PSRB​/Competency Monitor

Introduction

Do you want to utilize your skills and make a difference in your community? Are you looking to take the next step in your career? Find out more information on this great opportunity below!

Work Schedule:

Monday - Friday

Work Hours:

Full-time, 40 hours per week

Work Shift:

First shift, 8:30 a.m.

- 5:00 p.m.

Location:

34 Park Street, New Haven, CT

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• Professional growth and development opportunities.
• A healthy work/life balance to all employees.

• Providing supervision and clinical services to all New Haven Psychiatric Security Review Board (PSRB) clients.
• Liaison with Whiting Forensic Hospital (WFH) and the Department of Correction (DOC).
• Providing monitoring, evaluation, competency restoration and consultation services involving complex forensic cases.
• Ensuring timely discharge plans for persons under the supervision of the Psychiatric Security Review Board (PSRB).
• Making a difference in the public sector and working together in a collaborative team environment.

The State of Connecticut, Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS), is a health care agency whose mission is to promote the overall health and wellness of persons with behavioral health needs through an integrated network of holistic, comprehensive, effective, and efficient services and supports that foster dignity, respect, and self-sufficiency in those we serve. The Connecticut Mental Health Center (CMHC) is an urban community mental health center with an exceptional 50-year tradition of serving individuals with serious mental illness and/or addiction.

Founded in 1966, CMHC is a partnership between DHMAS and the Yale Department of Psychiatry. Each year over 4,000 people receive a variety of recovery-oriented services at CMHC and its satellite clinics. Community Forensic Services (CFS) is comprised of several community re-entry programs and jail diversion initiatives which provide services for clients with serious mental illness and/or co-occurring substance use disorders who are involved with the criminal justice system.

These interagency collaborations include CORP (DMHAS Connecticut Offender Re-entry Program), Forensic Liaison with Department of Correction (DOC) facilities and CVH, CREST (Community Reporting Engagement Support and Treatment) Mental Health Day Reporting Center at Fellowship Place, the residential Sierra Pre-Trial Center and the Continuum of Care Forensic Residential programs. Community Forensic Services clinicians perform a range of functions within these programs to facilitate clients’ successful compliance with court stipulations and community re‑entry.

At CMHC, CFS staff members perform comprehensive clinical evaluations and provide treatment for DMHAS‑eligible clients referred to these programs. CFS clinicians facilitate connections to residential, vocational, medical and behavioral health care services as indicated, and provide groups at CMHC addressing re‑entry and how criminal histories may impact relationships in the community. CFS clinicians also collaborate with DMHAS and the Connecticut Psychiatric Security Review Board to provide community supervision and treatment to acquittees transitioning into the community after extended psychiatric hospitalizations.

A comprehensive medical examination, including a drug screening, will be required of all applicants upon a conditional offer of employment. All state employees must adhere to Connecticut's Policy for a Drug Free Workplace.

In the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) or the Psychiatric Security Review Board (PSRB) this…