The Mental Health Professional Counselor provides mental health services to detainees while working directly with clients, team members, and facility staff, and maintaining a professional relationship with all staff and detainees. Provide mental health assessment and evaluation of detainees referred by facility staff or identified by prescreening (booking or nursing). Provide individual therapeutic services. Assist custody and medical staff in the monitoring of mental health for referred detainees. Coordinate with custody and medical staff in the management and treatment of detainees with mental health and/or behavioral concerns. Monitor and provide therapeutic support of segregated/isolated detainees. Support and supplement the activities of county mental health services in the stabilization of at-risk detainees.Coordinate with county mental health services for continuity of care and discharge planning via sharing of pertinent patient information.

Delivers mental health care for county jail inmates utilizing our advanced mental health policies, procedures, and protocols. Additionally, provides evaluation/assessment, planning, and implementation of treatment plans for inmates' mental health issues.Collaborate and communicate effectively with our medical team of medical providers, nurses, health techs, and administrative assistants.Foster effective communication between the medical team and correctional staffAccountable for mental health documentation, tracking, evaluation, non-prescribing orders, and follow-up of patients’ mental health care.

Provided assessment and treatment services to individuals, and families. Additionally provided cognitive behavioral therapy for youth struggling with family relationships, suicidal thoughts, aggression, depression, self-harm, learning disabilities support, attention deficit disorder, patterns of abusive behavior, and trauma-based mental health issues. Lastly, other duties included case management to youth and other supportive services,