What are the responsibilities and job description for the Therapist position at WESTCARE INC?
Job Details
Description
Position Summary:
Plans and coordinates the clinical activities pertaining to services for consumers and their families. Conducts assessments for consumers and their families and provides individual and family therapy.
Essential Job Functions:
- Conduct admission and Biopsychosocial assessments using a standardized Biopsychosocial assessment designated by the Managing Entity (ME)
- Prepare and review Interpretive Summaries to ensure they are based on information obtained from the assessment
- Develop Wellness and Recovery Plans in collaboration with the consumer
- Conduct monthly Wellness and Recovery Plan Reviews with the consumer
- Document all clinical services and activities in accord with licensing, Medicaid, and Joint Commission standards and agency policy and procedure
- Provide individual and group counseling
- Provide risk reduction counseling, as needed
- Administer verbal reprimands and learning experiences to consumers according to agency's policies and procedures
- Participate in the discharge planning process for the consumer and family
- Prepare Discharge Summaries, as needed
- Write monthly Progress Reports regarding assigned consumers for courts, probation departments, Department of Corrections, and employers as necessary
- Consult with Clinical Coordinator and Clinical Director before the termination of a consumer from residential treatment
- Provide referral and linkage for ancillary services for the consumer and family, as needed.
- Provides therapy to additional populations, as needed.
- Participate in case conference
- Prepare Discharge Summaries, as needed.
Qualifications
Essential Qualifications:
Certifications/Licensures:
- Certification as a CAP or MCAP, in good standing by an agency approved and recognized by the Florida Certification Board is preferred at time of hire; Preference will be given to those candidates who are currently Certified;
- Licensure as a LCSW, LMHC, or LMFT in good standing by an agency approved and recognized by the state of Florida is preferred at time of hire; Preference will be given to those candidates who are currently licensed.
Education:
- Graduation from an accredited masters program with a degree in Addiction Counseling, Criminal Justice, Social Work, Psychology or related field is required
Experience and Competencies:
- Two years of previously supervised work experience in providing individual/family therapy is preferred
- Bilingual is preferred.
- CPR Certification, First Aid Certification and an annual Tuberculosis test.
- Ability utilize Microsoft Office Software Suite
- Ability to provide an Affidavit of Good Moral Character
- Clearance in Pre-Employment Drug Testing and Criminal Records Checks, as required.
Rate dependent on credentials
WestCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment at WestCare is contingent upon
successful completion of a pre-employment drug test,
pre-employment physical and criminal background check.
Salary : $50,000