| Location | Virginia Beach, VA |
Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP) – Adult Correctional Services
Location: Virginia Beach, VA
Job Type: Full-time
Department: Adult Correctional Services
Required License: QMHP Registration (Virginia Board of Counseling)
About the Position
The Adult Correctional Services Unit is seeking a dedicated Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP) to support individuals with serious mental illness and/or substance use disorders within the Virginia Beach Correctional Center. This role focuses on service coordination, advocacy, discharge planning, and community reintegration for court-diverted individuals and incarcerated adults.
Key Responsibilities
• Assist with planning, developing, implementing, and scheduling direct services within Adult Correctional Services.
• Provide advocacy, monitoring, and discharge planning for clients with serious mental illness/substance use disorders at the Virginia Beach Correctional Center.
• Assist with discharge planning for court-diverted individuals.
• Provide face-to-face contact with individuals in the jail as needed.
• Coordinate with jail staff and medical providers to ensure court-diverted individuals receive prescribed medications.
• Attend and assist with court proceedings as needed.
• Accompany individuals to appointments on the day of release and when necessary to support successful community integration.
• Assist clients in obtaining identification documents and benefits.
• Collaborate with Probation & Parole and Community Corrections to promote compliance with court orders and probation requirements.
• Monitor client progress and compliance with diversion plans.
• Maintain daily service logs in Cerner.
• Meet regularly with supervisor to report program progress and problem-solve challenges.
• Support the program supervisor with administrative functions for the Adult Correctional Services Unit.
• Provide informal progress updates to referral sources.
• Notify supervisor of difficult or high-risk cases.
• Ensure participant confidentiality in accordance with federal regulations, HIPAA, and Corporate Compliance standards.
• Maintain active registration with the Virginia Board of Counseling as a QMHP.
Minimum Qualifications
Behavioral Health Positions Require:
• A bachelor’s degree in a human services field (e.g., psychology, behavioral or mental health, special education, social work) and three (3) years of relevant experience
OR
• A combination of education (beyond high school), experience, and training equivalent to seven (7) years in human-services-related fields.
Additional Requirements:
• Must be registered with the Virginia Board of Counseling as a Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP).
• Must have, or be able to obtain, a valid driver’s license.
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