DOC SOCIAL Work​/Counselor II - Substance Use Disorder - Buena Vista

Job Title

This position provides substance use disorder services to the inmate population, to include formal and informal behavioral health evaluations, diagnostic assessments, and clinical interventions.

This position provides substance use and co-occurring disorder treatment services under clinical supervision. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Providing substance use and co-occurring disorder treatment services under clinical supervision;
• Collaborating with other mental health professionals to ensure co-occurring issues;
• Serving as consultant for unit staff regarding assessment, diagnosis, and treatment planning;
• Monitoring inmate treatment and documentation to assure compliance with standards and to assure continuity of care;
• Assurance of accurate Information System behavioral health needs levels, and providing group, brief, and individual treatment;
• Providing clinical direction to non-clinical staff in behavioral health care and treatment of inmates.
• Assurance of continuity of care for inmates by making appropriate referral and providing necessary information and documentation for receiving units, facilities, or agencies;
• Providing crisis intervention in conjunction with clinical standards regarding mental health professional privilege level;
• Documenting both handwritten and electronically in an accurate and timely manner to provide comprehensive inmate behavioral health records;
• Communicating directly with inmates regarding their behavioral health care such as consequences of maladaptive behavior and desired and undesirable effects of prescribed behavioral health medication;
• Listening to inmate concerns and providing counseling and direction;
• Communicating to advise, counsel, inform and/or guide staff within the clinical unit, the facility, clinical and administrative supervisors and outside agencies to ensure continuity and direction of behavioral health care;
• Communicating and responding to complaints, problems, transfers, classifications, and inmate behavioral management issues;
• Responsible for maintaining standards of the program or work unit through compliance with all applicable professional, departmental, organizational and unit standards;
• Promoting and being accountable for the safety and security of the clinical and correctional environment through conscientious observations, and sensitive item contraband control.