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Job description
Licensed Marriage & Family Mental Health Therapist (LPC, LMFT, LCSW)
The purpose of this position is to fulfill the mission of FIVE18 Counseling and FIVE18 Family Services by providing professional counseling that facilitates a collaborative process of growth and change with couples and families. The professional counseling services provided will be guided by professional ethics of the counseling field and by best practice standards, and consistent with the Christian culture of FIVE18 Family Services.
Essential Functions:
Provides couples and/or family therapy to clients
Ensures that counseling sessions begin and end on time
Completes all required paperwork for client charts and billing in a timely manner
Coordinate services with a multidisciplinary team, including social workers, administrative staff, medical staff, and community agencies
Attend or cooperate with court proceedings and testify in court as needed
Completes all continuing educational requirements regarding marriage and family work needed to remain in good standing with licensing board
Maintains client confidentiality and other ethical standards outlined by the state licensing board and participates in clinical supervision or consultation as needed
Schedules follow up sessions with clients, takes payments, and issues receipts
Participates in team staff meetings and in FIVE18 all-staff meetings
Participates in required trainings
Work with supervisor to identify annual SMART(er) goals; participate in the quarterly reset using the C-BOS training library.
Competency Statements:
Accuracy - Ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly.
Accountability - Ability to accept responsibility and account for his/her actions.
Active Listening - Ability to actively and accurately attend to, convey, and understand the comments and questions of others.
Ambition - The drive to achieve personal advancement.
Analytical Skills - Ability to use thinking and reasoning to solve a problem.
Autonomy - Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
Communication, Oral and Written - Ability to communicate effectively with others using the spoken and written word.
Customer Oriented - Ability to take care of the customers' needs while following company procedures, in a friendly manner.
Decision Making - Ability to make critical decisions while following company procedures.
Diversity Oriented - Ability to work effectively with people regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, or job type.
Empathetic - Ability to appreciate and be sensitive to the feelings of others.
Ethical - Ability to demonstrate conduct conforming to a set of values and accepted standards.
Honesty / Integrity - Ability to be truthful and be seen as credible in the workplace.
Interpersonal - Ability to get along well with a variety of personalities and individuals.
Organized - Possessing the trait of being organized or following a systematic method of performing a task.
Problem-Solving - Ability to find a solution for or to deal proactively with work-related problems.
Relationship Building - Ability to effectively build relationships with clients, co-workers, and community partners.
Reliability - The trait of being dependable and trustworthy.
Self Motivated - Ability to be confidently, internally inspired to perform a task to the best of one's ability using his or her own drive or initiative.
Deliverables:
The Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist will meet with clients as scheduled and provide quality counseling and mental health services. They will maintain and monitor their schedules, and provide the number of clinical sessions each week as agreed upon in collaboration with the Director of Marriage & Relationship Services.
Requirements
Position Qualifications:
Knowledge of:
Human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
Principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis and treatment of conditions found in the DSM-5 TR.
Principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction
Couple therapies, techniques, tools, and knowledge of theorists. Ex. Gottman, IMAGO, Prepare-Enrich, SYMBIS, etc.
Family therapies, techniques, tools, and knowledge of theorists. Ex. IFS, Bowenian Family Systems, Structural, Strategic, etc.
Group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, ethnicity, cultures
All pertinent insurance policies
Basic computer programs such as: Word Processor, Spreadsheet, Internet, and Database applications
Current counseling/therapy techniques and methodologies
Skills:
Basic technological skills: using computers, fax machines, and telephones
Skilled in assessment, evaluation, application of appropriate therapeutic methods
Abilities:
To communicate both orally and in writing
To report necessary counseling information in a clear, concise, and complete way
To make informed, objective decisions with integrity
To collaborate effectively with other team members
Required Education:
Graduate degree in Psychology – Counseling – Social Work
Certification & Licenses:
Licensure by the Commonwealth of VA – LPC, LMFT or LCSW
Strong preference for certifications in various methods of trauma informed care and various marriage and family therapies.
Other Requirements:
Languages: Must be able to effectively communicate orally and in writing, in the English language, with proper etiquette
Office or other equipment: Normal use and understanding of basic office equipment including the computer and its related software, copiers, and fax machines
Must have the clean and neat appearance of a business professional
Obtain and maintain personal malpractice insurance in compliance with state guidelines
Maintaining active licensure with respective boards including maintaining continued education
Physical Demands:
Stand: F Walk: F Sit: F
Manually Manipulate F Reach Outward O Reach Above Shoulder O
Climb O Crawl N Squat or Kneel F
Bend O Grasp O Speak F
Other Physical Requirements:
Vision (Near, Distance, Color, Peripheral, Depth) - For reading and driving
Sense of Sound - For answering, listening and speaking on the telephone. Listening and speaking to clients, counselors and other FIVE18 staff
Sense of Smell - For safety in detection of hazardous fumes and/or smoke
Sense of Taste - N/A
Sense of Touch - For handling tools and materials and accomplishing activities of daily living
Ability to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Sense of Balance - For standing and walking
Work Environment: Office setting
Worksite address
lynchburg, VA, 24513, US
Who can apply
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