Mental Health Clinician 3 (PCN 20-8625)
About The Position
The Department of Corrections, Division of Health & Rehabilitation Services, is recruiting for a Mental Health Clinician 3 position located in Eagle River, Alaska. This role involves coordinating, supervising, and providing comprehensive mental health services to incarcerated individuals at Hiland Mountain Correctional Center. Services include individual and group-based psychotherapeutic interventions, mental health screenings, evaluations, treatment planning, crisis intervention, and ongoing therapeutic casework. The clinician will assess diagnoses and risks, respond to emergent situations, and make clinical recommendations. The position also includes performing and facilitating therapeutic group programming focused on cognitive-behavioral skills. As a master’s level clinician and supervisor, responsibilities include overseeing mental health services, completing performance evaluations, conducting quality assurance, developing staff, and training on department standards and mental health disorders.
Requirements
- Doctoral degree OR Master’s degree from an accredited college in counseling, psychology, social work, child guidance, vocational rehabilitation, or a closely related field.
- Progressively responsible professional experience performing psychotherapeutic casework.
- Knowledge of the concepts, principles, and theories of human behavior and performance in various contexts, mental processes, or the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
- Ability to plan, distribute, and monitor work assignments; set task priorities; evaluate work performance and provide feedback; ensure staff are appropriately selected, utilized, and developed, and treated fairly.
- Ability to make sound, well-informed, and objective decisions, perceive the impact and implications of decisions, and commit to action.
- Ability to accept responsibility for own actions and decisions and demonstrate commitment to accomplish work in an ethical, efficient, and cost-effective manner.
- Ability to develop the ability of others to perform and contribute to the organization by providing ongoing feedback and opportunities to learn.
- Knowledge of diagnosis and treatment of physical and mental ailments, and career guidance.
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
- Must be able to pass a criminal history check and obtain a security clearance for APSIN use.
- Must be fingerprinted.
Nice To Haves
- Knowledge of the concepts, principles, and theories of human behavior and performance in various contexts, mental processes, or the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
- Supervision skills.
- Decision-making skills.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate, supervise, and provide comprehensive mental health services to incarcerated individuals.
- Deliver individual and group-based psychotherapeutic interventions.
- Conduct mental health screenings, evaluations, treatment planning, crisis intervention, and ongoing therapeutic casework.
- Assess an individual’s diagnosis and risk, respond effectively to emergent situations, and make clinical recommendations.
- Perform and facilitate therapeutic group programming focused on cognitive-behavioral skills.
- Oversee mental health services.
- Complete performance evaluations.
- Conduct quality assurance measures.
- Develop others in their abilities.
- Train staff on department standards and mental health disorders.
Benefits
- Opportunity to make a profound impact on a vulnerable population.
- Support rehabilitation and contribute to public safety.
- Promote mental wellness and reduce recidivism.
- Collaborative multidisciplinary team environment.
- Shared knowledge and diverse perspectives.
- Professional growth.
- Improved patient outcomes.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
