What are the responsibilities and job description for the Licensed Mental Health Professional position at Advanced Correctional Healthcare, Inc.?
Job Details
Job Location
Correctional in Kansas City - Kansas City, KS
Position Type
Full Time
Education Level
Graduate Degree
Travel Percentage
None
Job Shift
Any
Job Category
Behavioral Health
Description
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Cleared Preferred
Summary
Our associates deliver a higher standard of business services to support medical care and behavioral health care. We maintain professionalism, integrity, and commitment as we solve problems and make lives easier.
Essential Functions
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Job Location
Correctional in Kansas City - Kansas City, KS
Position Type
Full Time
Education Level
Graduate Degree
Travel Percentage
None
Job Shift
Any
Job Category
Behavioral Health
Description
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Cleared Preferred
Summary
Our associates deliver a higher standard of business services to support medical care and behavioral health care. We maintain professionalism, integrity, and commitment as we solve problems and make lives easier.
Essential Functions
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Provide behavioral health screening of detainees referred by facility staff or identified by prescreening (booking or nursing)
- Provide individual and/or group therapeutic services
- Assist custody and medical staff in the monitoring of behavioral health for referred detainees
- Coordinate with custody and medical staff in the management and treatment of detainees with behavioral health concerns
- Monitor and provide therapeutic support of segregated/isolated detainees
- Support and supplement the activities of county behavioral health services in the stabilization of at-risk detainees
- Coordinate with county behavioral health services for continuity of care and discharge planning via sharing of pertinent patient information
- Complete documentation of assessment and treatment, as well as maintain records for referral tracking and CQI
- Facilitate training
- Any and all other duties as assigned
- Degree in a behavioral/social science field (e.g., Psychology, Social Work) from an accredited college or university
- Current licensure with clinical specialty in the state from the appropriate state licensing board.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; hands-on training
- Must be able to practice independently.
- Coursework and professional experience that indicates knowledge of mental health counseling, group and individual psychotherapy, diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders, psychological assessment techniques, crisis intervention, and mental health consultation.
- Must obtain and maintain security clearance.
- Must be able to drive a motor vehicle.
