Health Advocates Network is seeking a Licensed Professional Counselor-DWCF to work at a facility in Denver, CO. This is a registry position with our company.
Pay Rate: $44 / hour
*W2
Tues-Fri 0700-1700
Denver Women's Correctional Facility (DWCF)
DWCF 3600
Havana Street, Denver, CO 80239
Local req only
Local: Contractors staff whose personal residence is within one hundred (100) miles of the work assignment.
Can be any LPC(***), LPC-C(***), LCSW(***), LSW,(***), LMFT (***), LMFT-C (***)
Responsibilities include:
·Provides professional mental health services to inmates to include formal and informal mental health evaluations, diagnostic assessments, and clinical interventions.
·Assures accurate Information System mental health needs levels, including Psychiatric and Developmental Disability needs level codes.
·Provides group, brief, and individual therapy, and crisis intervention to include participation in 24-hour Mental Health On-Call Rotation.
·Assures both emergency and non-emergency transfer for inmates experiencing acute mental health needs.
·Provides clinical direction to non-clinical staff in mentalhealth care and treatment of inmates.
·Assures continuity of care for inmates by making appropriate referral and providing necessary information and documentation for receiving units, facilities, or agencies.
·Documents both handwritten and electronically in an accurate and timely manner to provide comprehensive inmate mental health records.
·Monitors inmate treatment and listens to inmate concerns and provides counseling and direction.
·Promotes and is accountable for the safety and security of the clinical and correctional environment through conscientious observations, and sensitive item contraband control.
·Informs supervisor of any violations of safety and security through the report writing process, attends training programs as assigned, including self-defense course to ensure self protection skills.
Minimum Qualifications:
·Must possess a master's degree from an accredited institution in one of the following mental health fields: counseling, social work, psychology, or marriage and family therapy.
·Possession of a current, valid permit or license from the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies as one of the following: Marriage and Family Therapist Candidate, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate, Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Social Worker, Clinical Social Worker, Psychologist Candidate or Psychologist will substitute.
Preferred Qualifications:
1.Graduation with a master's or doctoral degree in a mentalhealth field such as counseling, social work, marriage and family therapy or psychology from a program accredited by Council for Accreditation of Counseling& Related Educational Programs (CACREP), Council of Social Work Education(CSWE), American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT or COAMFTE)or American Psychological Association (APA).
2.License eligible as a Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Clinical Social Work, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist or Licensed Psychologist.
3.Experience providing mental health treatment in a correctional environment.
Required Competencies:
·Ability to provide professional mental health or sex inmate treatment to inmates.
·Individual must be efficient.
·Able to participate in 24-hour Mental Health On-Call Rotation;
·Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
·Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across facility programs and with external agencies.
·Ability to work independently.
·Ability to provide comprehensive clinical documentation.
·Must maintain required registration/permit/licensure as applicable to this assignment.
·Ability to work with a diverse population of inmates.
·Ability to provide professional mental health treatment as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
·Ability to read and comprehend the English language.
·Ability to effectively communicate fluently in English both verbally and in writing.
·Ability to create accessible documents and technical content that follows plain language guidelines with accessibility in mind.
If interested, please apply through this job post. You may send a copy of your most recent resume. If you have any questions, please feel free to call at 800-928-5561 and ask to speak with Jessica Monday-Friday. Refer friends, Earn rewards! Https://stafftoday.Staffingreferrals.Com/join/jcarrillo
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