Behavioral Health Clinician II

Job description

Job Posting Title Behavioral Health Clinician II Agency: 131 DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS: Supervisory Organization: DOC Ment Hlth/Admin Job Posting End Date: Refer to the date listed at the top of this posting, if available. Continuous if date is blank. Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the posting end date above. Estimated Appointment End Date (Continuous if Blank) Full/Part-Time: Full time Job Type: Regular Compensation: $69,463.17 Job Description: Basic Purpose: Positions in this job family perform professional work in providing clinical services to inmates in a state correctional center. Typical Functions: · Provides initial and ongoing mental health screenings and evaluations identifying at-risk and vulnerable inmates needing prevention, intervention, referral, and the immediate provision of mental health services according to policy and procedures. Assigns mental health diagnoses to inmates as appropriate. · Provides crisis, suicide and harm-reduction intervention/procedures to inmates identified as high-risk for self-harm, harm to others and/or have the potential for violence. · Identifies, monitors, and provides mental health services to i...