Therapeutic Counselor

Confidential; Standish (ME); On-site; USD 2,755,000 - 4,133,000; Part time

Job summary

The MENTOR Network is seeking a part-time Counselor (LCPC / LPC) to provide counseling to individuals and/or families using multiple therapeutic approaches, addressing depression, addiction, stress, and self-esteem. You will participate in treatment planning with a trans-disciplinary team, document sessions and billing, and support participants through supervision and crisis intervention as needed.

This role involves adhering to confidentiality and accreditation standards while delivering

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a human services field.
• Two years of experience.
• LCPC / LPC licensure required.

Responsibilities

• Provides assessments in mental status, personality, and family interactions.
• Provides individual counseling and family psychotherapy as appropriate to needs.
• Facilitates or co-facilitates counseling groups.
• Participates in treatment planning with a trans-disciplinary team.
• Consults with staff and family about treatment recommendations and progress.
• Submits service summaries and billing slips for each participant.
• Supports in-house seminars and meetings as scheduled.
• Ensures evaluation, progress, and discharge reports are completed timely and confidential.

Education

Master’s degree in a human services field

Two years of experience

Job description

Part time Counselor

LCPC / LPC Needed

Hiring Immediately

OUR MISSION AND PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS

The MENTOR Network is a mission-based organization dedicated to providing high quality services to those we serve.

Therefore, to deliver on our mission, The Network expects every employee to perform his or her job first and foremost in accordance with the Company’s mission.

SUMMARY

Provides counseling to individuals and/or families using multiple forms of therapeutic approaches, including psycho-educational models and medical/illness models of assessment and diagnosis. Works with individuals and/or families to address issues such as depression, addiction and substance abuse, stress, and problems with self-esteem.

May also help with job and vocational concerns or parenting.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to satisfactorily perform each essential function listed below:

• Provides assessments in the areas of mental status, personality, behavioral response patterns, relationships, and family interactions.
• Provides individual counseling and support services and family psychotherapy as appropriate to training and program participant needs.
• Facilitates/co-facilitates counseling groups.
• Participates in treatment planning with a trans-disciplinary team.
• Consults with staff, insurance provider, family, etc. about treatment recommendations and progress.
• Submits service summaries and billing slips for each program participant served, indicating objectives, strategies, and outcomes obtained. Completes daily billing summaries and turns them in to appropriate staff.
• Attends CCS in-house seminars as scheduled and/or appropriate. Attends weekly discipline meeting and meetings with supervisor(s) as necessary.
• Ensures evaluation, progress, and discharge reports on each program participant are completed in a timely manner. Ensures adherence to accreditation standards and ethics of confidentiality.
• Provides appropriate supervision and in-house activities for program participants as needed.
• Actively participates in Crisis Intervention System (Beeper Team).
• Performs other related duties and activities as required.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

None required.

Minimum Knowledge and Skills required by the Job

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or abilities required to perform the job:

Education and Experience

• Master‘s degree in a human services field
• Two years of experience.

Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations

• LCPC / LPC or similar licensure required.

Other Skills and Abilities

• N/A

Other Requirements

• N/A

Physical Requirements

• Medium Work.
• Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT STATEMENT

External and internal applicants, as well as position incumbents who become disabled, must be able to perform the essential job functions either unaided or with assistance of a reasonable accommodation to be determined on a case by case basis via the interactive process.

Sevita is a leading provider of home and community-based specialized health care. We believe that everyone deserves to live a full, more independent life. We provide people with quality services and individualized supports that lead to growth and independence, regardless of the physical, intellectual, or behavioral challenges they face.

We’ve made this our mission for more than 50 years. And today, our 40,000 team members continue to innovate and enhance care for the 50,000 individuals we serve all over the U.S.

As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.