Clinician

About the role

The Richmond City Justice Center is seeking a full-time Clinical Social Worker to work with inmates at the RCJC. The position involves crisis intervention, intake and treatment assessments, and individual and group therapy. The incumbent will also consult with public defenders, medical, mental health, and chemical dependency treatment professionals.

Responsibilities

• Interview and assess the needs of incarcerated adults in emotional and behavioral crisis.
• Prepare concise and complete reports and documentation related to client treatment, progress, and services.
• Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, with the ability to carry out instructions in an efficient manner.
• Collaborate with Behavioral Health agencies, law enforcement agencies, families of patients, court personnel, community hospital staff, and other city or county agencies.
• Facilitate suicide staffing as needed and prepare progress notes, EMR documentation, case plan development, and follow-up supervision.
• Complete psychiatric medication reviews for inmates and conduct diagnostic mental health evaluations.
• Consult with medical staff regarding psychiatric medication and treatment of mentally ill inmates.
• Assure both emergency and non-emergency transfers for inmates experiencing acute mental health crises.
• Render clinical direction to non-clinical staff in mental health care and treatment of inmates.
• Provide consultation and guidance to correctional staff and administrators about mental health needs and issues.
• Provide training regarding mental health needs and issues.

Requirements

• Maintain a valid license from the State of Virginia as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
• Knowledge of and ability to conduct crisis assessment and counseling utilizing therapist manuals and protocols and agency/facility security policies.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Interpersonal sensitivity and human relations skills to work effectively with the population served.
• Professionalism with regard to code of ethics, disclosure, and confidentiality.
• Experience in counseling, specifically in the mental health field working with a variety of diagnoses, and facilitation of psychoeducational groups.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in counseling, specifically in the mental health field working with a variety of diagnoses, and facilitation of psychoeducational groups.

Skills

• Advanced interpersonal sensitivity and human relations skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Professionalism with regard to code of ethics, disclosure, and confidentiality.
• Effective communication both verbally and in writing.
• Interpersonal sensitivity and human relations skills to work effectively with the population served.

Benefits

• Career Advancement Opportunities
• Numerous educational partnerships with local institutions of higher learning providing reduced tuition
• Group Health Insurance
• Optional Disability and Family Life Insurance
• Certified V3 Employer
• Direct Deposit
• Optional Deferred Compensation Retirement
• Virginia Retirement System Retirement with Hazardous Duty Supplement for Deputies
• 11 Paid Holidays
• 12 Vacation Days Per Year
• 15 Days Military Leave per Military Fiscal Year
• 15 Days Sick Leave Accrued per Year