Licensed Behavioral Health Counselor - TCP Kingwood

Job Duties & Responsibilities

Provides evidence-based and developmentally appropriate screenings, assessments, and focused psychotherapy in accordance with patient’s/family’s individual and cultural differences.

Provides mental/behavioral health screenings/assessments via structured diagnostic interviewing and administration of evidence-based and developmentally appropriate measures to identify presenting symptoms, diagnostic impressions, recommendations, and specific treatment goals.

Provides evidence-based psychotherapy for individuals, families, parents, and groups to help patients/families reduce symptoms of mental illness and improve functioning across environments.

Coincides patient care with community and TCH-based providers. Coincides care with other behavioral health providers engaged in a patient’s care to ensure selected treatments match the patient’s current diagnosis, symptoms, developmental level, and functioning.

Where appropriate, maintains contact with community-based services (e.g., pediatricians, schools) to assess functioning and symptom improvement across environments.

Facilitates patient/family use of community resources. Assesses patient’s/families’ knowledge and utilization of community resources and provides information about additional, appropriate community resources.

Affirms patient’s/families’ understanding of the referral information provided and their ability to access the recommended resources.

Skills & Requirements

• Required master's degree in social work, Counseling, Psychology, or a related health science field
• Preferred bilingual English/Spanish
• Required Licenses/Certifications: LPC - Licensed Prof Counselor by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, LMFT - Lic Marriage &Family Therapist by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, LCSW - Lic Clinical Social Worker by the Texas Department of Health Services, PSYCASOC - Psychological Associate Licensed Psychological Associate issued by the Texas Department of Health Services
• Required 2 years of psychotherapy experience with children and families
• PREFERRED previous employment in health care, a healthcare specialization in schooling or a fieldwork practicum in health care

About Us

Texas Children’s Pediatrics is the nation’s largest primary pediatric care network with more than 200 physicians dedicated to the health care needs of infants to teenagers in over 50 locations throughout the greater Houston area.

As part of our goal to build a community of healthy children, Texas Children’s Pediatrics Community Cares Program provides trusted, high-quality pediatric medical services for children who otherwise would seek care from emergency centers or possibly go without care or treatment due to low family incomes and/or lack of health insurance.

To join our community of 15,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities.

Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children’s without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.