Forensic Mental Health Counselor - Part-Time (20 Hours per week) - Bilingual Preferred (Spanish)

About the role

The Napa Valley This 20 hour a week position provides mental health services including screening, counseling, crisis intervention and continuing care services for minors housed in the County's Juvenile Hall facility.

Responsibilities

• Provide supportive individual counseling to incarcerated minors with emphasis on helping them to cope with stress of incarceration and management of conflict with peers and staff;
• Address family issues and manage emotional, behavioral and psychiatric disorders;
• Facilitate group counseling as program dictates;
• Help prepare minors transitioning from Juvenile Hall and facilitate appropriate resource referrals to support mental health;
• Provide ongoing psychological assessment of minors;
• Make referrals and provide feedback to psychiatrist making on-going medication management decisions;
• Support psychiatrist in medication management by facilitating flow of educational information on medications to minor or parent;
• Provide follow-up treatment for minors who have been screened at intake for signs of mental/emotional disturbance and who show results of "caution" or "warning";
• Respond to crisis situations in which minors are threatening themselves or others or are engaged in out-of-control or self-injurious behavior;
• Order suicide watch and other special precautions as indicated;
• Provide liaison function with County Crisis Intervention to facilitate 5585 hospitalization process;
• Provide educational information on mental health and behavioral health issues to Juvenile Hall staff, Juvenile Hall CFMG nurses and Probation personnel;
• Respond to staff requests for assistance in better understanding mental health issues;
• Support Juvenile Hall and Probation supervisors in their ability to educate their staff in issues related to mental and behavioral health;
• Maintain timely mental health progress notes;
• Maintain timely log entries and special reports as requested by Probation Department;
• File Child Abuse reports per professional requirement;
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• One year of professional, post-master's experience providing treatment and counseling in a mental health setting. Professional forensic counseling experience is highly desired.
• Possession of a Master's degree with a major in social work, clinical or counseling psychology, or a closely related behavioral science field, and completion of a university approved clinical internship in a mental health agency required.
• Possession of any of the following valid licenses issued by the State of California: Clinical Social Worker; Marriage, Family and Child Counseling; or a licensed Clinical Psychologist and possession of a valid California Drivers License.

Qualifications

• The ability to speak Spanish is highly desirable.
• Qualified bilingual employees in this position are eligible for an additional $20.00 per pay period in Bilingual Pay.

Skills

• Theories of human behavior and personality development.
• Case management techniques for the adolescent mentally ill.
• Personality disorders diagnosed among mentally ill offenders.
• Social, economic, and psychological factors relating to crime and juvenile offenders.
• Mental and emotional illnesses, and professional methods for assessment and treatment.
• Community resources available for mentally ill offenders.
• Pharmacology of medications and psychotropic drug treatment.

Benefits

• Additional Benefits Info - Click here for additional benefits information for Public Services Employees: https://www.countyofnapa.org/DocumentCenter/View/25886/Benefits-Summary---Public-Service-Employee-PSE