Psychiatric Counselor

Kaiser Permanente; Lancaster (CA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente in Lancaster, CA seeks a Psychiatric Counselor to provide supervised clinical social work services to adults, children and families in inpatient and outpatient settings, using established psychotherapeutic techniques.

The role includes conducting initial assessments, developing action plans, providing crisis support, and maintaining case records, while collaborating with families and health care professionals to support patient well-being.

Qualifications

• Master of Social Work degree from an accredited program.
• Licensed or licensure-eligible status in California (as Associate Clinical Social Worker, Associate Marriage and Family Therapist, or Associate Professional Clinical Counselor).

Responsibilities

• Under supervision, conducts interviews and assesses psychological and social needs to determine urgency.
• Explains treatment options and develops action plans for therapy or counseling.
• Provides clinical case management for adults, adolescents and children in inpatient and outpatient settings.
• Offers crisis counseling and adaptive strategies for emotional or psychiatric emergencies.
• Maintains written records and prepares reports and correspondence with clients, families, and other agencies.
• Provides telephone counseling, referrals, and participates in CQI and other departmental activities.

Education

Master of Social Work degree

Job description

Job Summary

Provides supervised clinical social work services to adults, children and families with emotional and/or social problems utilizing established psychotherapeutic techniques in both inpatient and outpatient settings; consults and collaborates with members of the patients family and other health care professionals.

Essential Responsibilities

• Under supervision and referring to and utilizing licensed staff for appropriate decisions when necessary conducts initial interviews with member by eliciting and understanding the psychological and social meaning of complaints, symptoms, current and past history, to determine the nature and urgency of members need.
• Provides member with a professional understanding of his/her presentation, recommends a course of action such as beginning therapy or counseling, or a specific action plan that member can carry out without additional professional guidance or consultation.
• Provides clinical case management services to adults, adolescents and children; selects and uses appropriate treatment modality in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
• Renders appropriate immediate guidance and therapeutic services to help individuals and families cope with emotional crisis or psychiatric emergencies.
• Maintains a written record of therapy or counseling sessions; prepares reports and letters concerning patient; phones, writes and visits, with clients signed written permission, social agencies schools, relatives, friends, etc., to obtain pertinent information.
• Provides telephone counseling, resource information, and referral services.
• Participates in departmental/ locational project assignments and activities such as CQI activity and OD duty.
• Provides psycho-education for members in context of a prescribed treatment.

Basic Qualifications

Experience

• N/A

Education

• Master of Social Work degree, or Masters degree in a related Behavioral Health field from an accredited College or University setting.

License, Certification, Registration

• Registered Associate Clinical Social Worker (California) OR Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (California) OR Associate Professional Clinical Counselor Registration (California)

Additional Requirements

• Once hired as an Associate, an employee will be offered and must work a schedule that would accumulate at least half of the required supervisory hours annually.
• Upon completion of supervised hours, the employee must obtain state licensure within two and one-half (2.5) years. If hired as a license-eligible employee (i.e. has completed all clinical hours), the employee has two and one-half (2.5) years from their date of hire to complete state licensure.

Preferred Qualifications

• N/A

Notes

• Position may include weekends.
• May work in other AV MOBs within the service area.

COMPANY: KAISER

TITLE: Psychiatric Counselor

LOCATION: Lancaster, California

REQNUMBER: 1446889

External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, state and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran, or disability status.