Desoto County Sherriff's Office Clinician

Sign-on Bonus: $4,000

• Working in conjunction with the Desoto County Sheriff's Office, the employee will be responsible for the outreach, coordination, education and follow up of services for Desoto County Residents.
• Work with individuals and families to prevent crisis and promote treatment engagement, while assessing risk ongoing.
• May help individuals deal with addictions and substance abuse; family, parenting, and marital problems; suicide; stress management; financial issues; and issues associated with the aging and mental and emotional health.
• Refer individuals to various social services in Desoto and surrounding counties
• Provides for monitoring, engagement, and coordination with the Sherriff’ Office personnel and CBHC and other behavioral health providers, providing interventions to persons presenting in crisis.
• Receive referrals from the Sheriff’ Office members (typically individuals with many dispatches for MH related issues and senior referrals), schools and from providers, monitoring of those identified in need of services (and often) encouragement to engage in treatment to try and avert persons ‘falling through the cracks.'
• Maintain accurate, complete and up-to-date documentation in accordance with the internal and external audit standards
• Provide clinical services as needed, cooperating with agency staff and external partners, and interacting with the community on behalf of the program
• Perform screenings and other clinical services
• A proactive position so we are not responding in an immediate crisis, but rather when there are a few red flags that might be higher risk and not engaging in treatment.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and sign-on bonus.
• Comprehensive Benefits:
  • Health, dental, vision, and life insurance. 
  • Paid Time Off (PTO) and 11 paid holidays. 
  • 403(b) Retirement Plan with 9% employer contribution (for eligible staff).
  • Employer-sponsored contributions to a Health Savings Account (HSA) with qualifying plans. 
  • Tuition reimbursement, Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligibility, and HRSA loan repayment opportunities. 
  • Qualified Supervisor to provide clinical supervision for licensure candidates.
• Career Growth Opportunities: We invest in our leaders!

• Master’s degree in counseling or related field.
• Experience working with adults and children with mental health and substance use disorders.
• Experience working with individuals in crisis preferred.

For more information regarding the Level II Background Screening click here: https://info.flclearinghouse.com

Salary : $50,627 - $59,987