Full-Time
Licensed Professional Counselor - LPC, LPCC
POSITION SUMMARY
You will be responsible assessing and treating individuals with mental, emotional, or substance abuse problems, including abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and/or other drugs. Activities may include individual and group therapy, crisis intervention, case management, client advocacy, prevention, and education. They also counsel clients in individual or group sessions to assist them in dealing with substance abuse, mental or physical illness, poverty, unemployment, or physical abuse.
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ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily, these include but are not limited to the following. Other functions may be assigned, and management retains the right to add or change the duties at any time. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Essential Functions:
Assess the mental and behavioral health status of patients.
Provide counseling/talk therapy to scheduled patients utilizing professional counseling standards.
Formulates differential diagnosis of mild to moderate mental health conditions and/or substance abuse.
Formulates short-term and long-term counseling treatment plans including goals and objectives for patients under care.
Consults with medical director and other providers regarding complex patients and regarding prescription medications prescribed by providers.
Identify patients with urgent mental health conditions (e.g. suicidal, homicidal, psychotic, etc.) and make appropriate referrals to available emergency or psychiatric treatment facilities.
Provide written document of counseling sessions, assessments, interventions, and recommendations.
Provides group and family therapy session as indicated.
Participate in a team management approach to patient care/treatment.
Maintain quality care through participation in peer review, policy development and quality improvement programs.
Maintain appropriate documentation of clinical and counseling services, including all necessary billing information.
Maintain and update professional knowledge and proficiency through continuing education, staff meetings, and workshops.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Assess the mental and behavioral health status of patients.
Provide counseling/talk therapy to scheduled patients utilizing professional counseling standards.
Formulates differential diagnosis of mild to moderate mental health conditions and/or substance abuse.
Formulates short-term and long-term counseling treatment plans including goals and objectives for patients under care.
Education and Experience:
Master’s degree from an accredited counseling program in clinical mental health, clinical rehabilitation, or addiction.
A Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor – (LPCC) At least two years of full-time experience in outpatient mental health counseling preferred.
Computer Skills: Basic phone, computer, electron skills (email, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Internet, Fax, Copier, etc.)
Certifications and/or Licenses:
Must possess current licensure as a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor
Must be able to meet and maintain current credentialing and privileging requirements.
Current CPR
Valid Driver’s License
Current LPC or LPCC licensure.
Other Requirements:
Experience in assessment, crisis intervention, conducting long and short-term therapy and counseling or other experience in the treatment of mental health/chemical abuse.
Must have strong oral and written skills. .
Must be highly skilled at behavioral health screening/assessment and counseling in both chemical abuse and mental illness, making appropriate referral, and working effectively under pressure.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Prolonged sitting at a desk and working on a computer
Frequent use of fine motor skills to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls and ability to reach with hands and arms on a regular basis
Intermittently required to lift objects weighing up to 20 pounds
Consistently required to talk, hear, and/or speak
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus along with the ability to read, analyze, and interpret procedures and/or instructions
Some assignments may require ability to have or arrange for dependable means of transportation to other clinic locations, meetings, or community events
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Work is performed primarily in office, individual owned and insured vehicles, and outdoor settings, in all weather conditions, including temperature extremes, during day and night shifts. Work is often performed in emergency and stressful situations. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet in office settings and moderate in other situations.