Behavioral Health Professional

Join the Vital Core Team in Missouri! Vital Core Health Strategies (VCHS), an industry leader in Correctional Health Care, has an opening for a PRN Master's Level Behavioral Health Professional (LCSW, LCPC, LMSW, LPC, or equivalent) at the St. Charles County Department of Corrections in Saint Charles, Missouri.

We’re looking for a rewarding career in healthcare with competitive wages, an annual incentive bonus, and an excellent benefits package.

You will be given the opportunity to utilize your training, skills and experience in a face‑to‑face setting with people from a variety of socioeconomic and educational backgrounds. You will be working as part of a multi‑disciplinary team comprised of medical, psychiatry, ancillary, security, legal, community providers and psychiatric hospitals, delivering care in real time with real people.

• Holiday Pay:
  New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day
• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Short Term/Long Term Disability
• Identity Theft Protection
• Animal/Pet Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program and Discount Center
• 401(k)
• PTO
• Annual Incentive Bonus

The Behavioral Health Professional will work as part of a multidisciplinary team with all other disciplines on the Behavioral Health Unit to provide a proactive and collaborative approach in serving the patient population in a correctional environment. The role includes crisis intervention, clinical management of high acuity behavioral health cases; and may include group or individual treatment.

Must be a licensed, master’s level behavioral health clinician who can administer assessments, make clinical decisions, provide mental health treatment, and hold any of the following licenses: LSW, LPC or equivalent.

• Licensure: LSW, LPC or equivalent
• Clinical decision making and crisis therapy capabilities

• Provide crisis stabilization, complete intakes and ongoing evaluations, and provide consultation to in‑house and community services.
• Participate in monthly behavioral health calls and work collaboratively with the medical team to determine overall treatment for each individual.
• Perform risk assessment of inmates; coordinate care with interdisciplinary team including medical staff, community providers, psychiatric hospitals and corrections; and discharge planning.
• Assist in planning and implementing the goals and objectives of programs and projects.
• Prepare necessary documentation, records and reports.
• Utilize clinical skills such as prioritizing treatment needs; crisis management; brief clinical interventions including CBT and Motivational Interviewing.
• Excellent and timely documentation skills required.
• The ideal candidate is able to make independent clinical decisions while utilizing assistance and supervisory intervention as needed.

• Graduation from a master’s level program.
• Minimum of one year employment in a social work capacity in a public or private agency or equivalent.
• Must receive a satisfactory background investigation report.

Vital Core Health Strategies is an equal opportunity employer and committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive workplace in which all employees have an opportunity to participate and contribute to the success of the business and are valued for their skills, experience, and unique perspectives.

We’re people who are fueled by passion, not by profit.

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