The Mental Health Professional Counselor is the full performance level of the professional counseling work, at the Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor level, providing counseling services to clients with mental disorders by using assessment, evaluation, and intervention, rehabilitation, and treatment regimens.

Functioning as an independently licensed mental health professional, the Mental Health Professional Counselor is responsible for providing mental health services to incarcerated individuals within a defined population of a correctional facility. The duties include but are not limited to:

Assesses the incarcerated individuals situation to determine the appropriate services using clinical interview techniques, objective assessments, and psychological testing under the supervision of a licensed psychologist.

Intervenes in crisis situations to de-escalate the situation and provide acute care using suicide prevention planning and crisis intervention techniques.

Develop treatment plans and provides treatment to incarcerated individuals who have significant mental or emotional disorders through the use of individual and/or group counseling.

Develops and implements behavioral management plans for incarcerated individuals that are disruptive to the operation of the institution.

Refers incarcerated individuals for other services such as psychiatric care, inpatient mental health services, case management planning, medical evaluations, addictions services, etc.

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