Part time Counseling

About the role

This position provides psychotherapeutic treatment, supportive counseling, and assistance with linkage, referral, and advocacy to all patients and families as assigned. As a member of the treatment team, the role involves providing a broad range of treatment and rehabilitation activities for the population served.

Responsibilities

• Participates as an integral professional member of an interdisciplinary treatment team led by a physician.
• Participates as clinical personnel in a treatment area and facilities therapeutic milieu on the treatment unit, when applicable.
• Provides direct one-on-one age-specific psychotherapy services, under supervision, to patients when requested via specific program requirements.
• Determines the developmental age (level of development) of the patient and assists the treatment team in the development and implementation of a treatment plan specific with developmental needs and/or required intervention.
• Affords psychosocial needs assessments, including assessing for high-risk indicators and documents the psychosocial history/assessment.
• Performs continued-care planning as developed with the treatment team from the first day of services.
• Provides group therapy, under supervision, as deemed appropriate.
• Acts as a liaison for patients and their families to various community agencies, consultants, and services.
• Records and charts all patient contacts as required.
• Provides direct family therapy, under supervision, to patients and their families as directed by treatment planning and program requirements.
• Maintains appropriate certification and competency through supervision and/or training and successful completion of annual performance evaluations.
• Attends continuing education seminars and in-services as necessary to maintain professional licensure, competency, and to meet hospital required educational standards.
• Adheres to performance expectations of WVU Medicine employees.
• Performs other duties/projects as requested.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in related field.
• State criminal background check and Federal (if applicable), as required for regulated areas. To be completed as established by department.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Temporary Social Work permit OR passage of National Board of Certified Counselors examination for licensure and certification.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a mental health setting.

Physical Requirements

• Frequent walking, standing, stooping, kneeling, reaching, pushing, pulling, lifting, grasping are necessary body movements utilized in performing duties through the work shift.
• When working on inpatient units must be able and willing to participate in physical restraint of patient if needed.

Working Environment

• The work environment includes time in the office at as well as walking around interacting with patients and staff.
• Interacts and works with trainees of multiple disciplines.

Skills & Abilities

• Ability to work independently or cooperatively as a team member.
• Must have independent decision-making ability.
• Ability to adapt to various workloads and assignments.