Behavioral Healthcare Provider 2 - 20% Supplement!
About the role
The Behavioral Healthcare Provider 2 oversees facility behavioral healthcare functions, focusing on habilitating youth within a juvenile corrections setting.
Responsibilities
- Perform psychosocial interventions with youth within scope of practice, including individual, family, or group counseling, testing, and education.
- Develop intervention goals and objectives to educate and resolve clients' problems in functioning.
- Participate in establishing, implementing, and evaluating treatment system goals and objectives.
- Interview youth and their families to establish case goals and objectives.
- Assess clients and determine specific intervention techniques; monitor youth’s responses to treatment and provide feedback on effectiveness.
- Evaluate youth’s progress resulting from prescribed treatment plans.
- Maintain necessary data documents to satisfy federal, state, and local agency requirements, including social histories, admission/aftercare summaries, court documents, and forms required by law or department policy.
- Serve on treatment and program development teams.
- Attend training meetings, intradepartmental meetings, and court hearings.
- Establish and maintain working relationships with other facilities, agencies, and support services to coordinate referrals and conduct follow-up services.
Requirements
Candidates must hold one of the following active licenses issued by the respective Ohio licensing board:
- Licensed Independent Chemical Dependency Counselor (LICDC) by the Ohio Chemical Dependency Counselor’s Credentialing Board.
- Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) by the Ohio Counselor, Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy Board.
- Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) by the Ohio Counselor, Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy Board.
- Licensed Independent Marriage and Family Therapist (IMFT) by the Ohio Counselor, Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy Board.
- Licensed Registered Nurse with a certificate of authority as a Clinical Nurse Specialist or Certified Nurse Practitioner, with specialty certification in Mental Health or Psychiatry, as issued by the Ohio Board of Nursing.
Skills
- Behavioral Health Organization
- Youth Services
- Corrections - Mental Health
- Counseling and Rehabilitation
- Establishing Relationships
- Ethics and Values
- Situational Awareness
- Confidentiality
About Us
The Ohio Department of Youth Services (DYS) is the juvenile corrections system for the state of Ohio, statutorily mandated to confine felony offenders, ages 10-21, adjudicated and committed by one of Ohio's 88 county juvenile courts. During their stay, youth engage in programming designed to address their criminological and behavioral needs. DYS reaches thousands of youth in facilities and on parole.
Our mission is to improve Ohio's future by habilitating youth and empowering families and communities. Our guiding principles include treating everyone with respect, cultivating a trauma-responsive environment, advancing inclusion, and committing to collaboration and continuous improvement.
Pay
$29.95 - $37.75 per hour, plus a 20% supplemental bonus.
Schedule
Full-time, 40 hours per week.
Work Location
Indian River Juvenile Correctional Facility, Massillon, Stark County, Ohio.