Behavioral Health Clinician – Community Treatment Services in Rapid City, SD

## **__Behavioral Health Clinician – Community Treatment Services__** **Location:** Rapid City, South Dakota **Position Type:** Contract **Schedule:** Flexible / Based on program needs **Setting:** Community-Based Outpatient Behavioral Health **Population:** Justice-Involved Adults ### **Position Overview:** PsyPhyCare is seeking experienced **Behavioral Health Clinicians** to provide community-based behavioral health treatment services to adults involved with the federal criminal justice system in Rapid City, South Dakota. Clinicians may provide services in one or more areas, including **mental health treatment, substance use disorder treatment, co-occurring treatment, crisis intervention, and sex offender treatment**, based on their professional licensure, qualifications, and experience. Candidates must have appropriate professional licensure or certification and demonstrated experience providing clinical services to a **criminal justice population**. ### **Key Responsibilities:** Depending on qualifications and assigned services, responsibilities may include: - Conduct behavioral health intake screenings and assessments. - Develop individualized treatment plans. - Provide individual behavioral health counseling. - Facilitate therapeutic group counseling. - Provide substance use disorder treatment and counseling. - Provide mental health and co-occurring disorder treatment. - Provide sex offender treatment when appropriately qualified. - Conduct crisis intervention assessments. - Complete clinical documentation and written reports within required timeframes. - Monitor client progress and update treatment plans as appropriate. - Coordinate with program personnel and other treatment professionals. - Utilize evidence-based treatment approaches, including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) or compatible evidence-based practices. - Maintain appropriate confidentiality and professional standards when working with justice-involved clients. The solicitation specifically requires the contractor to use CBT or other evidence-based programming compatible with CBT. ### **Required Qualifications:** - Current and valid professional license or certification appropriate for the clinical services being provided. - License must permit the clinician to perform the proposed services in **South Dakota** . - Demonstrated professional experience providing behavioral health services to a **criminal justice population** . - Experience must include one or more of the following: - Substance Use Disorder Treatment - Mental Health Treatment - Co-Occurring Disorder Treatment - Sex Offender Treatment - Ability to provide appropriate clinical documentation and reports. - Ability to maintain all professional, ethical, confidentiality, and regulatory requirements. **Criminal justice experience is required for proposed counseling personnel.** The federal solicitation requires resumes to document experience working with a criminal justice population and describe the clinical services provided. ### **Preferred Qualifications:** - Experience working with federal, state, or local correctional/community supervision populations. - Experience providing services to probation, parole, reentry, or other justice-involved populations. - Experience utilizing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). - Experience treating co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. - Experience conducting crisis intervention assessments. - Experience facilitating therapeutic groups. - Experience providing sex offender treatment.