Professional Counselor 1, 2, 3, or 4

LDH- Northwest Louisiana Human Services District; Many (LA); On-site; USD 26,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

The Northwest Louisiana Human Services District seeks a Professional Counselor to provide recovery-centered counseling for individuals with addictive disorders and serious mental illness across the Many/Natchitoches Behavioral Health Clinics. Work hours are 8:00am–4:30pm, with pay levels based on qualifications at the state level.

Responsibilities include individual, family and group counseling, service planning, treatment-team collaboration, caseload management and thorough documentation in

Qualifications

• Possession of a current Louisiana license to practice as a Provisional Licensed Professional Counselor (PLPC) or a Provisional Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (PLMFT).
• Independent clinical judgment and ability to use varied evidence-based treatment modalities.
• Experience counseling individuals with addictive disorders, serious mental illness, or co-occurring disorders preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conducts individual, family and group counseling.
• Develops service plans to address problems related to addictive disorders, severe mental illness and co-occurring disorders.
• Participates in treatment team decisions and formulates therapeutic activities and plans.
• Manages caseload by scheduling appointments, evaluating progress, and making recommendations.
• Conducts crisis and non-crisis screening interviews and determines eligibility.
• Documents assessments, interventions and outcomes in reports and electronic health records.
• Reviews charts for contact status, engagement and case closure.

Job description

The Northwest Louisiana Human Services District's mission is to increase public awareness of and to provide access for individuals with behavioral health and developmental disabilities to integrated community based services while promoting wellness, recovery and independence through education and the choice of a broad range of programmatic and community resources.

Our vision is the Northwest Louisiana Human Services District exists so that individuals with mental health, addictive disorders, and developmental disabilities residing in the parishes of Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, DeSoto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine and Webster are empowered, and self-determination is valued such that individuals live a satisfying, hopeful, and contributing life.

We are seeking a Professional Counselor to provide recovery, relapse and prevention centered Professional Counseling Services to individuals with addictive disorders, serious and persistent mental illness and/or co-occurring disorders. These services include a broad range of evidenced based treatment and require independent clinical judgment and use of varied in-depth evidenced based treatment modalities.

Possession of a current Louisiana license to practice as a Provisional Licensed Professional Counselor (PLPC) or a Provisional Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (PLMFT).

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.

Job Duties

• Conducts individual, family and group counseling.
• Develops service plans to address specialized problems related to issues experienced from effects of addictive disorder, serious and persistent mental illness, sever emotional and behavioral disturbance and/co-occurring disorders.
• Participates in the decision-making process of the treatment team including formulating therapeutic activities and recommending a treatment plan.
• Manages a caseload by scheduling appointments, evaluating client progress in counseling sessions, and making recommendations to the treatment team.
• Conducts telephone and face-to-face crisis and non-crisis screening interviews for Children/Youth and Adults seeking Access to Care through clinic. Determines eligibility.
• Documents in official reports and electronic health record assessment data, treatment interventions provided, recommendations made and implementation of services for the purposes of legal, professional, and ethical accountability.
• Manages caseload by reviewing charts for no contact, attempting re-engagement and closure of cases as appropriate.

Position-Specific Details

Appointment Type

Probational, Promotional

Career Progression

This position may be filled as a Professional Counselor 1, 2, 3 or 4

Work Schedule

Work hours are 8:00am - 4:30pm, Monday -Friday.

Location

This position will be with the NW LA Human Services District -Many/Natchitoches Behavioral Health Clinic located at 265 Highland Dr, Many, LA 71449/210 Medical Dr, Natchitoches, LA 71457

Compensation

Based on level of qualifications and experience.

The minimum and maximum pay levels for the position is listed below:

• Professional Counselor 1 - $18.75/hour minimum - $33.78/hour maximum
• Professional Counselor 2 - $20.06/hour minimum - $36.14/hour maximum
• Professional Counselor 3 - $21.46/hour minimum - $38.67/hour maximum
• Professional Counselor 4 - $22.96/hour minimum - $41.38/hour maximum

There is also a $2.00 per hour per actual hours worked premium pay for Licensed LPC.

Note regarding the advertised pay range: The advertised maximum amount listed is the maximum salary a person can make while in this title/level over their career and not the maximum amount we are allowed to pay a new hire.

Contact information

For further information about this vacancy, contact: NW LA Human Services District Human Resources

1310 N Hearne Ave

Shreveport, LA 71107

318-676-5111

Louisiana is a State As a Model Employer (SAME) that supports the recruitment, hiring and retention of individuals with disabilities.

This agency participates in the E-Verify system for verification of citizenship and employment authorization.