What are the responsibilities and job description for the Licensed Professional Counselor position at Behavioral Health Response?
Position Summary:
The Licensed Professional Counselor or Licensed Social Worker will provide education, coordination, and services that improve wellness, enhance quality of life, and save lives.
Essential Functions:
- Perform initial interviews, comprehensive clinical assessments, and psycho-social assessments.
- Promptly document clinical information in client’s records.
- Submit comprehensive clinical assessments within 72 hours of the initiation date.
- Implement, evaluate, and modify treatment, person-centered, safety, and aftercare plans for all assigned youth.
- Perform individual, family, and group counseling and crisis intervention for families and youth, including martial therapy.
- Attend all required clinical meetings, and individual and group supervisions.
- Provide trauma treatment for adults and children using exposure, cognitive therapies, and stress inoculation training.
- Prepare and submit accurate documentation as required by the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and Behavioral Health Response.
- Deliver substance use treatment to youth and adults using behavioral based approaches.
- Actively coordinates case management, discharge, and aftercare planning and referral to agencies as necessary.
- Utilizes behavioral-based therapy techniques to assist youths with school behavior, sexually problematic behaviors, and academic performance.
- Executes interventions within or between systems in the youth’s natural ecology that affect or influence the behavior of youth (i.e. peer, family, school and neighborhood)
- Assumes on-call responsibility and provides supervision to program staff as necessary.
- Participates in regular professional development per discipline and level of skill.
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Working knowledge of the St. Louis Area Mental Health Network, the Crisis Intervention Model, and the DSM-V.
- Thorough knowledge of cognitive behavioral approaches.
- Trained in multisystemic therapy (MST) preferred, but not required.
- Strong service coordination and team-building skills.
- Work well independently and collaboratively within a team.
- Existing connections with St. Louis area community agencies and funders.
- Must be flexible with work hours and special requests from leadership.
- Ability to accurately write clinical documentation, conduct mental health assessments, and develop client treatment plans.
- Must own an adequately insured, reliable vehicle.
- MO Class E or state equivalent driver's license (Required).
Required Education and Experience:
- Conferred master’s or doctorate degree in Social Work, Education, or a related field such as sociology, psychology, or counseling, from an accredited college or university.
- Minimum of six (6) months experience in the mental health field providing casework services to children and families.
- One (1) year of clinical experience.
- Direct experience providing pragmatic (i.e. strategic, structural and functional) family therapies.
- Must be able to pass pre-employment background check (verification of education and certification, criminal history check and abuse/neglect check), as well as Motor Vehicle Record check.
- First Aid/CPR certification.
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
At BHR, we believe that every team member has an integral role in the lifesaving treatment we provide. We are a trauma-informed agency, and we hire people who are passionate about our mission and committed to improving the lives of those we serve through our trauma-informed models of practice.
Behavioral Health Response is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, creed, age, disability, sex or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, national origin, or any other legally protected status.