Regional Mental Health Consultant
State of Florida
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Crawfordville • Florida • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $102,572 per year
Job Level
Junior
About the role
- Become a subject matter expert regarding the procedures and HSB’s that guide treatment for inmates housed in Inpatient.
- Provide consultation to the Warden through weekly meetings.
- Provide assistance to contracted provider staff regarding interpretation of the Procedures and HSB’s.
- Attend multidisciplinary team meetings as an observer and report concerns to appropriate staff.
- Proactively identify issues and concerns pertinent to access to necessary mental health treatment with the Central Office Ombudsman, Warden, and contracted providers.
- Review Schedule of Mental Health Services prior to posting to ensure all services are offered.
- Review and provide assistance to the Central Office Mental Health Ombudsman and wardens (or their designee) in addressing formal grievances from inmates residing in inpatients mental health units.
- Provides status reports to the Central Office Mental Health Ombudsman and Wardens to assist in analysis and amelioration of identified concerns.
- Conduct weekly rounds in the inpatient units to check the well-being of inmates.
- Attends and observes mental health services being offered to the inmates.
- Provides on-site reviews of mental health services and out-of-cell structured therapeutic services in inpatient mental health units.
- Conducts interviews, observations, and evaluations of inmates to proactively identify issues and concerns and initiate a higher level of care if necessary.
Requirements
- Doctorate in Clinical or Counseling Psychology from a postsecondary institution accredited by an accrediting agency or state approved agency by the U.S. Secretary of Education.
- Must possess at least one-year experience providing mental health treatment in an inpatient or residential unit/hospital beyond internship.
- Must have experience working with interdisciplinary teams.
- Support of knowledge, skills, and abilities should be demonstrated on the application, in the education, in the work experience, in the work sample, in the interview and/or during reference checks.
Benefits
- Paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays.
- Comprehensive health insurance and life insurance with accidental death and dismemberment benefits.
- Supplemental Dental, Vision, Life, Disability and Hospitalization insurance.
- Tuition-Free college courses.
- Retirement Plans with the Florida Retirement System: Pension Plan (Traditional Retirement Pension Plan), Investment Plan (401(K)-Type Retirement Plan), Deferred Retirement Option Program (Drop), Deferred Compensation.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
mental health treatmentclinical psychologycounseling psychologyinterdisciplinary team collaborationevaluation of inmatestherapeutic servicesgrievance resolutionconsultationissue identificationstatus reporting
Soft skills
communicationproblem-solvingobservationproactive identificationteamworkconsultative skillsanalytical skillsinterpersonal skillsorganizational skillsleadership
Certifications
Doctorate in Clinical PsychologyDoctorate in Counseling Psychology