This position is open to Alaska Residents only.
Please check our residency definition to determine if you qualify.
The Division of Juvenile Justice is recruiting to fill multiple Mental Health Clinician 2 positions located in Anchorage at the McLaughlin Youth Center.
What You Will Be Doing:
Influence, inspire, and transform the lives of detained youth and their families through therapeutic programs that incorporate restorative justice, trauma-informed, and culturally aware approaches to community protection, youth accountability, and competency development. Under general supervision, this position:
- Provides a broad range of mental health counseling services to detained youth in a secure residential setting, long-term treatment, and probation;
- Provides skilled and intensive psychotherapeutic casework for justice-involved youth and families;
- Is responsible for ongoing clinical support, guidance, training, and collaboration with multidisciplinary staff at the McLaughlin Youth Center and in the south-central region to facilitate effective clinical interventions and treatment approaches for youth experiencing behavioral/mental health issues.
Our Organization, Mission, and Culture:
Through Restorative Justice, we hold juvenile offenders accountable for their behavior, promote the safety and restoration of victims and communities, and assist offenders and their families in developing the skills to prevent crime.
Our Core Values Include:
- Prioritizing Safety– of our youth, staff, families, and communities
- Responsiveness– providing timely response to youth, families, victims, staff, and justice partners.
- Professional Relationships – recognizing that successful treatment services provided to our clients, coworkers, victims, and others rely on positive, respectful, and collaborative relationships and a spirit of inclusiveness.
- Dedication – doing the right things for the right reasons and modeling relentless integrity and leadership.
- Respect – for the inherent value of each person's unique strengths and individual differences.
The Benefits of Joining Our Team:
Join an amazing team of staff who are leading the nation in the field of justice-involved youth. We provide cutting-edge, evidence-based behavioral health programs and mental health services in our efforts to make meaningful change in youths' lives. Take advantage of a unique opportunity to learn and grow professionally while serving Alaska's youth and families. Our staff are tirelessly dedicated to providing high-quality services, despite obstacles, and we believe in enhancing the strengths of our staff by promoting training and professional development.
The Working Environment You Can Expect:
You will work full-time in the McLaughlin Youth Center (MYC) located at 2600 Providence Drive in Anchorage. Shift work is required which may entail working 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm at least two (2) nights per week and working one day on a weekend. This position may be required to travel throughout the region.
Who We Are Looking For:
In addition to the Minimum Qualifications below, we are looking for a candidate with the following competencies:
- Conscientiousness: Displays a high level of effort and commitment towards performing work; demonstrates responsible behavior.
- Decisiveness: Makes well-informed, effective, and timely decisions, even when data are limited or solutions produce unpleasant consequences; perceives the impact and implications of decisions.
- Organizational Awareness: Knows the organization's mission and functions, and how its social, political, and technological systems work and operates effectively within them; this includes the programs, policies, procedures, rules, and regulations of the organization.
- Oral Communication: Expresses information effectively to individuals or groups, taking into account the audience and nature of the information; makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.
- Accountability: Accepts responsibility for own actions and decisions and demonstrates commitment to accomplish work in an ethical, efficient, and cost-effective manner.
Cover Letter:
A cover letter is NOT required for this position. Your complete application, including supplemental questions, will be used to determine which applicants will advance to the interview phase of the recruitment and selection process.
Minimum Qualifications:
Master’s degree from an accredited college in counseling, psychology, social work, child guidance, vocational rehabilitation, or a closely related field.
AND
Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities in:
- Analysis and Assessment: Uses information technology in accessing, collecting, analyzing, maintaining, and disseminating data and information.
- Decision Making: Makes sound, well-informed, and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action, even in uncertain situations, to accomplish organizational goals; causes change.
- Interpersonal Skills: Shows understanding, friendliness, courtesy, tact, empathy, concern, and politeness to others; develops and maintains effective relationships; is sensitive to cultural diversity, race, gender, disabilities, and other individual differences.
- Psychology: Knowledge of the concepts, principles, and theories of human behavior and performance in various contexts, mental processes, or the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
- Therapy and Counseling: Knowledge of diagnosis and treatment of physical and mental ailments, and career guidance.
Special Note: Some positions require the incumbent be licensed as a Clinical Social Worker or a Licensed Professional Counselor. This requirement will be addressed in the job posting.
At time of interview applicant must submit:
- Copy of transcripts (unofficial are okay, please ensure that the institution name/URL is listed on the transcripts).
- Three (3) names & phone numbers of professional references.
- Two (2) performance evaluations from previous employers, if available.
BACKGROUND CHECK:
The successful candidate must pass a comprehensive background investigation, which includes a state and FBI fingerprint-based background check.
SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONS:
For your application to be evaluated you must answer the Supplemental Questions. Be specific in your answers and tell us how you acquired the relevant experience. Please use complete sentences and proof-read your submissions when answering the supplemental questions.
LEGAL EMPLOYMENT:
The State’s online recruitment system, Workplace Alaska, requires applicants to certify that they have a legal right to accept employment in the United States.
APPLICATION NOTICE:
You can ONLY apply for this position through the Workplace Alaska website or via hardcopy application.
NOTICE:
Questions regarding the application process can be directed to the Workplace Alaska hotline at 800-587-0430 (toll-free) or (907) 465-4095.
EEO STATEMENT:
The State of Alaska complies with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Individuals with disabilities, who require accommodation, auxiliary aides or services, or alternative communication formats, please call 1-800-587-4095 in Juneau or TTY: Alaska Relay 711.
Contact Information:
For specific information in reference to the position please contact the hiring manager at:
Name: Sherri Scott
Phone: (907) 261-4563
Email: sherri.scott@alaska.gov
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