Jail Mental Health Professional

Overview

Shift:  Monday-Friday; 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Join the team at the Robert Young Center as a Jail-Based Mental Health Professional and make a meaningful impact every day.  In this role, you’ll provide trauma-informed care and case management services to adults with severe mental illness, conducting diagnostic assessments, supporting treatment planning, delivering crisis intervention, and coordinating care with multidisciplinary teams to promote safety and recovery.  If you’re compassionate, collaborative, and driven to support positive change, we invite you to bring your expertise to our dedicated behavioral health team.

Why UnityPoint Health?

At UnityPoint Health, you matter. We’re proud to be recognized as a Top 150 Place to Work in Healthcare by Becker's Healthcare several years in a row for our commitment to our team members.  

Our competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits options that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what life stage you’re in.  Here are just a few:      

• Expect paid time off, parental leave, 401K matching and an employee recognition program.   

• Dental and health insurance, paid holidays, short and long-term disability and more. We even offer pet insurance for your four-legged family members.  

• Early access to earned wages with Daily Pay, tuition reimbursement to help further your career and adoption assistance to help you grow your family.   

With a collective goal to champion a culture of belonging where everyone feels valued and respected, we honor the ways people are unique and embrace what brings us together.   

And, we believe equipping you with support and development opportunities is a vital part of delivering an exceptional employment experience. 

Find a fulfilling career and make a difference with UnityPoint Health.

Responsibilities

• Performs diagnostic assessments and collects diagnostic information to determine an individualized treatment plan for the client. 
• Plans treatment modalities, coordinates treatment plans and follows clients through the treatment process. 
• Provides counseling, problem-solving and community support (individual and group).  
• Requests consultation for clients that includes but is not limited to providers, social workers, and nursing staff when necessary. 
• Evaluate the client’s treatment plan through follow-up assessment and makes adjustments based on clinical findings. 

Qualifications

Education:

• Requires a high school diploma or GED and a minimum of five years documented clinical experience in mental health or human services; or
• An individual possessing a certficate of psychiatric rehabilitation from a DHS-approved program, plus ahigh school diploma or GED, plus two years' documented exeprience in providing mental health services; or
• Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in human services field.

Experience:

• Two years supervised experience in mental health or human services in preferred.

License(s)/Certification(s):

• Valid driver's license
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certiciation within 6 months of hire.
• Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) training within 6 months of hire.
• Obtain certification within 2 months of hire and re-certify annually according to the requirements set forth in the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services related to the  Illinois Medicaid Comprehensive Needs & Strengths (IM+CANS)

*Specific offers are determined by various factors, such as experience, skills, internal equity, and other business needs.  The salary range listed does not include other forms of compensation which may include bonuses/incentive, differential pay, or other forms of compensation or benefits that may be applicable to this role.