Behavioral Healthcare Provider 2(LISW/LPCC) – 20021510 – State of Ohio Jobs – Lebanon, OH

Agency Contact Name
: Personnel Director

Behavioral Healthcare Provider 2(LISW/LPCC) – 20021510

(220004K7)

Job Duties

Who We Are…

Guided by a single mission “To reduce recidivism among those we touch,” the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction believes that everyone is capable of positive change. Our staff embrace these core values and serves as role models for pro-social behavior conveying an attitude of dignity and respect in the treatment of others.

What We Do…

The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction has been tasked with front line crime reduction through rehabilitative treatment and programming efforts provided in a safe, secure and humane correctional environment and effective community supervision. Our goal is to protect the public through helping individuals turn away from crime and become productive, contributing members of our communities, ensuring a safer Ohio for all Ohioans now and in the future.

To learn more about our agency, please visit our website at www.drc.ohio.gov

Are You Ready?

We are thrilled to see that you are interested in beginning your career with the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction! Without a doubt, this will be the most rewarding and meaningful work you’ll ever find with a work family that is second to none!

The Job Opportunity and Duties…

• Completes detailed screens, mental health evaluations and crisis services inclusive of suicide watch assessments within their scope of practice

• Provides clinical direction to lower level workers

• May serve as treatment team coordinator

• Conducts advanced practice individual and group clinical interventions as prescribed on the individual mental health treatment plan, using clinical intervention strategies within their scope of practice and directed by supervisor.

• Provides clinical case management services to an assigned caseload, including the monitoring of the offender compliance with the mental health treatment plan.

• Completes psychosocial needs and treatment assessments as part of interdisciplinary treatment planning

• Completes transfer and discharge summaries

• Consults with other institution staff regarding the mental health caseload inmate’s institutional adjustment and service needs.

• Initiates and maintains contact with families and community agencies

• Provides and seeks information relative to patient care and treatment

• Makes appropriate community and re-reentry referrals, per mental health treatment team

• Writes reports or documentation to include documentation of all inmate contacts, clinical case management progress note entries, discharge plans and miscellaneous forms and reports as needed per policy and protocol

• Attends meetings with supervision

• Performs other duties as assigned

• Attends in-service training sessions and workshops for professional development

• Participates in peer review as assigned

Qualifications

• Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) by Ohio Counselor, Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy Board.

• Or Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) by Ohio Counselor, Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy Board.

Note: the official position description on file with the designated agency is to reflect, in the minimum acceptable characteristics, the required license(s) related to the scope of practice & services provided as described in the job duties. Only those applicants possessing the required license(s) documented in the position description are to be considered for any vacancies posted or in case of displacement due to a layoff.

Knowledge of departmental regulations*; governmental regulations, policies, procedures;counseling (group & individual); psychology; crisis intervention; interviewing, statistics, sociology; types & effects of psychotropic medications; employee training & development*.Ability to gather, collate & classify information about data, people or things; interpret variety of instructions in written or oral format; deal with problems involving several variables within unfamiliar context; write meaningful, concise & accurate reports; recognize unusual or threatening conditions & take appropriate action; understand somewhat abstract fields of study; define problems, collect data, establish facts & draw valid conclusions; counsel on sensitive matters.

(*)Developed after employment.

Background Check Information

You Also Need to Know

The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction is a tobacco-free workplace.

Pre-Employment Drug Testing:

The final applicant selected for this position will be required to submit to urinalysis prior to an appointment to test for illegal drug use. The State will decline to extend a final offer of employment to any applicant with a verified positive test result. Also, an applicant with a positive test result will not be considered for any position with the State of Ohio for a period of one year. “Not applicable to current state employees”.

This position may be subject to Federal Alcohol. Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) regulations that prohibit someone to carry, transport, or otherwise possess firearm(s) and/or ammunition from consuming marijuana, including medical marijuana. Medical marijuana is prohibited as a valid medical explanation for a positive drug test for final applicants in this position.

Pre-Employment Background Investigation:

The final applicant selected for the position will be required to undergo a criminal background check. An individual assessment of an applicant’s prior criminal convictions will be made before excluding an applicant from consideration.

The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction is
prohibited from hiring:

• Individuals under a federal or state weapons disability. This position requires firearms certification/recertification and use;

• Individuals who have engaged in sexual abuse in a prison or other confinement facility; have been civilly or administratively adjudicated, or convicted of engaging or attempting to engage in sexual activity in the community facilitated by force, implied threats of force, or if the victim did not or was unable to consent;

• Individuals convicted of soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism, terrorism, or money laundering to support terrorism;

• Individuals who have been convicted of or pled guilty to a felony where a direct correlation exists between the position and prior criminal behavior. (example: individuals convicted of a felony involving fraud, deceit, or theft from holding a position that has substantial management or control over the property of a state agency.)