Licensed Counselor (LCSW or LPC)

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: Licensed Counselor

Reports to: Director of Operations 

Summary

The FCHC mission is to provide high quality healthcare to those who cannot afford it- ministering to body, mind, and spirit. We believe the body, mind, and spirit are intimately connected and injury in any area will affect the others. Consequently, addressing the mental health and emotional welfare of patients is essential to facilitate healing and wholeness.

The counselor’s role is to evaluate and treat patients with mental health disorders or emotional distress through individual and group sessions. The counselor works with other members of the Behavioral Health Team (Other counselors, case management, psychiatry partners) alongside the primary care team in an Integrated Behavioral Health Model. The counselor receives internal referrals from FCHC providers and BH team members and collaborates with the entire team to provide the most successful holistic treatment plan for each patient.

Principle Duties and Responsibilities

Counseling Sessions

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  Meet with patients to determine the exact nature of their mental health concerns
  
  
• Provide targeting counseling designed to help the individual overcome their problems
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  Assist individuals with implementing behavior modification strategies and coping skills
• Remain knowledgeable of the latest evidenced based methodologies in counseling to provide patients with the best possible care
  
• Refer patients to other mental healthcare providers as necessary
  
• Remain warm and engaged through the duration of every patient’s counseling session
  
• Appropriate documentation and billing in Electronic Health Record

Team Based Care

• Works with the Case Manager to provide crisis management counseling and facilitating in-patient or residential admission for patients who are a harm to themselves or others.
• Collaborates and coordinates care with other counselors, case management, psychiatry (when applicable), and the primary care team
• Participates in staff morning huddle, weekly staff meetings and training sessions, and leadership meetings as needed.
• May be asked to provide off-site services in conjunction with FCHC ministry partners

Administrative Responsibilities

• Completes charting and billing in a timely manner
• Assists in writing behavioral health related policies and procedures
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  Provides behavioral health related staff training

Required Education, Skills, and Abilities

Education and Experience

• Master's degree in counseling or a related field
• All state-mandated licenses required for practice as a clinical counselor (LCSW or LPC)

Critical Skills

• *Credentialed to see children and adults preferred. Must be credentialed to see teens.
  
• Knowledge of evidenced based counseling methods (such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Family Therapy, interpersonal psychotherapy, etc.)
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  Excellent communication skills
• Ability to gain clients therapeutic trust so they will be open with the counselor
• Ability to deliver treatment that is customized to meet the unique needs of every patient
• Ability to incorporate spirituality into counseling sessions as appropriate/desired
• Willingness to refer patients to other healthcare providers as needed
• Ability to read, write, and communicate effectively with clients and staff of different cultural backgrounds
• Bilingual preferred

• Ability to meet attendance requirements
• Work requires frequent speaking, listening, typing, and viewing/looking at computer screens for long periods of time 
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  Work is performed in two office locations and may also include off-site evaluations with community partners
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  Must be able to work with individuals with physical or mental disabilities