CDOC Social Work/Counselor III - Behavior Health Specialist - (Parole - Westminster/Aurora Region)
Description of Job
Mental Health Clinician: This position exists to provide clinical mental health skills as the mental health consultant and clinician in a designated parole region. This position is responsible for, but not limited to, the following:
- Promote offender success on parole through collaboration and coordination starting in CDOC facilities through the transition to parole supervision;
- Ensure that community-based offenders in psychiatric crisis receive assessment and intervention, in consultation with community parole officers;
- Support and assist community parole officers and consult with re-entry specialists to facilitate successful parole for offenders with mental illness;
- Contribute to service coordination through participation in community organizations relevant to transition services;
- Provide consultation and assistance to community parole officers regarding the integration and behavioral health services needed for community-based offenders with mental illness;
- Address emergent situations regarding offender mental health crises while on parole supervision;
- Facilitate involuntary psychiatric assessment and/or hospitalization for offenders when clinically indicated;
- Provide guided treatment engagement services for high-needs offenders;
- Apply knowledge of evidence-based practices and report any deviation from evidence-based practices to the Parole Mental Health Coordinator;
- Ensure medications and psychiatric appointments are in place.
- Identify resources in each region for offender needs;
- Monitor treatment compliance and efficacy for high-needs offenders;
- Promote offender success in the community by providing family preparation classes and family psycho-educational groups;
- Produce a monthly report that tracks offender status and services provided;
- Update resource information in resource guide:
- Document service provision in applicable electronic system;
- Responsible for maintaining standards of the program or work unit through compliance with all applicable mental health, departmental, organizational and unit standards;
- Promote collaborative multi-disciplinary services and resource utilization to increase offender success in geographically diverse parole regions.
Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights
Minimum Qualifications
- Applicant must possess a valid, active license from the State of Colorado or State participating in the Social Work Licensure Compact as a Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Psychologist or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.
- AND
- Applicant must have one year of experience, with current valid licensure from the State of Colorado or State participating in the Social Work Licensure Compact, to include Licensed Social Worker (LSW), Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate (LPCC), or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Candidate, and experience must be with the mental health and/or sex offender population.
ONLY APPLICANTS WHO MEET THE MINIMUM WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS PROCESS.
Required Competencies:
- Must possess and maintain a valid license from the State of Colorado as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Professional Counselor or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist;
- Knowledge of and ability to conduct crisis assessment and counseling utilizing therapist manuals and protocols and agency/facility security policies;
- Ability to effectively interact with offenders;
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
- 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;
- Excellent interpersonal skills;
- Ability to travel to throughout assigned region, driving a state owned vehicle.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience providing mental health treatment and discharge planning with the severely mentally ill and/or developmentally disabled population;
- Experience in a behavioral health program with a criminal justice population;
- Experience providing family focused behavioral health services;
- Experience collaborating with community organizations to facilitate mental health services;
- Experience working as a member of a multidisciplinary team.