The Ohio School for the Deaf serves a diverse population of deaf/hard of hearing students, families, and communities through educating students in a language rich environment and empowering each individual to be a contributing member of society.

Goals:

• Improve Bilingual Literacy & Language Skills for students of OSD and provide resources Statewide
• Expand Student Portfolio & Postsecondary Pathways
• Improve External Communication & Collaboration for Students, Families, Communities and Stakeholders throughout the State
• Improve Mental Health & Social-Emotional Supports
• Create a Student Support Team that Evaluates Current/Future Education Issues

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 clients 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.

At the State of Ohio, we take care of the team that cares for Ohioans. We provide a variety of quality, competitive benefits to eligible full-time and part-time employees*. For a list of all the State of Ohio Benefits, visit our Total Rewards website! Our benefits package includes:

• Medical Coverage
• Free Dental, Vision and Basic Life Insurance premiums after completion of eligibility period
• Paid time off, including vacation, personal, sick leave and 11 paid holidays per year
• Childbirth, Adoption, and Foster Care leave
• Education and Development Opportunities (Employee Development Funds, Public Service Loan Forgiveness, and more)
• Public Retirement Systems ( such as OPERS, STRS, SERS, and HPRS) & Optional Deferred Compensation ( Ohio Deferred Compensation)

*Benefits eligibility is dependent on a number of factors. The Agency Contact listed above will be able to provide specific benefits information for this position.

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.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 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

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

• Eligible Behavioral Healthcare Provider 1 employees will be reassigned to Behavioral Healthcare Provider 2 upon earning required licensure/certification/credentials.
• Must be available for occasional on-call work.
• May work evenings/weekends.
• The State of Ohio is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, national origin (ancestry), military status, disability, age (40 years or older), genetic information, sexual orientation, or caregiver status, in making employment-related decisions about an individual.
• The Ohio Deaf and Blind Education Services 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. To request a reasonable accommodation due to a disability please contact Kimberly Basil at 614-644-5968 or basil@osdb.oh.gov
• The final candidate selected for the position will be required to submit a urinalysis to test for illegal drug use prior to an appointment. The State will decline to extend a final offer of employment to any applicant with a verified positive test result. Also, an applicant with a positive test result will not be considered for a position with the State of Ohio for a period of one year.

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.

The State of Ohio is a drug-free workplace which prohibits the use of marijuana (recreational marijuana/non-medical cannabis). Please note, this position may be subject to additional restrictions pursuant to the State of Ohio Drug-Free Workplace Policy (HR-39), and as outlined in the posting.