Licensed Professional Counselor

Description

Department: Hope for Tomorrow Counseling

Job Status: Active

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Reports To: Manager of Clinical Services

Grade/Level: Levels 1, 2 or 3

Amount of Travel Required: 0-1% % of travel time expected

Job Type: Part-time or Full-time

Positions Supervised: None

Work Schedule: Varies

Position Summary

The purpose of this position is to fulfill the mission of Hope for Tomorrow by providing professional counseling that facilitates a collaborative process of growth and change with individuals and families. The professional counseling services provided will be guided by professional ethics of the counseling field and by best practice standards, and consistent with the Christian culture of PHFSO.

Essential Functions

• Provides individual, group, and family therapy to clients as assigned by the Manager of Clinical Services
• Ensures that counseling sessions begin and end on time
• Completes all required paperwork for client charts and billing in a timely manner
• Coordinate services with a multidisciplinary team, including social workers, house parents, administrative staff, medical staff, and community agencies
• Completes all continuing educational requirements needed to remain in good standing with licensing board
• Maintains client confidentiality and other ethical standards outlined by the state licensing board and participates in clinical supervision or consultation as needed
• Schedules follow up sessions with clients, takes payments, and issues receipts
• Participates in HFT staff meetings and in PHFSO all-staff meetings
• Participates in the Trauma-Informed Care training and Teaching-Family Model training as directed by the Manager of Clinical Services

Reasonable Accommodations Statement: To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Non-Essential Functions:

N/A

Competency Statements

Accountability - Ability to accept responsibility and account for his/her actions.

Active Listening - Ability to actively and accurately attend to, convey, and understand the comments and questions of others.

Ambition - The drive to achieve personal advancement.

Analytical Skills - Ability to use thinking and reasoning to solve a problem.

Communication, Oral and Written - Ability to communicate effectively with others using the spoken and written word.

Customer Oriented - Ability to take care of the customers’ needs while following company procedures, in a friendly manner.

Diversity Oriented - Ability to work effectively with people regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, or job type.

Empathetic - Ability to appreciate and be sensitive to the feelings of others.

Ethical - Ability to demonstrate conduct conforming to a set of values and accepted standards.

Self Motivated - Ability to be confidently, internally inspired to perform a task to the best of one’s ability using his or her own drive or initiative.

DELIVERABLES:

The Licensed Professional Counselor will meet with clients as scheduled and provide quality counseling and mental health services. They will maintain and monitor their schedules, and provide the number of clinical sessions each week as agreed upon in collaboration with the Manager of Clinical Services.

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS

Skills and Abilities:

Knowledge of:

• Human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
• Principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.
• Principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction
• Group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, ethnicity, cultures
• All pertinent insurance policies
• Basic computer programs such as: Word Processor, Spreadsheet, Internet, and Database applications
• Current counseling/therapy techniques and methodologies

Skills:

• Basic technological skills: using computers, fax machines, and telephones
• Effective communication skills
• Skilled in assessment, evaluation, application of appropriate therapeutic methods

Abilities:

• To communicate both orally and in writing
• To report necessary counseling information in a clear, concise, and complete way
• To make informed, objective decisions with integrity
• To collaborate effectively with other team members

Required Education:

• Graduate degree in Psychology – Counseling – Social Work

Required Experience:

• 1 year clinical experience

Computer Skills:

Certification & Licenses:

• Licensure by the Commonwealth of VA – LPC, LMFT or LCSW

Other Requirements:

• Languages: Must be able to effectively communicate orally and in writing, in the English language, with proper etiquette
• Office or other equipment: Normal use and understanding of basic office equipment including the computer and its related software, copiers, and fax machines
• Must have a valid driver’s license and an acceptable driving record
• Must have the clean and neat appearance of a business professional

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

N (Not Applicable) Activity is not applicable to this position.

O (Occasionally) Position requires this activity up to 33% of the time (0 - 2.5 hrs/day)

F (Frequently) - Position requires this activity from 33% - 66% of the time (2.5 - 5.5 hrs/day)

C (Constantly) - Position requires this activity more than 66% of the time (5.5 hrs/day)

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Stand: F Walk: F Sit: F

Manually Manipulate F Reach Outward O Reach Above Shoulder O

Climb O Crawl N Squat or Kneel F

Bend O Grasp O Speak F

Other Physical Requirements

Vision (Near, Distance, Color, Peripheral, Depth) For reading and driving

Sense of Sound Yes, answering, listening and speaking on the telephone. Listening and speaking to clients, counselors and other PHFSO staff

Sense of Smell - For safety in detection of hazardous fumes and/or smoke

Sense of Taste - N/A

Sense of Touch - For handling tools and materials and accomplishing activities of daily living

Ability to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Sense of Balance - For standing and walking

WORK ENVIRONMENT: Office setting

The company has reviewed this job description to ensure that essential functions and basic duties have been included. It is intended to provide guidelines for job expectations and the employee's ability to perform the position described. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate. This document does not represent a contract of employment, and the company reserves the right to change this job description and/or assign tasks for the employee to perform, as the company may deem appropriate.