Mental Health Unit Coordinator

Start a new career with VitalCore Health Strategies, an industry leader in correctional health care.

About the role

The Mental Health Unit Coordinator plays a critical role in ensuring the provision of quality mental health services to patients and addressing their psychological needs. This position involves overseeing and guiding mental health professionals who provide direct care to incarcerated individuals. The coordinator works with all disciplines on the Behavioral Health Unit to attain effectiveness in serving the patient population.

Responsibilities

• Acts as point of contact for administrative staff for discussion of treatment programs and problem resolution as needed.
• Coordinates development and revision of policies and procedures for the identification, assessment, and provision of required clinical services for inmates.
• Supervises the planning, development, and implementation of treatment programs contracted to VitalCore.
• Provides clinical supervision to staff of Behavioral Health Services.
• Monitors efforts of Mental Health Services to ensure clinical services are being provided in a timely, professional manner.
• Ensures treatment programs contracted are integrated and appropriately staffed.
• Provides administrative support to psychiatric staff and assists coordinators in recruitment and selection of clinical staff.
• Coordinates facility behavioral health Quality Improvement Program.

Requirements

• Must be a Licensed, Master’s Level Behavioral Health Clinician who can assess and make treatment decisions and provide Mental Health treatment.
• Must be independently licensed: LICSW or LMHC.
• Previous experience as a Mental Health Clinician.

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.
• Life Insurance.
• Short Term/Long Term Disability.
• Identity Theft Protection.
• Employee Assistance Program and Discount Center.
• 401K.
• PTO.

Pay

$104,000–$114,000 yearly salary.

Location: Old Colony Correctional Center in Bridgewater, MA. Full-time, day shift.