Corrections Behavioral Health Clinician

State of Ohio; Mansfield (OH); On-site; USD 63,000 - 77,000; Full time

Job summary

Rehabilitation & Correction - Mansfield Correctional in Mansfield, Ohio seeks an onsite behavioral health professional to manage mental health interventions for a caseload of offenders under clinical supervision. You will conduct screenings, risk assessments, and individual/group therapies within policy and scope, coordinating with licensed professionals.

Responsibilities include psychosocial assessments, discharge planning, family/community liaisoning, documentation, and participation in

Qualifications

• Licensed clinicians must be credentialed in Ohio (LPC/LSW/MFT)
• Strong knowledge of behavioral health practices and risk assessments
• Ability to document clinical interventions and treatment plans

Responsibilities

• 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
• M akes 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

Skills

Behavioral Health

Education

LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor)

LSW (Licensed Social Worker)

MFT (Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist)

Job description

Rehabilitation & Correction - Mansfield Correctional in Mansfield, Ohio seeks an onsite behavioral health professional to manage mental health interventions for a caseload of offenders under clinical supervision. You will conduct screenings, risk assessments, and individual/group therapies within policy and scope, coordinating with licensed professionals.

Responsibilities include psychosocial assessments, discharge planning, family/community liaisoning, documentation, and participation in