CDOC (Social Worker/Counselor III) Mental Health Clinician - CANON CITY

Mental Health Clinician

This position provides mental health care to a special population of inmates housed in the Colorado Department of Corrections with mental illness, intellectual and developmental disabilities and high risk for suicide and self injury. Responsibilities include developing mental health treatment plans, providing individual and group therapy, performing routine mental health assessments and interviews, updating diagnosis and psychiatric needs levels, referring inmates to psychology for more complex psychological assessment, participating in a 24 hour on call system, assuring both emergency and non-emergency transfer for inmates experiencing acute mental health crisis, rendering clinical direction to non-clinical staff in mental health care and treatment of inmates, and assuring continuity of care for inmates by making appropriate referral and providing necessary information and documentation for transition to receiving units, facilities, or agencies.

Minimum Qualifications

Applicants must meet the minimum qualifications listed below to include licensure through the State of Colorado. A residency waiver has been granted for this announcement. Applications will be considered from residents and non-residents of Colorado. Applicants must possess one or more of the following valid, active license from the State of Colorado: Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Psychologist or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. AND Applicant must have one (1) year of licensed or license candidacy experience, with current valid licensure from the State of Colorado, to include Licensed Social Worker (LSW), Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate (LPCC), Licensed Clinical Social Worker Candidate (SWC) or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Candidate, and experience must be with the mental health and/or sex offender population.

Ensure that the 'Work Experience' section of the application is complete and contains all relevant work experience related to the position that you are applying for. This information will be used to help determine compensation for the position. 'See resume' statements cannot be accepted in lieu of the 'work experience' section of the application. Additional work experience will not be accepted after the job announcement close date.

The comparative analysis for this position will include a review of your application material and your responses to any supplemental questions. Applications and responses will be reviewed by a Subject Matter Expert (SME) to assess and rank applicants in order to establish an eligible list for referral to the hiring manager for final consideration.

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