PSCS Mental Health Professional Counselor Supv

State of Maryland • Baltimore City, MD

12d • Onsite

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 Supervisor is the supervisory level of professional counseling work, at the Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor level, providing counseling services to inmates with mental health disorders by using assessment, evaluation, intervention, rehabilitation, and treatment regimens. This position supervises Mental Health Professional Counselors including Mental Health Professional Counselor- Graduate (LGPC), Mental Health Professional Counselor (LCPC), and Mental Health Professional Counselor- Advanced. (LCPC). This position acts as the department head at their assigned facility. This position applies directly to the mission specific nature of the DPSCS institution and administratively and clinically supervises the employees within the Office of Mental Health Services for the facility. Functioning as an independently licensed mental health professional, the PSCS Mental Health Professional Counselor- Supervisor is responsible for providing mental health services to incarcerated persons within a defined population of a DPSCS managed facility.

Requirements

• Must be licensed by the Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists as a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC).
• Three years of experience providing professional counseling to clients with mental health disorders by using assessment, evaluation, intervention, rehabilitation and treatment regimens.
• 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

• Assesses the incarcerated person’s situation to determine the appropriate services using clinical interview techniques and assessment skills.
• Intervenes in crisis situations to de-escalate the situation and provide acute care using suicide prevention planning and crisis intervention techniques.
• Develop treatment plans and provides treatment to incarcerated persons who have significant mental or emotional disorders through the use of individual and/or group counseling.
• Develops and implements behavioral management plans for incarcerated persons that are disruptive to the operation of the institution when necessary.
• Develops, implements, and tracks programming for the assigned special program and/or special populations within the DPSCS managed facility.
• Refers incarcerated persons for other services such as psychiatric care, inpatient mental health services, case management planning, medical evaluations, addictions services, etc.

Benefits

• health insurance
• dental
• vision plans
• Personal Leave - six (6) personnel days annually (prorated based on start date)
• Annual Leave - ten (10) days of accumulated annual leave per year
• Sick Leave - fifteen (15) days of accumulated sick leave per year
• Parental Leave - up to sixty (60) days of paid parental leave upon the birth or adoption of a child
• Holidays - at least twelve (12) holidays per year
• Pension - State employees earn credit towards a retirement pension
• supplemental retirement options
• Maryland State Employees Credit Union

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level