Licensed Therapist-St. Joseph

This position involves very responsible clinical counseling or social work performed by a highly skilled clinician. The employee is expected to provide highly skilled therapeutic services for children, adolescents, and adults to address difficult or complex problems requiring intensive therapy and services.

Work involves direct care services that includes intake, screening, assessment, diagnosis, developing treatment/rehabilitation plans, conducting individual and group counseling and applying various therapeutic interventions. The employee exercises considerable professional initiative and judgment. Work is under the general review of an administrative superior, leaving considerable latitude for independent judgment and discretion in accordance with agency policies. Provisionally licensed professionals receive professional clinical supervision from a licensed professional counselor or licensed clinical social worker.

EXAMPLES OF WORK:

Work may include but is not limited to the following examples:

Provides culturally sensitive, professional therapeutic services in accordance with professional licensing standards and agency policies.

Conducts highly skilled screenings, assessments, treatment interventions; develops treatment/rehabilitation plans; conducts individual and group counseling; interprets tests and interview results and makes diagnoses; and provides other advanced clinical counseling or social work services for consumers who have complex behavioral problems.

Develops and maintains effective professional rapport and therapeutic relationships with consumers.

Maintains timely, legible, clear, concise, and well-organized records of services provided. Documents the results of intakes, screenings, and assessments; prepares and updates treatment plans; records notes of consumer participation and progress in therapeutic services. Prepares reports, progress notes, discharge summaries and other documents needed to satisfy professional and payer requirements, by using collaborative documentation.

Provides appropriate levels of therapeutic services in accordance with professional standards, and agency and payer requirements.

Must be able to use the agency electronic medical record program for all documentation. Is required to use collaborative documentation.

Must adhere to the agency service hour requirements.

Maintains the confidentiality of consumer information.

Participates in quality improvement processes, staff meetings, staff training, consumer staffings and case reviews.

Adheres to established professional ethical and behavioral standards of conduct.

Dresses in appropriate business attire; is well groomed and professional in appearance.

Performs other related work as assigned.

EXAMPLES OF KNOWLEDGE,

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Thorough knowledge of counseling or social work theories, practices, techniques, and ethics as they apply to services for individuals with complex behavioral problems, emotional disturbances, and/or mental illness.

Thorough knowledge of individual behavior and group dynamics, and intervention strategies.

Thorough knowledge of the social effects of various mental and emotional problems on individuals, their families, and the community.

Considerable knowledge of the requirements of state and federal law and professional requirements pertaining to the delivery of counseling or social work services.

Considerable knowledge of crisis intervention theory and practice and the ability to make decisions in crisis situations.

Working knowledge of available community resources.

Skill in clinical assessment, problem solving, and decision making including crisis.

Ability to read, comprehend, and speak in the English language.

Ability to express ideas clearly; to communicate effectively, orally, and…