What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mental Health Therapist position at Cultivate Counseling?
Position Summary:
Provide individual counseling to clients that reach out for a range of clinical needs. One hour of mandatory group supervision every other week and individual supervision based on license status will also be provided. The schedule can be created by the therapist based on office availability.
Mission Statement:
At Cultivate Counseling we believe in the work of counseling, we see a need for it in our community and we want to help fill that need by providing a platform from which therapists can find a diverse and supportive community of providers to enable them to do their best work. This platform should also empower therapists to live their best and preferred lives outside of the therapeutic work by accessing the space for the diversity and self care needed to do this work. We seek to be a trauma informed, authentic community where safety and empowerment is possible for employees.
For our clients we believe the journey towards change always begins with courage, courage to tell their story, courage to believe that things can be different. Cultivate Counseling was founded on the belief that hope is cultivated by courage and that with hope humans have the capacity for
Tele-Health
Based on experience and licensure. (see below).
When Filled
928-864-5024 ext 1 ; www.cultivatecounselingflagstaff.com
healing, growth and change. In that belief we seek to be trauma informed in our care for our clients where safety and empowerment is possible.
Essential Responsibilities and Functions:
• Provide individual counseling to adults.
• Write treatment plans, progress notes, discharge summaries, and other chart entries as required by agency policies and procedures and ethical standards.
• Provide all services in compliance with practice policies, federal and state laws, professional ethical standards and Behavioral Health Licensure Regulation.
• Consistently demonstrate an appropriate role model for clients and staff that embody the Cultivate ethos and values. Including empowerment and respect for all staff and clients.
• Adhere to agency requirements of confidentiality, professional conduct, personnel and clinical policies, supervision, training, and job qualifications.
• Attend and participate in individual and group supervision.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to write clinical notes and professional documents in a clear and concise manner.
• Ability to demonstrate clinical skills of empathy, joining, observation and assessment.
• Knowledge of psychotherapy & counseling theory, treatment modalities and practice as it relates to trauma, anxiety, depression and a range of other clinical concerns.
• Ability to diagnose behavioral health problems and disorders, and develop treatment plan based on a completed assessment.
• Demonstrated knowledge of legal and ethical issues relevant to counseling.
• Ability to consistently schedule clients in an on-going manner in order to provide continuity of care.
• Ability to model a positive attitude, and healthy interpersonal boundaries with clients and staff. • Demonstrate assertive, respectful and effective conflict resolution skills with staff and clients.
• Working knowledge of computer skills such as word processing, e-mail, electronic health records.
Minimum Qualifications:
• Master’s degree in Counseling, Social Work or Marriage and Family Therapy. • Current Arizona license at the Associate Level, LAC or LMSW.