$2562/per week Licensed Mental Health Practitioner Needed for Lincoln, NE

-Position: LPC

-TravelPackage: $2562 / per week (Qualified Travel Package)

-LocalPay: $50 / hour

-Hours:40

-Schedule– Days 730a – 4p roughly

-Setting:Treatment Center

-Start:3.24.24

-Length:1 Year

-Details: Correctional Services

For immediate consideration please email resume or call:

Brandon Rose at813.280.8816 or email your resume to brrose@maxstaffing.com

The Licensed Mental HealthPractitioner/Licensed Professional Counselor provides individual and grouptherapeutic services in a variety of settings across the age span and workscollaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team.The Licensed Mental Health Practitioner / LicensedProfessional Counselor administers an assortment of assessment tools anddevelop programming as needed to assist in the treatment of a variety ofbehavioral disorders and disabilities.

Essential Duties andResponsibilities:

• Provides necessary social work intervention
• Counsels individuals and families in crisis and help with issues such as poverty, loss and illness
• Assesses patient’s psychosocial needs, plans for, evaluates and modifies interventions to meet the established patient/client goals
• Collaborates with all disciplines to plan and evaluate team goals for each patient/client
• Facilitates patient/client and family referrals to community agencies when appropriate
• Provides financial counseling when necessary to achieve the treatment goals established by the multi- disciplinary team
• May be required to respond to crisis situations, including domestic violence and child abuse
• May be required to provide witness services and evidence in court cases
• Visits schools to assess academic concerns
• Works with government agencies to help clients apply for Medicare and Medicaid when appropriate
• Arranges home visits to evaluate a patient/client health, home environment and family interaction/support
• Assists patient/family/caregivers in planning for present and future psychosocial needs 
• Observes and reports patient progress and/or changes in patient status to physician and appropriate multi- disciplinary team members
• Adheres to facility and Maxim policies and procedures at all times

Minimum Requirements:

• Master’s degree in Social Work from a school of social work accredited by the Council on Social Work Education required
• Active license as an LCSW in state of practice required
• Minimum of one year of social work experience preferred
• Complies with all relevant professional standards of practice 
• Participation and completion of Maxim’s Competency program when applicable
• Current CPR if applicable
• TB questionnaire, PPD or chest x-ray if applicable 
• Current Health certificate (per contract or state regulation) 
• Must meet all federal, state and local requirements 
• Successful completion of new hire training as applicable to job site 
• Understand patient confidentiality and HIPAA requirements
• Ability to effectively elicit/provide information to and from appropriate individuals (including, but not limited to, supervisors, co-workers, clients) via strong communication skills; proficiency in the English language is required
• Computer proficiency required 
• Must be at least 18 years of age