Mental Health Professional Counselor Advanced
About The Position
The Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS) is seeking dedicated candidates to fill important roles within our department. We are one of the largest departments in Maryland with nearly 12,000 employees and a budget of more than $1 billion. In order to fulfill our mission of promoting safety, we have increased security at our institutions while leading the way in innovative restorative justice projects that will help offenders reintegrate into society upon release. As a member of the DPSCS team, you can have a fulfilling career, while also enjoying a wide range of benefits such as medical and dental coverage, paid time off (i.e. vacation, sick leave), becoming vested in the State pension, supplemental retirement options, and even joining the Maryland State Employees Credit Union. The PSCS Mental Health Professional Counselor Advanced is the advanced level of professional counseling work, at the Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor level, providing counseling services as an expert in a specialty area such as dissociative, adjustment or bipolar disorders, or in a defined treatment or population area to clients with mental health disorders by using assessment, evaluation, intervention, rehabilitation and treatment regimens Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (PSCS). As an expert in a specialty area, these employees may provide instruction, guidance and consultation to lower-level Mental Health Professional Counselors and other staff. Employees in this classification do not supervise. Employees in this class receive general supervision from a program administrator. Employees in this classification may be required to work evenings and on weekends. The work is performed in State mental health programs located in State institutions, facilities and offices including inpatient and outpatient facilities, jails, detention centers, prisons, halfway house facilities and community-based programs.
Requirements
- Two years of experience providing professional counseling to clients with mental health disorders by using assessment, evaluation, intervention, rehabilitation and treatment regimens.
- Must be licensed by the Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists as a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor.
- May be required to possess a motor vehicle operator's license valid in the State of Maryland.
- Must be fluent in spoken and written English.
- Must effectively and respectfully communicate with diverse populations, providing services to individuals with different beliefs, behaviors, and interpersonal styles in confinement or community settings.
Nice To Haves
- Professional working fluency in Spanish, Mandarin, Korean, or any other language is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Providing counseling services as an expert in a specialty area such as dissociative, adjustment or bipolar disorders, or in a defined treatment or population area to clients with mental health disorders by using assessment, evaluation, intervention, rehabilitation and treatment regimens.
- Providing instruction, guidance and consultation to lower-level Mental Health Professional Counselors and other staff.
Benefits
- health insurance
- dental
- vision plans
- six (6) personnel days annually
- ten (10) days of accumulated annual leave per year
- fifteen (15) days of accumulated sick leave per year
- up to sixty (60) days of paid parental leave upon the birth or adoption of a child
- at least twelve (12) holidays per year
- State pension
- Reimbursement of costs for eligible classes and release time for job-related CEU training
- Reimbursement of costs of licensure or certification as required by clinical specialty
- Tuition reimbursement available through the Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
