What are the responsibilities and job description for the Forensic Clinician position at Centurion Health?
Job Details
Description
Annual Salary: $84,552.00 to $95,680.00 Depending on Licensure and Years of Experience
MHM Services, a Centurion company, is proud to be the provider of mental health services to the California Department of State Hospitals-Forensic Assertive Community Treatment Program (FACT). The FACT program is a statewide system that provides an unlocked, supervised living environment with 24-hour staffing. FACT's model of care is centralized services with a slow transition to community-based services. Services needed to support community reintegration include but are not limited to the following:
- Forensic mental health treatment through individual and group therapy settings
- Life skills training
- Day socialization groups
- Collateral contacts
- Home visits
- Substance abuse screenings
- Psychiatric services
- Case Management
- Court reports
- Psychological assessments
The Forensic Clinician is responsible for the provision of core services for FACT clients with co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorders. Will provide individual and group therapy to clients residing in a 24/7 housing facility.
Essential Duties/Responsibilities
- Provide forensic clients with individual and group therapy.
- Complete case management, collateral contacts, personal property searches for contraband, and obtain urine specimens for drug testing.
- Complete thorough clinical documentation within 24 hours of service being delivered.
- Clinical notes following any mental health service which indicate: services provided; client’s response/interaction; specific problem behaviors, warning signs and/or any pertinent observations; actions taken in response to these; over time, clinical notes reflect that the criminal history, mental illness and treatment plan are addressed during service contacts.
- Conducts risk assessments to address client-specific criminogenic risk factors, including identification of warning signs, precursors, warning signs, criminal thinking styles and patterns, and high-risk conditions/situations.
- Provide rotating on-call services during afterhours and weekend/holidays for crisis response to assigned housing facility.
- Provide expert witness testimony when needed.
- Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with the Judiciary, District Attorneys, Public Defenders, Parole Agents, DSH, and local law enforcement officials.
- Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with the community agencies that could positively impact community opportunities for FACT clients.
- Participates in regular clinical and administrative meetings.
- Holds regular progress meetings with home CONREP sites.
- Identifies and maintains professional boundaries to preserve the integrity of the therapeutic process and relationship.
- Ensures compliance with Company confidentiality policies, and Federal and State laws, regulations, and guidelines including HIPAA.
- Delivers care in a nonjudgmental/nondiscriminatory manner to protect the autonomy, dignity and rights of FACT clients.
- May be required to work throughout a grouping of facilities or travel between multiple facilities.
- Other duties as assigned.
Schedule:
- Sunday through Thursday 8:00am to 4:30pm with the opportunity to work remotely from home one day per week
- Tuesday through Saturday 8:00am to 4:30pm with the opportunity to work remotely from home one day per week
MHM/Centurion offers a comprehensive benefits package for our full-time team members including:
- Health, dental, vision, disability and life insurance
- 401(k) with company match
- Generous paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Flexible Spending Account
- Continuing Education benefits
- Much more...
Qualifications
Qualifications
- California licensed or unlicensed psychologist, social worker, or marriage and family therapist.
- Two years of experience in forensic mental health which may include substance abuse counseling preferred.
- Community-based mental health and forensic experience preferred.
- Risk assessment experience preferred.
- Excellent writing skills.
- Experienced with Word and Excel.
- Must maintain current tuberculosis screening documentation and active CPR certification.
- Must be able to pass background investigation and jail/hospital clearance.
- Must have valid California driver’s license; good driving record. Proof of current auto insurance and must meet insurability requirements of Company insurance carrier.
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Salary : $84,552 - $95,680
