Mental Health Counselor

About Discover Recovery

Discover Recovery provides a full continuum of care and specialized programs to help individuals take the next step - no matter where they are in their recovery. We bring medicine, psychology, and emotional balance together to create personalized treatment plans for addiction and co-occurring mental health conditions.

We are looking to hire a mental health professional at our facility in Long Beach, WA. The work setting is peaceful and offers a quiet setting different than any treatment facility in the pacific northwest. We are offering candidates a flexible schedule, meals included, and a caseload with a focus on client care.

Basic Functions and Responsibilities:

• Assist in the direction of the clinical component and assist in facilitation of organization- wide quality improvement and program development.
• Implement all policies and guidelines consistently
• Maintain facility standards and inform Clinical Director of any deficiencies
• Implement all facility health and safety standards
• Support line of authority and maintain positive attitude in work environment
• Maintain professionalism in interactions with staff and clients at all times and exercise maturity of judgment
• Follow through on all directives left by Clinical Director
• Attend and participate in all staff meetings/in service trainings
• Maintain documentation and clinical/ group notes following professional protocol and standard of care.
• Familiarization with client charts on ongoing basis, awareness of all pertinent client information
• Facilitate Group therapy sessions
• Knowledge of evidenced based practices
• Any and all other duties as directed by the Clinical Director
• Supportive crisis counseling with clients individual and group counseling as assigned or needed
• Assume responsibility for facility, staff, and clients in Clinical Director’s absence
• Obtain necessary release to confer with outside professionals regarding treatment of a client
• Upon admission verify that client has completed all assessments
• Within 24 hours of assignment to a client fill out Multidisciplinary Treatment Plan
• Every week update and review the Multidisciplinary Master Treatment Plan
• Help clients identify goals for treatment and bring suggestions to Treatment Team meeting
• Assist clients with development of discharge plans
• See assigned clients one time per week (unless increased frequency of session is indicated) for fifty minutes each session
• Maintain professional boundaries with clients at all times
• Oversees and participates in the quality assurance and utilization review activities of the facility
• Knowledge of state regulations related to time frames for completion of documentation, including but not limited to: Biopsychosocial assessment, treatment plans, individual and group notes.

Qualifications/Required Experience:

• Masters Degree
• WA licensed (MFT, LCSW, LPCC, etc.) or any Associate credential
• 2 years experience in an outpatient or residential substance use/co-occurring disorder treatment setting preferred
• Drug-free: no misuse of alcohol or drugs while employed
• Ability to write clearly and concisely to give direction and information to clients and to document anticipated and/or completed work with clients
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish fact, and draw valid conclusions

Supervisor: Clinical Director

Supervisees: N/A

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $75,000.00 to $90,000.00 /year

Benefits: Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, PTO, 401(k)

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $75,000.00 - $90,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Medical Specialty:

• Addiction Medicine

Application Question(s):

• Do you have a valid Mental Health License or Associate Credential?

Education:

• Master's (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $75,000 - $90,000