Mental Health Professional (Therapist/Clinician) (RCCF)

Responsibilities

• provides professional mental health services to offenders to include formal and informal mental health evaluations, diagnostic assessments, and clinical interventions;
• assures accurate Information System mental health needs levels, including Psychiatric needs level codes;
• provides group, brief, and individual therapy, and crisis intervention to include participation in 24-hour Mental Health On-Call Rotation;
• assures both emergency and non-emergency transfer for offenders experiencing acute mental health needs;
• provides clinical direction to non-clinical staff in mental health care and treatment of offenders;
• assures continuity of care for offenders by making appropriate referral and providing necessary information and documentation for receiving units, facilities, or agencies;
• documents electronically in an accurate and timely manner to provide comprehensive offender mental health records;
• monitors offender treatment and listens to offender concerns and provides counseling and direction;
• promotes and is accountable for the safety and security of the clinical and correctional environment through conscientious observations, and sensitive item contraband control;
• informs supervisor of any violations of safety and security through the report writing process, attends training programs as assigned, including self-defense course to ensure self-protection skills.

Qualifications

• possess a master's degree from an accredited institution in one of the following mental health fields: counseling, social work, psychology, or marriage and family therapy;
• required competencies include ability to provide professional mental health treatment to offenders, efficiency, ability to participate in 24-hour Mental Health On-Call Rotation, excellent written and verbal communication skills, excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across facility programs and with external agencies, ability to work independently, ability to provide comprehensive clinical documentation, ability to work with a diverse population of offenders, ability to provide professional mental health treatment as part of a multi-disciplinary team, ability to read and comprehend the English language, ability to effectively communicate fluently in English both verbally and in writing.

Preferred Qualifications

• graduation with a master's or doctoral degree in a mental health field such as counseling, social work, marriage and family therapy or psychology from a program accredited by Council for Accreditation of Counseling & Related Educational Programs (CACREP), Council of Social Work Education (CSWE), American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT or COAMFTE) or American Psychological Association (APA).
• license eligible as a Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Clinical Social Work, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist or Licensed Psychologist.
• experience providing mental health treatment in a correctional environment.