Mental Health Professional; Therapist​/Clinician

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Job

Agency:
Department of Corrections – Behavioral Health

Location:

Pierre, SD - Women's Prison

Salary: $65,000.00 to $90,000.00, depending on experience

Pay Grade: K

The South Dakota Department of Corrections is hiring! Join the DOC - view DOC Recruitment video here:  .

This is a Full-Time position with the Department of Corrections Behavioral Health team. For more information on the DOC, please visit (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). .

**** This position is eligible for a $5,000 hiring incentive ****

*** Full state benefits and SDRS retirement ***

*** Current and Previous State Employees do NOT qualify for the Hiring Incentive ***

This position provides mental health services to the offender population, to include formal and informal behavioral health evaluations, diagnostic assessments, and clinical interventions.

Why the Department of Corrections?

At The Department Of Corrections (DOC), We Have An Opportunity To Make a Difference. As a Department Of Corrections Employee, You Will Have a Chance To Experience

• Creativity – We are always looking for innovative ideas to help us achieve improved outcomes.
• Making a difference – You will have an opportunity to make a difference in the life of fellow South Dakotans.
• Professional development – We provide valuable trainings to ensure well-trained staff that are competent, accountable, and empowered and will assist you in reaching your career goals.
• Teamwork – In a team-oriented approach, you will have the ability to work cooperatively with others in a friendly work environment to achieve shared goals.

• a highly motivated and experienced person with a passion for serving the public and displays a high level of effort and commitment towards completing assignments and goals;
• a compassionate individual who listens attentively to others and clearly conveys information and ideas;
• a dependable and organized individual who effectively plans and organizes work activities;
• a person who is dedicated and who will represent the DOC with integrity and enthusiasm;
• an individual who works cooperatively with others and promotes a friendly work climate in order to achieve shared goals.

The Ideal Candidate Will Have:

• experience working with clients that have been involved in the criminal justice system;
• experience working with clients that may have complex needs, dual diagnoses, and/or wide range of mental health functioning;
• theories and techniques used in counseling, crisis intervention, and substance use disorders;
• evidenced-based practices related to the rehabilitation of criminal offenders;
• treatment planning, charting, and report writing;
• suicide prevention and intervention specifically related to the correctional population.

• effectively communicate and motivate treatment-resistant clients;
• conduct clinical interviews, assessments, and evaluations;

• conduct individual and group counseling or therapy sessions;
• gather, interpret, report, and use information concerning clients;
• establish and maintain effective interpersonal counseling relationships with clients;
• perform mental health evaluations, formulate treatment plans, and make recommendations on client care;
• work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary staff setting;
• respond to mental health crisis situations quickly and effectively;
• make clinical decisions regarding offender's mental health;
• work in a correctional facility;
• adhere to the safety and security processes of such correctional facility.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• provides professional mental health services to offenders to include formal and informal mental health evaluations, diagnostic assessments, and clinical interventions;
• provides group and individual counseling and therapy, and crisis intervention to include participation in 24-hour Mental Health On-Call Rotation;
• assures both emergency and non-emergency transfer for offenders experiencing acute mental health needs;
• provides clinical direction to non-clinical staff in mental health care and treatment of offenders;
• assures continuity of care for offenders by making appropriate referral and…