Mental Health Counselor

Role Details

Hours: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday; no weekends and open to flexibility to provide occasional evening coverage; no call.

Provider team includes: 1 PMHNP & 1 LISW/LMH.

EHR: Ochin Epic.

Predominantly adult patients with kids/adolescents still included.

Duties

• Provides psychosocial assessment to patients and families to identify emotional, social and environmental strengths and problems related to their diagnosis, illness, treatment and/or life situation for those referred by primary care providers.
• Formulates, develops and implements a comprehensive psychosocial treatment plan utilizing appropriate clinical social work and/or counseling treatments and interventions.
• Interventions may include crisis intervention, brief and long-term individual, marital, and family and/or group therapies.
• Participates in period staff conferences to present case histories; confer with internal external members of therapy team to develop comprehensive evaluations or plan pertinent therapy programs to provide maximum benefits for each patient.
• Prepares and maintains a case record for each patient to describe the nature of social problems and services suggested or provided.
• Provides education to patients and families around issues related to adaptation to the patient’s diagnosis, illness, treatment and/or life situation.
• Maintains working knowledge of and liaison with community agencies and resources.

Benefits

• Student Loan Repayment Programs: Eligible for $50,000 in student loan repayment in exchange for 2 years of service through state & federal programs.
• Competitive Salary: starting at $55,000-75,000 based on experience.
• Wellness Reimbursement Program: Reimburse your monthly gym/fitness/wellness fee up to $25/month.
• Comprehensive Insurance: Medical, dental, vision, life, accidental death and dismemberment, short-term disability, long-term disability, and flexible spending available.
• Paid Time Off: 160 hours for full-time salaried employees + 8 paid holidays (1 additional floating holiday after 6 months of employment).
• Retail Plans: 401k with 5% employer match.

Requirements

• Graduation from accredited master’s social work, counseling, marriage/family therapy and/or behavioral health education program.
• Licensed as behavioral health professional to practice as LISW in Iowa (LISW; LMSW; or LMHC).