Mental Health Specialist - BHU

The Mental Health Specialist assists in the development, implementation, and monitoring of mental health treatment plans and services for inmates. They conduct mental health screenings, confer with clinical staff, and provide treatment to inmates. The Specialist maintains confidentiality and demonstrates thorough knowledge of psychological counseling theory and techniques.

What You Will Do

Conduct mental health screenings and assessments, provide treatment to inmates, document treatment and evaluation activities, and consult with multidisciplinary staff.

Why It Might Be a Fit

This role requires a passion for providing high-quality care in an institutional setting, with the ability to perform a variety of functions at a pace and level consistent with the actual job performance requirements.

Requirements

• Conducts mental health screenings and assessments based on a review of available records, and clinical interviews with inmates.
• Confers with other clinical staff, e.g., psychiatrists, psychologists, mental health service provider's physicians, nurse, and social workers, in order to gather and provide information concerning patient psychological problems.
• Provides treatment to inmates by developing, implementing and modifying individual treatment plans based on an evaluation of needs and level of functioning.
• Documents treatment and evaluation activities in the health care record for each person seen.
• Consults with and makes appropriate recommendations to multidisciplinary staff (e.g., security staff, unit staff, and facility management) regards behavior and mental health issues affecting inmates.
• Maintains strict confidentiality of sensitive materials and information at all times.
• Demonstrated thorough knowledge of psychological counseling theory and techniques by way of treatments and activities used for individuals in caseload.
• Provides appropriate mental health assessments, counseling and confrontation avoidance interventions to address the needs of inmates in crisis.
• Administrators mental status exams or uses other psychological tests and instruments as necessary to evaluate inmates' treatment, adjustment, and placement needs.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• PTO
• Paid Holidays
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid training