Mental Health Coordinator

Facility: Duffield Regional Jail, Duffield, VA

Schedule: Full-time, 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM, weekends off

Starting pay rate: $25.00 per hour

About the role

As a Mental Health Coordinator, you'll serve as a key liaison between the healthcare team, correctional facility, community providers, and outside resources. You'll help connect individuals with the mental health care, resources, and support they need both during incarceration and as they return to the community.

Responsibilities

• Screen and triage new admissions and referrals to identify mental health needs and appropriate levels of care
• Coordinate psychiatric and mental health services, including telepsychiatry clinics, medication needs, and follow-up care
• Collaborate with healthcare providers, security staff, community agencies, and supervision programs to support continuity of care
• Connect patients with available services and coordinate discharge planning and community-based resources prior to release
• Manage patient requests, obtain prior health records, and maintain accurate documentation within the electronic health record
• Protect patient confidentiality while supporting case management, reporting, and compliance with HIPAA, facility, and company requirements

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (human services field preferred)
• QMHP credential
• Current CPR certification
• At least one year of prior clinical experience working with forensic clients
• Familiarity with relevant research literature, clinical assessments, procedures and methods
• Ability to assess treatment goals and write goal-directed, individualized treatment plans
• Ability to monitor and document individual behavior patterns and modify treatment plans
• Familiarity with diagnostic nomenclature outlined in the most recent Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
• Correctional experience preferred

Benefits

• Performance check-ins with annual merit increase
• Generous paid-time-off program that combines vacation and sick leave
• Paid holidays
• Comprehensive health insurance through Blue Cross/Blue Shield
• Dental and Vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match
• Company-paid short-term disability and life insurance
• Non-taxed Healthcare and dependent care spending account
• Continuing education options and free CEUs
• Pet Insurance
• Flexible pay options including Wisely Card and PayPal
• Discounted Tuition at University of North Alabama, Chamberlain University, Salem University, and Southern New Hampshire University
• Partnership discounts on student loan refinancing, home/auto insurance, travel, electronics, entertainment, restaurants, health and wellness, and more