Behavioral Healthcare Provider 2 (LISW/LPCC/IMFT) - 20092406

Work Location: 1851 State Route 56, London, Ohio 43140 | Contact: Personnel Director, 740-206-5143, DRC.MACIRecruit@drc.ohio.gov | Job ID: 20092406 | Classified, Union 1199, Permanent Full-Time

About the role

Guided by the mission “To reduce recidivism among those we touch,” the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction believes everyone is capable of positive change. Staff embrace core values and serve as role models for pro-social behavior, conveying dignity and respect. The department is tasked with front-line crime reduction through rehabilitative treatment and programming in a safe, secure, and humane correctional environment, protecting the public by helping individuals turn away from crime and become productive community members.

Responsibilities

• Complete detailed screens, mental health evaluations, and crisis services inclusive of suicide watch assessments within scope of practice
• Provide clinical direction to lower-level workers
• Serve as treatment team coordinator
• Conduct advanced practice individual and group clinical interventions as prescribed on the individual mental health treatment plan, using clinical intervention strategies within scope of practice and directed by supervisor
• Provide clinical case management services to an assigned caseload, including monitoring offender compliance with the mental health treatment plan
• Complete psychosocial needs and treatment assessments as part of interdisciplinary treatment planning
• Complete transfer and discharge summaries
• Consult with other institution staff regarding the mental health caseload inmate’s institutional adjustment and service needs
• Initiate and maintain contact with families and community agencies
• Provide and seek information relative to patient care and treatment
• Make appropriate community and re-entry referrals per mental health treatment team
• Write reports and documentation including documentation of all inmate contacts, clinical case management progress note entries, discharge plans, and miscellaneous forms and reports as needed per policy and protocol
• Attend meetings with supervision
• Attend in-service training sessions and workshops for professional development
• Participate in peer review as assigned

Qualifications

• Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) by Ohio Counselor, Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy Board
• Or Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) by Ohio Counselor, Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy Board
• Or Licensed Independent Marriage and Family Therapist (IMFT) by the Ohio Counselor, Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy Board

Note: The official position description on file with the designated agency reflects the required license(s) related to the scope of practice and services provided as described in the job duties. Only applicants possessing the required license(s) documented in the position description are considered for vacancies.

Skills

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

Benefits

• Medical coverage
• Free dental, vision, and basic life insurance premiums after completion of eligibility period
• Paid time off including vacation, personal, sick leave, and 11 paid holidays per year
• Childbirth, adoption, and foster care leave
• Education and development opportunities (Employee Development Funds, Public Service Loan Forgiveness, and more)
• Public retirement systems (OPERS, STRS, SERS, HPRS) and optional deferred compensation (Ohio Deferred Compensation)

Benefits eligibility depends on a number of factors; the agency contact can provide specific benefits information for this position.

Pay

Hourly rate: $29.95. Starting annual pay is approximately $64,000 based on location. DRC is a qualifying employer for the federal Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness program.

Schedule

Permanent, full-time position. Work hours not specified.