MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL, INTERN

Job Description

Job Description

Overview

Are you looking to join a company where you can make a real difference? If you are passionate about people and believe that everyone deserves the highest quality of mental healthcare, we have the role for you! You will be responsible for providing a full range of mental health outpatient services such as initial assessment, treatment planning, supportive counseling, case management, aftercare planning, group psychotherapy, suicide risk assessment, and crisis intervention. Keep reading to get to know us and learn what we have to offer.

Join A Community That Cares

Joining GEO means contributing to our mission to provide the best rehabilitation and community reintegration programs and services to those in our care. GEO is a place for professional growth, exploration, creativity, and valuable interpersonal relationships. Interested in achieving extraordinary things? Send in your application. Every one of our employees makes us who we are.

Responsibilities

In this role, you will:

• Conduct mental health interviews, screenings, and evaluations to determine appropriate mental health services and treatment plans to address specific mental health needs.
• Provide supportive mental health services: brief individual counseling, group counseling (process or psycho-educational), and specialty group counseling (anger management, coping skills, end of sentence, life term, etc.).
• Provide case management services to ensure continuity of ongoing service delivery.
• Prepare all related mental health documentation following applicable organizational and state standards in a clear, thorough, and timely manner.
• Consult with Security, Medical, Classification and other departments as needed.
• Respond to psychological emergencies and provide crisis intervention (involuntary hospitalization, placement under observation due to suicide risk, or inability to adjust within general population due to symptoms of mental illness).
• Conduct post-release planning and communicate with community based mental health facilities for referral and continuity of care.

Qualifications

Review minimum requirements before applying:

Please note licensed interns may be considered based on our client's requirements. To be considered, you must have a clinical supervisor who has been approved by the state board.

Ideally, you should have experience providing mental health services in an institutional setting for at least one year.

Minimum Requirements

• Master’s degree as a Mental Health Clinician who has full licensure, provisional licensure, or registered intern status as a mental health provider under Chapter 491 (Florida Statutes).
• State licensure as a Clinical Social Worker or Mental Health Counselor (if claiming license eligibility, applicant must be able to provide proper documentation). Licensed interns may be considered based on client requirements.
• One (1) year experience providing mental health services in an institutional setting is preferred.
• Ability to work in crisis situations in a professional and mature manner.
• Strong counseling and motivational skills.
• Must be able to work individual and in a team environment.
• Above average verbal and writing skills.
• Must be able to develop clear and concise reports in a timely manner.
• Ability to work with computers and the necessary software typically used by the department.

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