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Mental Health Clinician 3 (Reentry Services Supervisor PCN 06-2208)

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Job Location drjobs

Anchorage, AK - USA

Monthly Salary drjobs

$ 3432 - 3778

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

Job Description


The Department of Corrections Division of Health & Rehabilitation Services is recruiting for a Mental Health Clinician 3 based out of the Anchorage Probation Office in Anchorage Alaska.

Watch Alaska DOC HARS video here:
You Will Be Doing:

  • Supervise and oversee the departments Institutional Discharge Project Plus (IDP) and Assess Plan Identify and Coordinate (APIC) programs that provide transitional services for mentally ill inmates releasing back into the community.
  • Coordinate case management of program referrals including determining program eligibility consulting on cases identifying resources and working with community partners.
  • This position and the team of five mental health clinicians it supervises all work closely with program clients and involved parties including institutional clinicians community resources probation officers guardians attorneys and Mental Health Courts to secure the best possible solution for a release.

Our Mission Values and Culture:

The HARS Mission Statement: To provide timely access to essential care through an evidencebased multidisciplinary approach. We are committed to a culture of professionalism quality and safety.


We seek applicants who are interested in furthering the HARS Mission and who strive to uphold the Divisions Core Values of Respect Integrity Compassion Teamwork Safety and Growth.


Benefits of Joining Our Team:

Join a multidisciplinary team of professionals who are dedicated to providing quality care to Alaskas incarcerated population. The Department of Corrections is the states largest behavioral health provider we offer unique professional development opportunities while helping to build stronger communities.

The Working Environment You Can Expect:

This position is located in an office setting at the Anchorage Probation Office in downtown Anchorage. This position works closely with a team of reentry mental health clinicians institutional staff and community partners.


Who We Are Looking For:

We are interested in candidates who possess some or all of the following position specific competencies:

  • Psychology: Knowledge of the concepts principles and theories of human behavior and performance in various contexts mental processes or the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
  • Supervision: Plans distributes and monitors work assignments; sets task priorities; evaluates work performance and provides feedback to others on their performance; ensures that staff are appropriately selected utilized and developed and that they are treated in a fair and equitable manner. Assignments include the authority and responsibility to recommend or independently take action to employ (i.e. appoint transfer promote) discipline or discharge or adjudicate grievances of direct reports.
  • Adaptability: Adjusts planned work by gathering relevant information and applying critical thinking to address multiple demands and competing priorities in a changing environment.

Minimum Qualifications

Competency Based Minimum Qualifications Instructions

This job class uses competency based minimum qualifications. Please ensure your application(through work history volunteer experience (duties summary) training education licenses certifications etc.) supports how you have gained the knowledge skills abilities and behaviors (competencies) and that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.

Competency Description

The competency description(s) listed below have been designed to promote a common understanding of the essential elements of the job class. They highlight the more general and customary knowledge skills abilities (KSAs) tasks and behaviors used to describe the competency. They typically list expectations as opposed to specific tasks and are to be used only as parameters and guidelines. A competencys description is not intended to exclusively define every KSA task and behavior needed to successfully meet the competency but rather to provide the manager/agency with a broad reference of options as to how an applicant can meet the job expectation.

Doctoral degree OR Masters degree from an accredited college in counseling psychology social work child guidance vocational rehabilitation or a closely related field.

AND

Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with the knowledge skills and abilities in


Equivalent to those typically gained by:

Progressively responsible professional experience performing psychotherapeutic casework.

Progressively responsible means indicating growth and/or advancement in complexity difficulty or level of responsibility.

Professional experience means work that is creative analytical evaluative and interpretive; requires a range and depth of specialized knowledge of the professions principles concepts theories and practices; and is performed with the power or right to decide or act according to ones own judgment.

Training and education in this guidance are synonyms for the process of acquiring knowledge and skills through instruction. It includes instruction through formal and informal methods (such as classroom online selfstudy and onthejob) from accredited and unaccredited sources and longduration (such as a postsecondary degree) and shortduration (such as a seminar) programs.

