Mental Health Clinician I

Job Posting Information

Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of individuals within the criminal justice system? Join the dedicated team at the Lancaster County Corrections Adult Detention Facility as a Mental Health Clinician I. This professional human services and counseling position offers a unique opportunity to utilize a variety of treatment modalities to assist clients in solving varied behavioral health problems.

Hours: Full time, 40 hours per week. M-F; 8:00 am - 4:30 pm

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide evidence-based cognitive behavioral treatment interventions for inmates in the Lancaster County Jail.

• Address and treat substance use issues, criminogenic risk, and other underlying behavioral health needs.

• Facilitating the Inception to Substance Recovery and Substance Treatment Recovery programs. Delivery of various topics which include group sessions addressing exercise, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Skills, emotional health topics, team building, assertive communications, codependency, personal change plans, addiction topics and relapse prevention strategies, trauma education and support, moral reconation therapy, and anger and violence education.

• Participate in multi-disciplinary team and/or committee meetings to coordinate service delivery and agency functioning.

PLMHP/LMHP or LADC preferred.

Employees must work a least 30 hours per week to be eligible for insurance benefits.

Vacation leave, sick leave, and holidays are prorated for part time employees based upon the hours worked per week.

Temporary, seasonal, and on-call employees are not eligible for benefits.