Seeking: Fulltime, Licensed Clinician to work with Federal inmates and defendants who are court ordered to mental health treatment. Must be organized and independent with strong boundary setting and clinical reasoning skills that operates from an assertive and empathetic, trauma informed approach. Applicants must have proficient written language skills and be able to communicate with clients and co-workers effectively.
Requirements
- Licensed in NYS; LMHC, LCSW, LMSW (with intent to pursue clinical license)
- Must be able to pass a federal background check
- Insurance empaneling preferred, not required
- clinical orientation that minimally includes proficiency in CBT, DBT, MI
- Forensic background preferred
Highlights
- Competitive pay
- Approved HPSO/HRSA Student Loan Forgiveness Site
- Excellus BCBS Health Insurance
- Flexible self-scheduling
- Bonus opportunities
- Professional development opportunities
Job Description
- Provide culturally sensitive individual and group counseling to a diverse population of individuals involved with the legal system who present with a variety of challenges including, but not limited to: deviant and harmful sexual behaviors, violent criminal behavior, co-occurring mental health disorders, personality disorders, substance abuse and dependence, re-entry stress, and social, economical, housing, and legal instability.
- Ability to give a diagnostic impression using the DSM-5, empirically validated assessments, and clinical judgment in order to develop and implement a therapeutic treatment plan, assess risk, and ensure community safety.
- Provide crisis intervention services, including after-hours emergency coverage for mental health related emergencies. Be able to appropriate assess for risk and lethality, independently.
- Provide education and relapse prevention programming for clients and their families on issues of criminally harmful behaviors, parenting, mental health, substance use and/or general wellness.
- Provide consultation services for law enforcement, community members, employers, and collateral treatment providers, who present with questions and/or concerns pertaining to sexual harmful behaviors, re-entry treatment, and community safety.
- Timely completion of appropriate clinical documentation, case management, and coordination of care with referral sources, courts, and the community as needed.
- Maintain current and accurate clinical records of all treatment provided including but not limited to: treatment plan goals, assessments and results, violations of treatment contract, outreach to families and community, collateral contract with other treatment providers, case conferences with law enforcement.
