Behavioral Healthcare Provider ; LSW​/LPC, MFT

Job Title and Location

Behavioral Healthcare Provider 1 (LSW/LPC) – Marion Correctional Institute, Marion, Ohio

This position works under clinical supervision and requires considerable knowledge of behavioral health care programs and program techniques. The role is part of an interdisciplinary mental health treatment team that provides interventions to a caseload of mentally ill criminal offenders.

• As a member of an interdisciplinary mental health treatment team, responsible for assigned mental health interventions for a caseload of mentally ill criminal offenders
• Responsible for the completion of screenings which include detailed mental health screens as well as risk assessments that are inclusive of suicide watch assessments when determined to be within their scope of practice and allowable per credentialing board, policy, and within direct consultation with a licensed mental health professional when not independently licensed
• Conductes individual and group clinical interventions as prescribed on the individual mental health treatment plan using clinical intervention strategies within scope of practice and directed by supervision
• Provides psychosocial group interventions as prescribed on the mental health treatment plan
• Provides mental health liaison services to an assigned caseload, including monitoring offender progress with mental health treatment plan goals
• 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 referrals, per mental health treatment team
• Writes reports and/or documentation to include electronic documentation of all inmate contacts, mental health liaison progress note entries, discharge plans and miscellaneous forms and reports as needed, per policy and protocol
• Attends meetings of social work or counselor supervision
• Attends in‑service training sessions and workshops for professional development
• May be assigned to teach in‑service training

• 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

Ohio is a Disability Inclusion State and strives to be a model employer of individuals with disabilities. The State of Ohio is committed to providing access and inclusion and reasonable accommodation in its services, activities, programs and employment opportunities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other applicable laws.