Behavioral Health Clinician Jobs in Ohio

What We're Looking For
Are you a compassionate, clinically skilled professional who is committed to helping individuals navigate behavioral health challenges and successfully connect with community-based support?

We’re looking for a driven and detail-oriented Justice-Involved Behavioral Health Clinician to join our Behavioral Health team. In this role, you’ll provide assessment, counseling, crisis intervention, care coordination, and transition support for individuals who are justice-involved or moving from justice-system settings back into the community.

The ideal candidate is trauma-informed, collaborative, and confident working with patients, families, courts, correctional facilities, community agencies, and interdisciplinary care teams. This role is a strong fit for someone who values accountability, advocates for vulnerable populations, communicates with professionalism, and is passionate about reducing barriers to care while helping individuals build stability, wellness, and stronger community connections.

Essential Job Duties:

• Conduct behavioral health assessments and provide individual counseling, psychotherapy, and clinically appropriate interventions for justice-involved individuals.
• Provide jail outreach and community-based support to help individuals connect with ongoing behavioral health, medical, and social services.
• Support patients transitioning from correctional or justice-system settings back into the community through care coordination, treatment planning, and resource navigation.
• Collaborate with courts, correctional facilities, probation/parole personnel, community agencies, and internal care teams to support continuity of care.
• Assist patients with accessing community resources such as housing, substance use treatment, primary care, case management, transportation, and social services.
• Respond to behavioral health crises by completing risk assessments, safety planning, crisis intervention, and appropriate referrals.
• Maintain timely and accurate documentation of assessments, treatment plans, progress notes, referrals, care coordination, and required program activities.

What We Offer

Attending to your needs today:

• Your ideas, input, and contributions are valued and recognized.
• Excellent clinical, administrative, and management support.
• Forward-thinking, collaborative, transparent, and inclusive company culture.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans.
• Competitive Market Value Compensation.
• Generous Paid Time Off.
• Tuition assistance.

Third Street is an equal opportunity employer. Our goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative, at all job levels, of the communities and patients we serve. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, please direct your inquiries to hr@thirdstreetfamily.org or call 419-522-6191 ext. 2201

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in social work, counseling, psychology, or a related behavioral health discipline consistent with applicable licensure requirements.
• Current State of Ohio licensure as applicable to the position, including CT, LSW, LPC, LISW, LPCC, LISW-S, and/or LPCC-S.
• Experience providing behavioral health counseling, psychotherapy, behavioral health assessment, and/or crisis intervention.
• Knowledge of behavioral health treatment, care coordination, and community resource navigation.
• Knowledge of applicable behavioral health laws, regulations, ethical standards, and confidentiality requirements.
• Ability to obtain and maintain all required credentials, certifications, and training.
• Valid driver's license and ability to travel to community and justice-system settings as required.

Entry Level Starting Wage:

• LSW/LPC: $48,000 (BSW) $52,000 (MSW)
• LISW/LPCC: $62,000

About Us:

Third Street is a patient-centered medical home driving change in the community. We adapt to the needs of those we serve while building services to fill gaps in care to invest in a healthier future for all. At Third Street, we provide high-quality care through the continual learning of our employees and by building a diverse team. We value our employees, communicate our expectations, and train our team on best practices.

Organizational Information:

• Established in 1994, Third Street Family Health Services is a regional not-for-profit community health center providing medical, dental, OB/GYN, pediatric, community outreach, and behavioral health services across eleven locations in Richland, Marion, Ashland, and Crawford counties. Our mission is to deliver comprehensive health and wellness care, accessible to all in the communities we serve. We believe that the health status of our community can be improved by providing accessible and affordable health care, advocacy, and community health initiatives.
• We provide patient-centered care and provide our services with respect, integrity, and accountability top of mind. For more information, visit Welcome to Third Street Family | Third Street Family or find them on Facebook or Twitter.

Mission:

To deliver comprehensive health and wellness care, accessible to all in the communities we serve.