Behavioral Healthcare Provider 1 (LSW/LPC/MFT)

Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC); Leavittsburg (OH); On-site; USD 49,000 - 67,000; Full time

Job summary

The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) seeks a licensed mental health professional to work within the Trumbull Correctional Institution. You will join an interdisciplinary team delivering behavioral health interventions to a caseload of mentally ill offenders.

Starting pay is approximately $58,000 based on location. Licensure options include LPC, LSW, or MFT, with duties ranging from screening to discharge planning under supervision.

Qualifications

• Licensure as LPC, LSW, or MFT by Ohio board is required or must be in process.
• Experience with mental health services within correctional settings is preferred.
• Licenses must match the scope of practice per the position description.

Responsibilities

• Provide assigned mental health interventions to a caseload of mentally ill offenders.
• Complete mental health screens and risk assessments including suicide watch when within scope and credentialing.
• Conduct individual and group therapy and psychosocial interventions.
• Complete transfer and discharge summaries and maintain documentation per policy.
• Coordinate with staff, families, and community agencies for patient care.

Skills

Behavioral Health

Basic Documentation

Programming

Professional

Confidentiality

Teamwork

Customer Focus

Decision Making

Emotional Intelligence

Job description

What You’ll Do

This position works under clinical supervision and requires considerable knowledge of behavioral healthcare programs and program techniques.

• As a member of an interdisciplinary mental health treatment team, responsible for assigned mental health interventions for a caseload of mentally ill criminal offenders
• Responsible for the completion of screenings which include detailed mental health screens as well as risk assessments that are inclusive of suicide watch assessments when determined to be within their scope of practice and allowable per their credentialing board, ODRC policy, and within direct consultation with an Independently Licensed Mental Health Professional when they are not independently licensed
• Conducts individual and group clinical interventions as prescribed on the individual mental health treatment plan using clinical intervention strategies within their scope of practice and directed by supervision
• Provides psychosocial group interventions as prescribed on the mental health treatment plan
• Provides mental health liaison services to an assigned caseload, including the monitoring of the offender progress with the mental health treatment plan goals.
• Completes psychosocial needs and treatment assessments as part of interdisciplinary treatment planning
• Completes transfer and discharge summaries
• Consults with other institution staff regarding the mental health caseload inmate’s institutional adjustment and service needs.
• Initiates and maintains contact with families and community agencies
• Provides and seeks information relative to patient care and treatment
• Makes appropriate community referrals, per mental health treatment team.
• Writes reports and/or documentation to include electronic documentation of all inmate contacts, mental health liaison progress note entries, discharge plans and miscellaneous forms and reports as needed, per policy and protocol.
• Attends meetings of social work or counselor supervision
• Attends in-service training sessions and workshops for professional development
• May be assigned to teach in-service

Starting pay is approximately $58,000 based on location.

DRC is a “qualifying employer” for purposes of the federal Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness program.

• Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) by Ohio Counselor, Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy Board.
• Or Licensed Social Worker (LSW) by Ohio Counselor, Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy Board.
• Or Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (MFT) by the State of Ohio Counselor, Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy Board.

Note: the official position description on file with the designated agency is to reflect, in the minimum acceptable characteristics, the required license(s) related to the scope of practice and services provided as described in the job duties. Only those applicants possessing the required license(s) documented in the position description are to be considered for any vacancies posted or in case of displacement due to a layoff.

Job Skills

Behavioral Health, Basic Documentation, Programming, Professional, Confidentiality, Teamwork, Customer Focus, Decision Making, Emotional Intelligence

Organization

Rehabilitation & Correction - Trumbull Correctional Institution

Agency Contact Name and Information

Personnel Director 234-308-6460/ [e-mail]

Work Location

Trumbull Correctional Inst

Primary Location

United States of America-OHIO-Trumbull County-Leavittsburg

Schedule

Full-time

Classified Indicator

Classified

Union

1199

Technical Skills

Basic Documentation, Programming, Behavioral Health, Professional

Professional Skills

Customer Focus, Decision Making, Emotional Intelligence, Teamwork, Confidentiality

Agency Overview

Who We Are…

Guided by a single mission “To reduce recidivism among those we touch,” the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction believes that everyone is capable of positive change. Our staff embrace these core values and serves as role models for pro-social behavior conveying an attitude of dignity and respect in the treatment of others.

What We Do…

The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction has been tasked with front line crime reduction through rehabilitative treatment and programming efforts provided in a safe, secure and humane correctional environment and effective community supervision. Our goal is to protect the public through helping individuals turn away from crime and become productive, contributing members of our communities, ensuring a safer Ohio for all Ohioans now and in the future.

To learn more about our agency, please visit our website at www.drc.ohio.gov

Are You Ready?

We are thrilled to see that you are interested in beginning your career with the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction! Without a doubt, this will be the most rewarding and meaningful work you’ll ever find with a work family that is second to none!