requirements
- Must hold an independent license to practice as a mental health clinical practitioner in North Carolina or have met the requirements to be licensed in North Carolina at the associate or provisional level as a mental health clinical practitioner.
- Master's degree in psychology, clinical social work, marriage and family therapy, clinical counseling or human services related field from an appropriately accredited educational institution.
Nice To Haves
- Documented knowledge of psychological, emotional and interpersonal dynamics that contribute to distress and mental health diagnosis.
- Demonstrated experience to evaluated, screen and diagnose clients for appropriate treatment; formulate clear goal-oriented treatment plans, and document progress of client treatment.
Responsibilities
- Provides a full spectrum of psychological and comprehensive clinical services to offenders within a correctional setting.
- Applies theory in the diagnosis and treatment of mental and emotional disorders.
- Provides individual and group counseling to offenders.
- Serves as a liaison between correctional staff and offenders.
- Provides direct psychological services to offenders with a range of emotional and behavioral issues from situational stressors to those with severe and persistent mental illness and personality disorders.
- Conducts mental health triage/screening.
- Performs crisis intervention.
- Conducts mental health assessment and treatment planning.
- Performs suicide/self-injury assessment and management.
- Conducts Restrictive Housing reviews and evaluations.
Benefits
- Health Insurance options
- Retirement Plans
- NCFlex Supplemental Benefits
- Paid Vacation, Sick, and Community Service Leave
- Paid Parental Leave
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
