In this role, you will join a multidisciplinary team responsible for providing mental health support within a correctional setting. Your contributions will play a vital part in maintaining community safety by offering screening and triage services, welfare assistance, intervention programs, and approved initiatives to offenders.
Main Responsibilities
* You will conduct thorough assessments of offenders' mental health needs, disabilities, and risk levels associated with suicide or self-harm. You must accurately document your findings.
* You are required to initiate referrals as necessary to internal and external stakeholders.
* Your expertise lies in responding to offender requests related to welfare concerns and collaborating with relevant parties as needed.
* You deliver individualized or group-based interventions aimed at enhancing coping skills and building resilience among the offenders under your care.
* Your case management approach focuses on individuals presenting mental health issues or other vulnerabilities using effective time management skills along with prioritization techniques. This involves clinical responsibilities as well as non-clinical duties coupled with accurate record-keeping practices.
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