Mental Health Clinician 3 (Co-Occurring Disorders, PCN 20-N20005)

The Department of Corrections Division of Health & Rehabilitation Services is recruiting for a Long Term Non-Permanent Mental Health Clinician 3 position at the Fairbanks Correctional Center (FCC) located in Fairbanks Alaska.

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Under the supervision of the Substance Use Disorder Criminal Justice Planner this position will provide co-occurring disorder treatment to those housed at Fairbanks Correctional Center including:

• Conducting substance use disorder screenings and assessments through direct interviews review of existing history and clinical observation to make appropriate treatment recommendation.

• Conducting diagnostic screenings risk assessments and mental health evaluations of referred inmates through the review of existing history prior psychological testing clinical observations and direct interviews.

• Developing implementing and maintaining treatment plans for inmates assigned to caseload.

• Coordinating mental health and substance use disorder treatment services at the facility.

Our Mission Values and Culture:

The HARS Mission Statement: To provide timely access to essential care through an evidence-based multidisciplinary approach. We are committed to a culture of professionalism quality and safety.

We seek applicants who are interested in furthering the HARS Mission and who will strive to uphold the Divisions Core Values of Respect Integrity Compassion Teamwork Safety and Growth.

Benefits of Joining Our Team:

Working as a mental health clinician for the Department of Corrections offers the unique opportunity to make a profound impact on a vulnerable population supporting rehabilitation and contributing to public safety. The role provides a deeply meaningful way to serve ones community by promoting mental wellness and reducing recidivism. Being part of our collaborative multidisciplinary team allows for shared knowledge and diverse perspectives which support professional growth and improve patient outcomes.

The Working Environment You Can Expect:

This position is located at the Fairbanks Correctional Center a secure facility that holds a sentenced and unsentenced population of both males and females. This position will work closely with a team of correctional officers mental health clinicians and medical staff.

Who We Are Looking For:

We are interested in candidates who possess some or all of the following position specific competencies:

• Decision Making: Makes sound well-informed and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action even in uncertain situations to accomplish organizational goals; causes change.
• Adaptability: Adjusts planned work by gathering relevant information and applying critical thinking to address multiple demands and competing priorities in a changing environment.

Competency Based Minimum Qualifications Instructions
This job class uses competency based minimum qualifications. Please ensure your application (through work history volunteer experience (duties summary) training education licenses certifications etc.) supports how you have gained the knowledge skills abilities and behaviors (competencies) and that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.

Competency Description
The competency description(s) listed below have been designed to promote a common understanding of the essential elements of the job class. They highlight the more general and customary knowledge skills abilities (KSAs) tasks and behaviors used to describe the competency. They typically list expectations as opposed to specific tasks and are to be used only as parameters and guidelines. A competencys description is not intended to exclusively define every KSA task and behavior needed to successfully meet the competency but rather to provide the manager/agency with a broad reference of options as to how an applicant can meet the job expectation.

Doctoral degree OR Masters degree from an accredited college in counseling psychology social work child guidance vocational rehabilitation or a closely related field.

AND

Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with the knowledge skills and abilities in

• Accountability: Accepts responsibility for own actions and decisions and demonstrates commitment to accomplish work in an ethical efficient and cost-effective manner.
• Developing Others: Develops the ability of others to perform and contribute to the organization by providing ongoing feedback and by providing opportunities to learn through formal and informal methods.
• Managing Human Resources: Plans distributes coordinates and monitors work assignments of others; evaluates work performance and provides feedback to others on their performance; ensures that staff are appropriately selected utilized and developed and that they are treated in a fair and equitable manner.
• Psychology: Knowledge of the concepts principles and theories of human behavior and performance in various contexts mental processes or the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
• Therapy and Counseling: Knowledge of diagnosis and treatment of physical and mental ailments and career guidance.

Progressively responsible professional experience performing psychotherapeutic casework.

Progressively responsible means indicating growth and/or advancement in complexity difficulty or level of responsibility.

Professional experience means work that is creative analytical evaluative and interpretive; requires a range and depth of specialized knowledge of the professions principles concepts theories and practices; and is performed with the power or right to decide or act according to ones own judgment.

Training and education in this guidance are synonyms for the process of acquiring knowledge and skills through instruction. It includes instruction through formal and informal methods (such as classroom on-line self-study and on-the-job) from accredited and unaccredited sources and long-duration (such as a post-secondary degree) and short-duration (such as a seminar) programs.

Typically gained by means the prevalent usual method of gaining the competencies expected for entry into the job.

Special Note:

Some positions require the incumbent be licensed as a Clinical Social Worker or a Licensed Professional Counselor. This requirement will be addressed in the job posting.

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS
If selected for an interview the applicant must provide the following:

• Transcripts from highest level of education completed
• Three professional references

LEGAL EMPLOYMENT

The States online recruitment system Workplace Alaska requires applicants to certify that they have a legal right to accept employment in the United States. It is the responsibility of the employee to maintain the appropriate documentation to accept or continue legal employment. The State of Alaska does not function in the role as an employer sponsor.

If post-secondary education is required to meet the minimum qualifications you must fill in the Education section of the application. If you have not obtained a degree please indicate the number of units completed. Copies of transcripts are required to verify educational credentials if used to meet the minimum qualifications for a position. Transcripts can be attached at the time of application or provided at the time of interview.

WORK EXPERIENCE

If using work experience not already documented in your application also provide the employer name your job title dates of employment and whether full-or part-time. Applications will be reviewed to determine if the responses are supported and minimum qualifications are clearly met. If they are not the applicant may not advance to the interview and selection phase of the recruitment.

• Sexual abuse in a prison jail lockup community confinement facility juvenile facility or other institutions.
• Convicted of engaging or attempting to engage in sexual activity in the community facilitated by force overt or implied threats of force or coercion or if the victim did not consent or was unable to consent or refuse; or
• Has been civilly or administratively adjudicated to have engaged in the activity described above.

Kim Curtis
Deputy Chief Mental Health Officer