Licensed Behavioral Health Counselor (Full-time/40 hours)

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Summary

1.0FTE/40 hours a week/10,000 sign on bonus w/2-year commitment. Day shift with one evening per week, no on-call, no holidays, no weekends.

Locations: Multiple locations across Lancaster County, to be discussed during interview process. Opportunity to work up to 40% of FTE remotely delivering telemedicine services.

Job Description

POSITION SUMMARY: Provides short-term, solution-focused behavioral health counseling services to patients and their families in primary care office settings.” Patient care/customer service includes care/service to patients/customers in the child (5-13), adolescent (14-18) adult (19 through 64 years) and older adult (65 years and above) age groups.  The composition of age groups is dependent upon the specific outpatient setting.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Qualified individuals must have the ability (with or without reasonable accommodation) to perform the following duties:

• Counsels individuals, couples, and families with common mental health concerns including depression, anxiety, stress management, substance abuse and psychosocial crisis. 

• Completes a biopsychosocial assessment on new patients and develops and implements a therapeutic treatment plan with brief, specific, action oriented interventions.  Collaborates with other treatment team members in the clinical setting and acts as a resource/consultant on behavioral health issues.

• Develops and facilitates group psycho-educational programs to holistically address medical and mental health needs.  Provides in-service training to team members to facilitate increased understanding of behavioral health needs and care.

SECONDARY FUNCTIONS: The following duties are considered secondary to the primary duties listed above:

• Completes required documentation in the electronic health record according to regulatory, payer, and departmental documentation standards.
• Attends scheduled staff meetings and participates in the planning, development, implementation and quality improvement of behavioral health services.
• Participates in the on-call responsibilities for this position as required.
• Other duties as assigned.

For positions supported by PCCD through VOCA funds in cost center 7588 Lancaster County Children's Alliance Center, the incumbents will be working solely with VOCA eligible victims of crime.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s degree in Social Work, Psychology or a related field. (Higher levels of training Psy.D., Ph.D will be considered but are not required.)
• Must be currently licensed by the State of Pennsylvania to practice independently: LCSW, Licensed Psychologist, LPC or LMFT
• Two (2) years’ experience in mental health as a primary therapist, or functional experience in therapeutic relationships as a primary clinician in another level of behavioral health care.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Two (2) years experience in individual, group or family therapy.

Disclaimer: This job description is not intended and should not be construed to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with the job.  It is intended to be a reflection of those principal job elements essential for recruitment and selection, for making fair job evaluations, and for establishing performance standards.  The percentages of time spent performing job duties are estimates, and should not be considered absolute.  The incumbent shall perform all other functions and/or be cross-trained as shall be determined at the sole discretion of management, who has the right to amend, modify, or terminate this job in part or in whole.  Incumbent must be able to perform all job functions safely.

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COLUMBIA Full Time Posted on 12/19/2024