Behavioral Healthcare Provider Supervisor 1

Behavioral Healthcare Provider Supervisor 1

This position works under general direction and requires thorough knowledge of behavioral healthcare theories, interventions, and evaluation techniques.

• As a member of interdisciplinary treatment team, responsible for the development and implementation of mental health interventions (e.g. psychological, social) for a caseload of mentally ill criminal offenders

• Develops specialized treatment plans and programs and intervention methods used by treatment teams to treat patients

• Supervises, evaluates and trains social workers and/or counselors

• Assigns the caseload and oversees treatment activities of mental health social workers and/or counselors

• Completes mental health risk assessments inclusive of suicide watch assessments within their scope of practice and for Non-Independently Licensed Mental Health Professionals directed by and in consultation with an Independently Licensed Mental Health Professional.

• Provides social psychological services to patients including advanced practice individual and group therapy, diagnostic evaluations, psychosocial assessments and suicide prevention interventions

• Documents evaluations, assessments, and interventions in the Electronic Health Care Record

• Participates in and/or is responsible for the mental health services quality assurance program.

• Initiates and maintains contact with families and community agencies

• Provides and seeks information relative to patient care and treatment

• Makes appropriate community referrals, per mental health treatment team.

• Participates in personnel management tasks including recruitment, interview and recommendations for hiring

• Complies with all facility and DRC rules, policies and procedures

• Maintains necessary data documents required by DRC.

• Establishes and maintains a working relationship with other facilities and agencies

• Conducts in-service training

• Participates in continuing education programs

• Attends conferences, workshops and meetings as directed