Community Based Mental Health Counselor (QMHP)

EMS; Virginia; On-site; USD 30,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement planning with company match

PTO

Flexible schedules

Incentives for referrals

Job summary

EMS of Virginia is seeking a Community Based Counselor (QMHP) to provide intensive in-home and mental health skill-building services across the greater Richmond area. You will work with adults, children, and families, delivering counseling and case management to meet basic needs and connect clients to community resources.

You must be registered with the Board of Counseling as a QMHP and may be licensed-eligible as an LCSW or LPC.

Qualifications

• Must be registered with the Board of Counseling as a QMHP.
• Licensed or license-eligible as LCSW or LPC.
• Experience delivering intensive in-home and community-based mental health services is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Seeing clients in the community and the client’s home.
• Providing 1-1 mental health counseling related to goals.
• Providing skill-building to adults with serious mental illness.
• Taking adult clients to appointments and to link with resources in the community.
• Performing case management to meet basic needs.
• Providing individual and family counseling to children and adolescents.
• Completing individualized services plans and quarterly reports.
• Completing progress notes for each session and documenting authorization information.
• Maintaining supervision and participating in team meetings.

Skills

QMHP credential

Community-based counseling

Case management

Interpersonal communication

Documentation & progress notes

Education

QMHP registration with Board of Counseling

Licensed Social Worker (LCSW) eligible

Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) eligible

Job description

Community Based Counselor

EMS of Virginiais seeking a Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP) to provide Intensive In-home and Mental Health Skill Building Services in the greater Richmond area (city of Richmond, Henrico, Chesterfield, Petersburg, Hanover, and surrounding areas). EMS of Virginia has been in business since 2005 serving the mental health needs of the Tri-Cities area. We pride ourselves in being a \"boutique\" style agency. While you may find other agencies that provide IIH and MHSS, we consider ourselves to be more than \"just another one of those agencies\". We are constantly looking for ways to be different, to provide services to clients in a way that tailors to their specific needs, and to provide a positive, comfortable, and funwork environment for our team members. We expect hard work, but hard work pays off at EMS of Virginia!

PLEASE NOTE: You MUST be registered with the Board of Counseling as a QMHP.

Duties include (but are not limited to):

• Seeing clients in the community such as the client's home
• Providing 1-1 mental health counseling related to goals
• Providing skill building to adults with serious mental illness
• Taking adult clients to appointments
• Taking adult clients to link with resources in the community
• Case Management to ensure client's basic needs are met
• Providing individual and family counseling to children and adolescents
• Completing individualized services plans
• Completing quarterly reports
• Completing progress notes for each session with a client
• Providing information for authorization of services
• Meeting regularly for supervision
• Attendance at team meetings

EMS of Virginiahas been in business since 2005. We strive to hire invested individuals who are willing to help the company reach our goals so that we can help you reach your goals. In addition to a competitive hourly wage, we offer health insurance to full-time team members (medical, dental, vision, optional cancer, critical illness, and life insurance), retirement planning with up to 3% company match, accrued PTO, flexible schedules, incentives for client referrals, and incentives for referring skilled team members.

We pride ourselves in being able to provide good clinical work to clients and seek to hire individuals who are licensed or licensed-eligible as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC). If you are on this path, we will work with you to provide your supervision experience toward licensure. If you are QMHP with experience with children and/or adults, we also want to hear from you! Please visit our website: www.emsofvirginia.com, or follow us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram to get a sense of who we are!