What are the responsibilities and job description for the Licensed Professional Counselor-DWCF position at Staff Today Inc?
Job Description
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
Tues-Fri 0700-1700
Denver Women's Correctional Facility (DWCF)
DWCF 3600
Havana Street, Denver, CO 80239
Local : Contractors staff whose personal residence is within one hundred (100) miles round trip of the work assignment.
Can be any LPC(), LPC-C(), LCSW(), LSW,(), LMFT (), LMFT-C ()
Travel - Contractor's staff must travel more than fifty (50) miles from their personal residence
to the facility work assignment for mileage to be billable. Billable mileage is limited to four hundred (400) miles round trip. Mileage shall be billed and paid at the
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 :
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 :
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
Salary : $44