Typically gained by means the prevalent usual method of gaining the competencies expected for entry into the job.

Special Note:

Some positions require the incumbent be licensed as a Clinical Social Worker or a Licensed Professional Counselor. This requirement will be addressed in the job posting.

Additional Required Information


REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

If selected for an interview the applicant must provide the following:

  • Official or unofficial transcripts from the highest level of education completed
  • Three professional references
  • Resume


RECRUITMENT DIFFICULTIES

Starting salary may be approved up to Step D $3778.40 if criteria are met.


LEGAL EMPLOYMENT

The States online recruitment system Workplace Alaska requires applicants to certify that they have a legal right to accept employment in the United States. It is the responsibility of the employee to maintain the appropriate documentation to accept or continue legal employment. The State of Alaska does not function in the role as an employer sponsor.


EDUCATION

If postsecondary education is required to meet the minimum qualifications you must fill in the Education section of the application. If you have not obtained a degree please indicate the number of units completed. Copies of transcripts are required to verify educational credentials if used to meet the minimum qualifications for a position. Transcripts can be attached at the time of application or provided at the time of interview at the discretion of the hiring manager.


SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATION

Education completed in foreign colleges universities or high schools may be used to meet the minimum qualifications listed above. If utilizing this education you must show that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs; or an accredited U.S. postsecondary institution reports the other institution as one whose transcript is given full value or full value is given in subject areas applicable to the curricula at the postsecondary institution or high school. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.


WORK EXPERIENCE

If using work experience not already documented in your Applicant Profile also provide the employer name your job title dates of employment and whether fullor parttime. Applicant Profiles and Job Qualification Summaries will be reviewed to determine if the responses are supported and minimum qualifications are clearly met. If they are not the applicant may not advance to the interview and selection phase of the recruitment.


Note: Attaching a resume is not an alternative to filling out the application in its entirety. Noting see resume or any similar response on any portion of your application may lead to a determination that your application is incomplete and removal from consideration for this job posting.


PREA NOTIFICATION

The Department of Corrections follows and maintains federal and state requirements standards including but not limited to Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) standards which apply to all public and private institutions that house adult or juvenile offenders. PREA standards preclude the department from hiring or promoting anyone who has engaged in or been convicted of any conduct which would violate PREA standards related to sexual assault including:

  • Sexual abuse in a prison jail lockup community confinement facility juvenile facility or other institution;
  • Convicted of engaging or attempting to engage in sexual activity in the community facilitated by force overt or implied threats of force or coercion or if the victim did not consent or was unable to consent or refuse; or
  • Has been civilly or administratively adjudicated to have engaged in the activity described above.


CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECKS/APSIN/ACOMS

Please be aware this position requires the use of the Alaska Public Safety Information Network (APSIN)/Alaska Corrections Offender Management System (ACOMS). A security clearance issued by the Department of Public Safety (DPS) is necessary to use APSIN/ACOMS. DPS will deny security clearance for any applicant who has beenconvicted of a felony or misdemeanor in this state or another jurisdiction or who may be a fugitive from justice. Additionally security clearance will be withdrawn if DPS discovers that material information was falsified or omitted at the time of the initial application for security clearance.


FINGERPRINT NOTICE

All Department of Corrections employees are required to be fingerprinted.


DRIVERS LICENSE REQUIREMENT

Applicants must possess a valid drivers license. Proof of licensure will be required prior to reporting to duty.


EEO STATEMENT

The State of Alaska complies with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Individuals with disabilities who require accommodation auxiliary aides or services or alternative communication formats please callorin Juneau or (907)(TTY) or correspond with the Division of Personnel & Labor Relations at the address above. The State of Alaska is an equal opportunity employer.


WORKPLACE ALASKA APPLICATION QUESTIONS & ASSISTANCE

Questions regarding application submission or system operation errors should be directed to the Workplace Alaska hotline at(tollfree) or (907)if you are in the Juneau area. Requests for information may also be emailed to


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