Psychiatric Counselor

Kaiser Permanente; Santa Ana (CA); Sur place; USD 65 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Kaiser Permanente in Santa Ana, CA seeks a Psychiatric Counselor to provide supervised clinical social work services to adults, children and families using established psychotherapeutic techniques in inpatient and outpatient settings. The role includes consultation with families and health care professionals to coordinate care.

Responsibilities include conducting initial assessments, guiding treatment planning, providing crisis intervention, maintaining case records, and collaborating with

Qualifications

• Master of Social Work degree from an accredited program.
• Registered Associate Clinical Social Worker or equivalent licensure track in CA.
• Ability to work with individuals, families, and diverse age groups.

Responsabilités

• Conduct initial interviews and assess psychological and social needs.
• Provide supervised clinical social work services in inpatient/outpatient settings.
• Develop and implement treatment plans and therapy modalities.
• Maintain written records, prepare reports, and coordinate with families and other professionals.
• Deliver telephonic counseling and community referrals as needed.
• Work with licensed staff to ensure appropriate decisions and supervision.

Connaissances

Social work

Psychotherapy

Counseling

Team collaboration

Formation

Master of Social Work

Description du poste

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 your date of hire to complete state licensure.

Preferred Qualifications

• N/A

Notes

• Must be comfortable working with the lifespan, individuals, families, and couples.
• Will be required to work 2 evenings until 7pm

COMPANY: KAISER

TITLE: Psychiatric Counselor

LOCATION: Santa Ana, California

REQNUMBER: 1445883

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.