Mental Health Professional

BENEFITS

• Holiday Pay: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision Insurance
• Health Savings Account
• Life Insurance
• Short Term/Long Term Disability
• Identity Theft Protection
• Pet Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program and Discount Center
• 401K & Plan Matching
• PTO

POSITION SUMMARY

The Mental Health Professional will work as part of a multidisciplinary team with all other disciplines on the Behavioral Health Unit to provide a proactive and collaborative approach in serving the patient population. Responsibilities include providing crisis stabilization, completing intakes and ongoing evaluations, providing consultation to in-house and community services, participating in monthly behavioral health calls, collaborating with the medical team to determine overall treatment for each individual, performing risk assessments of inmates, coordinating care with interdisciplinary teams including medical staff, community providers, psychiatric hospitals, and corrections, assisting in planning and implementing goals and objectives of programs and projects, and providing necessary preparation of documentation, records, and reports. Clinical skills such as prioritizing treatment needs, crisis management, brief clinical interventions including CBT and Motivational Interviewing are utilized. Excellent and timely documentation skills are required. The ideal candidate is able to make independent clinical decisions, while utilizing assistance and supervisory intervention, as needed.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Must be a licensed or license-eligible (LCSW, LICSW, or LMHC)
• Graduation from a Master’s level program
• Minimum of one year employment in a social work capacity in a public or private agency or equivalent preferred
• Must receive a satisfactory background investigation report