Mental Health Counselor - Masters

NaphCare is hiring Full-Time Mental Health Professionals (MHPs) to join our multidisciplinary healthcare team at the Mobile Metro Jail in Mobile, Alabama.

Looking for a rewarding mental health career with full-time stability and daytime hours? This opportunity offers day shifts with varying start times, providing schedule variety while allowing you to build your career in a unique and meaningful clinical environment.

As an MHP, you’ll work alongside psychiatrists, medical providers, nurses, and correctional staff to provide compassionate, evidence-based behavioral health services to individuals with complex mental health and substance use needs. In this role, you’ll conduct mental health assessments, provide individual counseling and therapeutic interventions, respond to behavioral health crises, and help patients develop the skills and support needed for successful recovery and reintegration.

If you’re ready to use your clinical expertise in a setting where your work truly matters, while enjoying the stability of a full-time daytime position, NaphCare could be the right fit for you.

Responsibilities

The Mental Health Counselor is responsible for assessing, diagnosing, and treating patients in residence with mental illnesses, substance use disorders, and behavioral issues ensuring they receive quality care that protects their rights, dignity and health. Duties and responsibilities may include and are not limited to:

Conducting mental health evaluations, including gathering psychosocial histories, administering psychological tests, and identifying mental health needs and risks

Developing and implementing individualized treatment plans based on assessments, incorporating various therapeutic approaches and interventions

Providing individual counseling and facilitating group therapy sessions to address a range of mental health concerns, such as depression, anxiety, trauma, and substance abuse

• Managing a caseload of inmates, coordinating care with other professionals, and ensuring continuity of care
• Responding to and managing mental health crises, providing immediate support and stabilization

Collaborating with inmates, correctional staff, and community-based resources to develop comprehensive reentry plans that support successful community reintegration

Working closely with other professionals, such as psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and correctional staff, to ensure effective and coordinated care

Maintaining accurate and timely clinical records, progress notes, and other required documentation

Monitoring compliance with site-specific and company policies and procedures, taking appropriate corrective action, and ensuring compliance with ACA, NCCHC standards

Qualifications

• Education / Licenses / Certifications
• Master's prepared degree in counseling, social work, psychology or related field
• Must hold an active, unrestricted licensure as a (LCSW, LCMHC, LMFT, LMHP, LISW, LPCC, etc.) in Alabama.
• Possess an active CPR certification

Experience / Requirements / Qualifications / Skills

A minimum of 3 years’ clinical experience in a mental health care or acute care setting, with correctional healthcare experience preferred

Must have knowledge and experience in the identification and treatment of mental health and co-occurring substance abuse disorders, discharge planning, principles of social work, basic principles of individual and group behavior, and a working knowledge of psychotropic medications

Correctional counselors must be able to remain calm under pressure while assess patients’ situations, underlying causes of their behavior and be able to develop interventions and treatment plans

Effective communications skills are required for building patient rapport and relaying information and treatment plan with other medical and mental health care professionals

Strong organizational skills are needed to keep track of patient treatment plans and progress notes

Must have the ability to maintain confidentiality of all proprietary and/or confidential information and integrity, professionalism and ability to adhere to a Code of Conduct and comply with all facility(s) correctional healthcare policies, procedures, and legal requirements

Must pass the facility’s criminal background check and drug screening

Physical Capabilities

Must have the ability to stand for long periods, lift and move patients (up to 50 pounds), bend, squat, reach, push, pull, walk significant distances, and perform physically demanding tasks like CPR, all while maintaining good balance and endurance throughout a shift.

Why Join NaphCare?

NaphCare is one of the largest providers of healthcare services to correctional facilities throughout the US, and we are growing. If you have never considered a career in correctional healthcare, now may be the time. In addition to competitive salaries and generous employee benefits, we strongly support career advancement within the company.

NaphCare Benefits for Full-Time Employees Include

• Health, dental & vision insurance that starts day one!
• Prescriptions free of charge through our health plan, beginning day one
• Lowest Cost Benefits!
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) services
• 401K and Roth with company contribution that starts day one!
• Tuition Assistance
• Referral bonuses
• Term life insurance at no cost to the employee
• Generous paid time off & paid holidays

Free Continuing Education and CMEs

• Want a better idea of what it’s like to work in a jail? See what our Licensed Counselors do:
• NaphCare - Life as a Mental Health Professional - YouTube
• If you would like to speak with me to learn more about this position and NaphCare, please first apply directly to the position to initiate the application process.
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