Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC)
Behavioral Healthcare Provider 1 (LSW/LPC) 20025805
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC), Orient, Ohio, United States, 43146
Job Title
Behavioral Healthcare Provider 1 (LSW/LPC)
Job ID: 20025805
Agency Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC)
Location Pickaway Correctional Institution, Orient, OH (Pickaway County)
Agency Overview Guided by a single mission “To reduce recidivism among those we touch,” the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction believes that everyone is capable of positive change. Our staff embrace these core values and serve as role models for pro‑social behavior conveying an attitude of dignity and respect in the treatment of others.
The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction has been tasked with front‑line crime reduction through rehabilitative treatment and programming efforts provided in a safe, secure, and humane correctional environment and effective community supervision. Our goal is to protect the public through helping individuals turn away from crime and become productive, contributing members of our communities, ensuring a safer Ohio for all Ohioans now and in the future.
What You’ll Do
As a member of an interdisciplinary mental health treatment team, responsible for assigned mental health interventions for a caseload of mentally ill criminal offenders.
Responsible for the completion of screenings which include detailed mental health screens as well as risk assessments that are inclusive of suicide watch assessments when determined to be within scope of practice and allowed per credentialing board, ODRC policy, and in direct consultation with an independently licensed mental health professional when not independently licensed.
Conduct individual and group clinical interventions as prescribed on the individual mental health treatment plan using clinical intervention strategies within their scope of practice and directed by supervision.
Provide psychosocial group interventions as prescribed on the mental health treatment plan.
Provide mental health liaison services to an assigned caseload, including the monitoring of the offender progress with the mental health treatment plan goals.
Complete psychosocial needs and treatment assessments as part of interdisciplinary treatment planning.
Complete transfer and discharge summaries.
Consult with other institution staff regarding the mental health caseload inmate’s institutional adjustment and service needs.
Initiate and maintain contact with families and community agencies.
Provide and seek information relative to patient care and treatment.
Make appropriate community referrals, per mental health treatment team.
Write reports and/or documentation to include electronic documentation of all inmate contacts, mental health liaison progress note entries, discharge plans, and miscellaneous forms and reports as needed, per policy and protocol.
Attend meetings of social work or counselor supervision.
Attend in‑service training sessions and workshops for professional development.
May be assigned to teach in‑service.
Compensation Starting pay is approximately $62,100 based on location.
Eligibility DRC is a “qualifying employer” for purposes of the federal Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness program.
Licensure
Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) by Ohio Counselor, Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy Board.
Licensed Social Worker (LSW) by Ohio Counselor, Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy Board.
Job Skills
Behavioral Health
Basic Documentation
Programming
Professional
Confidentiality
Teamwork
Customer Focus
Decision Making
Emotional Intelligence
Agency Contact Personnel Director: 614‑877‑4362 / DRC.PCIRecruit@DRC.ohio.gov
Unposting Date January 9, 2026, 10:59:00 PM
Schedule Full‑time
Seniority Level
Entry level
Employment Type
Full‑time
Job Function
Health Care Provider
Government Administration
Are You Ready? We are thrilled to see that you are interested in beginning your career with the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction! Without a doubt, this will be the most rewarding and meaningful work you’ll ever find with a work family that is second to none!
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Job ID: 20025805
Agency Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC)
Location Pickaway Correctional Institution, Orient, OH (Pickaway County)
Agency Overview Guided by a single mission “To reduce recidivism among those we touch,” the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction believes that everyone is capable of positive change. Our staff embrace these core values and serve as role models for pro‑social behavior conveying an attitude of dignity and respect in the treatment of others.
The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction has been tasked with front‑line crime reduction through rehabilitative treatment and programming efforts provided in a safe, secure, and humane correctional environment and effective community supervision. Our goal is to protect the public through helping individuals turn away from crime and become productive, contributing members of our communities, ensuring a safer Ohio for all Ohioans now and in the future.
What You’ll Do
As a member of an interdisciplinary mental health treatment team, responsible for assigned mental health interventions for a caseload of mentally ill criminal offenders.
Responsible for the completion of screenings which include detailed mental health screens as well as risk assessments that are inclusive of suicide watch assessments when determined to be within scope of practice and allowed per credentialing board, ODRC policy, and in direct consultation with an independently licensed mental health professional when not independently licensed.
Conduct individual and group clinical interventions as prescribed on the individual mental health treatment plan using clinical intervention strategies within their scope of practice and directed by supervision.
Provide psychosocial group interventions as prescribed on the mental health treatment plan.
Provide mental health liaison services to an assigned caseload, including the monitoring of the offender progress with the mental health treatment plan goals.
Complete psychosocial needs and treatment assessments as part of interdisciplinary treatment planning.
Complete transfer and discharge summaries.
Consult with other institution staff regarding the mental health caseload inmate’s institutional adjustment and service needs.
Initiate and maintain contact with families and community agencies.
Provide and seek information relative to patient care and treatment.
Make appropriate community referrals, per mental health treatment team.
Write reports and/or documentation to include electronic documentation of all inmate contacts, mental health liaison progress note entries, discharge plans, and miscellaneous forms and reports as needed, per policy and protocol.
Attend meetings of social work or counselor supervision.
Attend in‑service training sessions and workshops for professional development.
May be assigned to teach in‑service.
Compensation Starting pay is approximately $62,100 based on location.
Eligibility DRC is a “qualifying employer” for purposes of the federal Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness program.
Licensure
Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) by Ohio Counselor, Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy Board.
Licensed Social Worker (LSW) by Ohio Counselor, Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy Board.
Job Skills
Behavioral Health
Basic Documentation
Programming
Professional
Confidentiality
Teamwork
Customer Focus
Decision Making
Emotional Intelligence
Agency Contact Personnel Director: 614‑877‑4362 / DRC.PCIRecruit@DRC.ohio.gov
Unposting Date January 9, 2026, 10:59:00 PM
Schedule Full‑time
Seniority Level
Entry level
Employment Type
Full‑time
Job Function
Health Care Provider
Government Administration
Are You Ready? We are thrilled to see that you are interested in beginning your career with the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction! Without a doubt, this will be the most rewarding and meaningful work you’ll ever find with a work family that is second to none!
#J-18808-Ljbffr