Department of Justice
Correctional Treatment Specialist (Qualified Mental Health Professional)
Forrest City, Arkansas
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About the role
- Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities.
Requirements
- Degree - that included at least 24 semester hours of course work in the behavioral or social sciences.
- Experience must have been gained in (1) casework in a correctional institution or in another criminal justice setting
- (2) counseling in any setting, provided it required diagnostic or treatment planning skills to achieve specific social or occupational goals
- OR Experience: You must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level.
- To be creditable, this experience must have equipped the applicant with the particular qualifications to perform successfully the duties of the position, and must typically be in or related to the position to be filled.
- Some examples of this qualifying experience are: Experience in facilitating evidenced based individual and group treatment in a correctional setting.
- Experience performing comprehensive evaluations for adults with mental illness and/or behavioral disorders.
- Experience utilizing cognitive behavioral treatment techniques.
- This experience must have equipped you with the qualifications to perform the major duties of this position as described above.
Compensation
- $75k-$97k
Benefits
- Combinations of successfully completed graduate level education and specialized experience may be used to meet total experience requirements.
- Only graduate level education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade may be combined with experience.
- A current, valid, unrestricted license by the State as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) or Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW).
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