Mental Health Therapist Intern – LPC Associate
Margie and Bill Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design at UTSA
Licensed Mental Health Therapist, Intensive In-Home
CTSHealth - North Carolina
full-time
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Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • North Carolina
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💰 $60,000 - $70,000 per year
Job Level
JuniorMid-Level
About the role
- This role will focus on Mental Health Counseling with emphasis on prevention.
- Will work with individuals and groups to promote optimum mental health.
- May help individuals deal with addictions and substance abuse; family, parenting, and marital problems; suicide; stress management; problems with self-esteem; and issues associated with aging and mental and emotional health etc.
- This is a HYBRID position - All visits with clients in person; some in-person meetings; some remote work, completing paperwork.
- Perform assessments and behavioral screening as assigned and update as required.
- Provide therapy to children and adolescents between the ages of 3-17
- Complete both intake and discharge clinical assessments
- Maintain identified (# of Hours) weekly Medicaid billable hours.
- Maintain confidentiality of records relating to clients' treatment.
- Encourage clients to express their feelings and discuss what is happening in their lives and help them to develop insight into themselves and their relationships.
- Guide clients in the development of skills and strategies for dealing with their problems.
- Prepare and maintain all required treatment records and reports.
- Counsel clients and patients, individually and in group sessions, to assist in overcoming dependencies, adjusting to life, and making changes.
- Collect information about clients through interviews, observation, and tests.
- Act as client advocates in order to coordinate required services or to resolve emergency problems in crisis situations.
- Develop and implement treatment plans based on clinical experience and knowledge and update as required.
- Collaborate with other staff members to perform clinical assessments and develop treatment plans.
- Evaluate clients' physical or mental condition based on review of client information.
- Meet with families, probation officers, police, and other interested parties in order to exchange necessary information during the treatment process.
- Refer patients, clients, or family members to community resources or to specialists as necessary.
- Counsel family members to assist them in understanding, dealing with, and supporting clients or patients.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of counseling programs and clients' progress in resolving identified problems and moving towards defined objectives.
- Plan, organize and lead structured programs of counseling-, work, study, recreation and social activities for clients.
Requirements
- A minimum of 2 years experience working with the MH/SA/DD population
- Active unrestricted Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW or LMSW) or Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) license in North Carolina.
- Master's degree in social work or mental health counseling from an accredited institution
- Previous experience providing mental health services to clients in a clinical setting
- Knowledge of electronic health record systems
- Ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Knowledge of evidence-based practices for treating mental health conditions
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
