Job Description

• Facilitate educational and offense related clinical groups
• Respond to crises situations and asses suicidal, homicidal, and psychotic patients.
• Provide individual counseling, psycho-educational skills, psycho-educational presentation/trainings, PREA assessments, risk assessments, revising exiting & implementing new clinical curriculums, substance abuse assessments & relapse prevention plans
• Provide recommendation for housing and job assignment
• Complete clinical mental health screens, appraisals & develop and implement treatment plans.
• Participate in multidisciplinary team meetings, provide guidance and instruction to Mental Health Technicians, prepare and present briefs and reports to supervisors, and the ability to work as a team member.
• Follow policy and procedures on records management.
• Adhering to Medical Treatment Facility credentialing requirements and peer reviews.

• Education: Master’s Degree and License and/or Doctorate from an accredited institution and program in one of the following fields
  • Licensed Clinical Social Work
  • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapy, or
  • Doctoral degree in Psychology.
• Licensure/Certifications: State License to independently practice clinical services
• CPR Qualified
• Experience: 4 years of group experience working with:
  • Deviant or aggressive patients
  • PTSD patients
  • Substance abuse patients
  • Sex offenders, and or
  • Military patients
• Must be a US Citizen;
• Must be able to pass a thorough background check

• Counselor will be required to work a flex schedule, at times working one night a week to provide clinical programming to patients
• During crises situations the counselor may be required to work in excess of 40 hours a week to resolve the crises with the patient.  This would be an exception to the standard workday.