Counselor - Mental Health Therapist (LAPC, LMSW, LMFT, LCSW, LAMFT) career at FCA Healthcare in

FCA Healthcare is looking of Counselor - Mental Health Therapist (LAPC, LMSW, LMFT, LCSW, LAMFT) on Tue, 16 Oct 2012 09:44:53 GMT. This position is a member of the Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team, a multi-disciplinary team. The candidate should have training in one of the mental health professions and clinical skill and experience to assess, plan, develop, coordinate, and provide treatment, rehabilitation, and support services to program clients with severe and persistent mental illness under the clinical supervision...

Counselor - Mental Health Therapist (LAPC, LMSW, LMFT, LCSW, LAMFT)

Location: Georgia

Description: FCA Healthcare is looking of Counselor - Mental Health Therapist (LAPC, LMSW, LMFT, LCSW, LAMFT) right now, this career will be placed in Georgia. Further informations about this career opportunity kindly read the description below. This position is a member of the Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team, a multi-disciplinary team. The candidate should have t! raining in one of the mental health professions and clinical skill and experience to assess, plan, develop, coordinate, and provide treatment, rehabilitation, and support services to program clients with severe and persistent mental illness under the clinical supervision of the team leader and the psychiatrist. Functions as clinical member of the multidisciplinary team and provides treatment, rehabilitation, and support services or may be designated by the team leader to function as the lead mental health professional, lead registered nurse, a team vocational specialist, or substance use specialist.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Provide service coordination for an assigned group of clients including coordinating and monitoring the activities of the individual treatment team.
• Conduct comprehensive assessment of psychiatric history, mental status, and diagnosis; physical health and dental health; use of drugs and alcohol; education and employment! ; social development and functioning; activities of daily livi! ng; and family structure and relationships
• Act as liaison and consult with community agencies and families to maintain coordination in the treatment process
• Perform shift management in coordination with other ACT shift managers
• Provide on-call crisis intervention covering nighttime hours and serve as a backup to evening and weekend staff
• Document client progress to maintain a permanent record of client activity
• Provide treatment, rehabilitation, and support services, with some interventions directed or performed by staff with specialty training and skills

Psychiatric Treatment and Dual Diagnosis Substance Abuse Services

• Provide ongoing assessment of clients’ mental illness symptoms and clients’ response to treatment
• Provide symptom education to enable clients to identify their mential illness symptoms
• Provide direct clinical services including individual supportive therapy and ps! ychotherapy to clients to an individual, group, and family basis in the office and community to teach behavioral symptom-management techniques
• Provide individual and group treatment in the office and community in a stage-based treatment that is non-confrontational
• Coordinate with outside inpatient service to detoxify clients and establish linkage to outpatient treatment, self-help programs, outpatient services, and residential facilities

Activities of Daily Living Services

• Assist clients to find and maintain a safe and affordable place to live
• Assist and support clients to carry out personal hygiene and grooming tasks
• Provide nutrition education and assistance
• Assist and support clients to perform household activities
• Ensure that clients have adequate financial support
• Teach money-management skills and assist with accessing financial services
• Help clients to access reliable ! transportation

Social and Interpersonal Relationships and Le! isure Time

• Provide individual supportive therapy, social skill development, and assertiveness training to increase client social activities
• Plan, structure, and prompt social and leisure time activities on evenings, weekends, and holidays
• Organize and lead individual and group social recreational activities to structure clients’ time, increase social experiences, and provide opportunities to practice social skills and receive feedback and support.

Education, Experience and Knowledge Required

• Minimum of a Master’s degree in Nursing, social work, rehabilitation counseling or psychology
• Must be licensed or certified to work in field
• Must have a strong commitment to the right and ability of each person with a severe and persistent mental illness to live in a normal community
• Must have skills and competence to establish supportive and trusting relationships with person with severe and! persistent mental illness
• Must have a valid GA driver’s license

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If you were eligible to this career, please email us your resume, with salary requirements and a resume to FCA Healthcare.

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This career starts available on: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 09:44:53 GMT

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