Behavioral Healthcare Provider

Within scope of practice, performs psychosocial interventions and develops and facilitates behavior treatment plans at the direction of the principals:

• Regularly performs individual, family or group intervention (e.g., counsels, tests, and educates students);
• Trains and provides assistance in suicide ideation and threat assessments;
• Develops intervention goals and objectives and recommends behavior treatment options designed to educate and resolve problems in functioning;
• Identifies students' behavior counseling needs;
• Coordinates peer mediation programs;
• Operates social/emotional group workshops and ongoing group building activities;
• Assesses clients and determines/develops specific intervention techniques for clients & monitors client's responses to treatment systems and plans;
• Provides feedback on effectiveness of prescribed treatments/plans, evaluates behavioral healthcare provider cases and client's progress resulting from prescribed treatment plans;
• Serves on treatment teams and program development teams, attends training meetings, intradepartmental meetings, court hearings; establishes and maintains working relationship with other facilities, agencies, and support services in order to coordinate referrals (in conjunction with school social worker and principals) and conduct follow-up services.

Assures quality service for students at the direction of the principals:

• Enforces rules, regulations and legal requirements with students;
• Documents events of the therapeutic process;
• Provides feedback and effectiveness of prescribed plans to appropriate persons (e.g., administrators, teachers, residential advisors, parents/guardians);
• Monitors students' response to functional behavior plans;
• Collaborates with staff (e.g., psychologist, teachers, residential advisors) and cooperates with behavior intervention plans and wrap-around services for students;
• Assists with crisis team intervention;
• Leads Positive Behavior Intervention Support teams and documentation;
• Collaborates with OSD staff personnel in terms of student concerns and wrap around services.

Maintains necessary data documents to satisfy requirements and completes forms:

• Maintains necessary documentation (e.g., State, Federal and agency requirements);
• Completes forms required by law and agency policy (e.g., status reports, implementation plan, case notes).

Performs other duties as assigned:

• Participates in extra-curricular activities (e.g., homecoming, special weekends, sporting events);
• Supervises field trips;
• Accompanies students on and off campus related trips as needed or requested.

Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor II (LCDC II) by Ohio Chemical Dependency Professionals Board.

• Or Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) by Ohio Counselor, Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy Board.
• Or Licensed Social Worker (LSW) by Ohio Counselor, Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy Board.
• Or Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (MFT) by the State of Ohio Counselor, Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy Board.
• Or Licensed Registered Nurse with practice specialty certificate in Mental Health or Psychiatric Nursing as issued by Ohio Board of Nursing.
• Or Licensed Registered Nurse by Ohio Board of Nursing plus completion of Masters degree in Psychology or other mental health related field.
• Or Licensed Registered Nurse by Ohio Board of Nursing plus completion of Masters degree in Nursing with a Mental Health of Psychiatric Nursing concentrate.

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.

Must demonstrate Advanced level on the Sign Language Proficiency Interview (SLPI) within one year of hire, Intermediate level minimum requirement at hire.

• MA in counseling or social work field experience
• Knowledge of therapy issues of deaf children and their families
• Expertise with crisis intervention
• Experience working in treatment and/or school setting
• Strong documentation and data analysis skills

Behavioral Health, American Sign Language, Educational Support, Building Trust, Confidentiality, Conflict Management, Emotional Intelligence, Listening