LPC/LCSW/Play Therapist

Wellness Pointe; Longview (TX); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Equal Opportunity Employer

Veteran Friendly Employer

Job summary

Wellness Pointe in Texas seeks a Counselor to provide guidance and intervention for clients, integrating care with primary health services. The role focuses on emotional, physical, and mental growth through therapeutic interventions and role modeling within a team-based clinic.

The candidate will hold a Master’s in Clinical Counseling and a current Texas LPC or LCSW license, with preferred bilingual English-Spanish skills.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Clinical Counseling required.
• Current Texas LPC or LCSW license required.
• Bi-lingual English-Spanish speaking preferred, but not required.
• Eligible to be Medicaid and/or Medicare provider.
• Valid Texas driver's license and auto liability insurance.
• Ability to work in interdisciplinary teams.
• Strong knowledge of mental health assessment and treatment planning.
• Knowledge of DSM diagnoses and behavioral therapy.

Responsibilities

• Assists the primary care provider in recognizing, treating and managing mental health and psychosocial issues, and contributes to the primary care team.
• Conducts patient intakes with diagnostic and functional evaluations and makes treatment recommendations.
• Provides brief, focused intervention for patients needing mental health services.
• Advises on when patients should be treated in primary care versus referred to specialists.
• Initiates follow-up to monitor progress and adjust treatment as needed.
• Develops relapse prevention plans to help patients maintain functioning.
• Assists in identifying at-risk patients and developing preventive plans.
• Coordinate delivery of behavioral health services across providers with patient consent.
• Document progress and diagnostic information in treatment charts.
• Keeps providers informed and helps formulate treatment plans.
• Supports behavioral changes in patients with physical disorders and promotes healthier lifestyles.
• Provides patient self-management education for active participation in care.
• Offers consultation to clinic management on behavioral services and program evaluation.
• Assists with medication-related strategies and adherence.

Education

Master's Degree in Clinical Counseling

Texas LPC License or LCSW license

Job description

Sign on Bonus $ 7,000

Company Description

At Wellness Pointe, everyone will receive an exceptional quality of care. The center has expanded into a multifaceted clinic that offers obstetrics, pediatrics, general medicine, family planning, and dentistry. Some of the other services offered by our well qualified staff include education, intervention, and management of the many social issues that impact our community. Everyone is treated in complete confidence. Medicaid, Medicare, and most private health insurance is accepted.

Job Description

The Counselor will provide guidance and instruction to foster emotional, physical and mental growth of clients through therapeutic intervention and positive role modeling. Assist clients in accordance with established Agency and Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) guidelines. The System Counselor is expected to meet the program's productivity target for billable service each week.

• Assists the primary care provider in recognizing, treating and managing mental health and psychosocial issues and acts as a contributing member to the primary care team;
• Conducts Patient intakes, focusing on diagnostic and functional evaluations, then makes recommendations to the primary care provider concerning the Patients' treatment goals and plan;
• Provides brief, focused intervention for Patients who are in need of mental health services;
• Advises the primary care provider about which Patients are better served at the primary care setting and which should be referred to specialty mental health facilities or elsewhere;
• Initiates follow-up to ascertain how Patients are doing and to determine if any changes in treatment approaches are indicated;
• Develops, where indicated, relapse prevention plans and helps Patients maintain stable functioning;
• Assists in the detection of "at risk" Patients and in the development of plans to prevent worsening of their condition;
• Monitors and coordinates the delivery of health services for Patients as related to behavioral health care, including linking with other treatment providers not only within the primary care setting but, with the Patients' permission, outside it as well;
• Documents the Patients' progress and diagnostic information in the treatment chart;
• Keeps the primary care providers fully informed of the Patients' needs and progress and works with providers to formulate treatment plans;
• Works, where indicated, to effect behavioral changes in Patients with, or at risk for, physical disorders and helps them make healthier lifestyle choices;
• Provides Patients with self-management skills and educational information needed so they can be full participants in their own treatment and recovery;
• Provides consultation to clinic management and other team members about behavioral services and suggested areas of outcome and program evaluation;
• Assists the Patients in complying with any medical treatment initiated by the primary care provider, such as offering strategies to cope with medication side effects.
• Must adhere to the Code of Ethical Conduct for Clinical Professionals.
• Carries out other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Minimum Master's Degree in Clinical Counseling.
• Current Texas LPC License or LCSW license
• Knowledge of mental health assessment, treatment planning, developmental psychopathology, systems and methods in family therapy, group therapy, child psychotherapy, DSM-IV diagnoses, and behavioral therapy.
• Bi-lingual English-Spanish speaking proficiency preferred, but not required.
• Eligible to be a Medicaid and/or Medicare provider.
• Mental and physical health sufficient to meet the demands of the position.
• Requires a valid Texas Driver's License, appropriate driving record and auto liability insurance that meets the minimum required by State of Texas statute.
• Thorough knowledge of the personal/social effects of various physical and mental problems on individuals, their families and the community.
• Considerable knowledge of available community resources and of their organization, purpose and use.
• Knowledge of psychodiagnostic and psychotherapeutic techniques and theories.
• Ability to assess the individual needs of a patient and evaluate the care and services provided to meet those needs.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective, cooperative relationships with professional staff, patients, their families and other agency and community members.
• Ability to maintain clinical records and prepare related reports.
• Ability to work cooperatively in an interdisciplinary team setting.
• Ability to express ideas effectively.
• Ability to exercise judgment and make independent decisions based on professional knowledge.

Additional information

Wellness Pointe is an Equal Opportunity, 'Veteran Friendly' Employer.