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Behavioral Health Provider (O-5 Billet) Non-Supervisory
Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
Behavioral Health Provider delivers mental health assessment, counseling, and case management for ICE detainees. Duties include clinical evaluation, treatment planning, crisis intervention, staff education, and coordination with multidisciplinary teams. Requires doctoral or master's degree, clinical license, and 4+ years' experience. This position is non-supervisory and may serve as Team Lead. This position is only open to USPHS officers and Call to Active Duty (CAD) candidates.
What You'll Do
- →DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Behavioral Health Clinical Practicea.
- →Serves as a behavioral health and substance abuse consultant within the facility.
- →Conducts behavioral health assessment, evaluation, and diagnosis of detained non-citizens.
- →Provides supportive counseling, psychotherapy, substance abuse education, group therapy utilizing psycho-educational and other evidenced based treatment modalities as appropriate (may be delivered in-person or virtually).
- →Utilizes the electronic medical record (EMR) to complete clinical documentation, to review and process telephone encounters, etc.
- →Promotes and facilitates multidisciplinary (interprofessional collaboration) treatment approach to care for detained non-citizens.
- →Behavioral Healthcare Planning, Evaluation, and Development Coordinates with CD, Health Service Administrator (HSA), Regional Behavioral Health Consultants (RBHC), Behavioral Health Clinical Consultants (BHCC), and Psychiatric Services Program (PSP) in responding to Civil Rights Civil Liberties (CRCL) findings.
- →Collaborates with the CD/or designee in providing behavioral health education and guidance to staff related to the care of Chemically Dependent detained noncitizens.
- →Reviews reports (i.e., Executive Dashboard) and communicates regularly with CD, HSA, PSP, and BHU HQ team on trends, issues, challenges, etc. and impacts on Behavioral Health operations at the facility level (including, but not limited to, Access to Care, Productivity, Suicide Risk management, etc.) and work collaboratively to address the same.
- →Participates in review of behavioral health processes and procedures within the facility; serves on the local performance improvement committee and assists in the completion of clinical performance risk identification/improvement process related to behavioral health; and assists in preparation towards accreditation/compliance.
- →Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
- →Behavioral Health Care Coordination Maintains ongoing communication with physicians, PSP Providers, and Advanced Practice Providers (APP) and reports on the detained non-citizen's response to and/or compliance with prescribed medication.
- →Collaborates using multi-disciplinary team approach to plan and implement treatment for detained non-citizens identified with mental health conditions.
- →Coordinates with BHUHQ to facilitate the continuity of care of detained noncitizens.
Requirements
- ✓REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES: Successful completion of a Doctoral Degree (Ph.D., Psy.D., or equivalent) directly related to full professional work in clinical or counseling psychology.
- ✓Licensure Requirement: A current, active, valid, and unrestricted clinical license to practice Psychology independently offered by a U.S.
- ✓State, the District of Columbia, Commonwealth, territory, or jurisdiction is required; or a Master's degree (MSW) in Social Work from a graduate program in social work accredited by Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).
- ✓Minimum of 4 years post-licensure clinical experience.
- ✓Psychologists and Social Workers must both hold a full, current, and unrestricted licensed by a State or Territory; at the Doctoral level for psychologists and, at the Master's level for social workers (LCSW, LICSW, LMSW-C, or equivalent).
- ✓Psychologists should possess knowledge of specific functions of Psychology to include, but not limited to: Psychological Testing, Evaluation, Interpretation, Diagnosis and Treatment.
- ✓Knowledge of and experience in techniques of various evidenced-based treatment modalities.
- ✓Must maintain full and unrestricted license to practice psychology or social work in any state jurisdiction; and BLS certification.
- ✓It is the incumbent's responsibility to fulfill the obligation(s) of their licensing or certifying body to maintain currency.
- ✓This position may be required to perform clinical activities with the scope of clinical license in times of critical needs within the agency.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 35c09992-c541-4a37-8760-23c56f33c10a
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