Clinical Therapist

Description

Waukesha County‘s Mental Health Center is seeking a talented Clinical Therapist to join its team in providing primarily weekend and holiday hours with the occasional weekday.

The Waukesha County Mental Health Center operates a 16-bed psychiatric hospital for adults. Admissions are on a voluntary or involuntary basis.

A Clinical Therapist works with a multi-disciplinary team and is responsible for psychosocial assessments, discharge planning, developing social work interventions in treatment planning, providing group therapy, coordinating with community providers and payers, working with individuals and families.

The successful candidate will have a Mental Health Certification (LPC, APSW, LCSW), and experience with substance use treatment. (Those with ‘In Training‘ certification status will be considered.)

Work Schedule: Hours are primarily weekend and holiday coverage with flexibility for exact time of the day with a need for 6-8 hours each day. Weekday hours are needed to backfill the full-time staff when they are out of the office.

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Prior to hiring, the successful candidate will be subject to work/education/certification reference(s) verification, a criminal background and driver‘s license check.

Example of Duties

Under supervision, to perform professional clinical work in a variety of settings for clients of all ages; and to perform other duties as required.

1. Receives referrals of voluntary and involuntary clients with difficult mental health and behavioral problems and conducts assessment of treatment needs and intervention needs.
2. Provides psychotherapeutic treatment in a variety of settings to individuals, couples, families, and groups to resolve social, personal, developmental, behavioral, and/or mental disorders.
3. Develops and implement a treatment plan to meet the needs of the client utilizing psychotherapeutic treatment methods.
4. Interprets nature of illness and prescribes course of treatment to clients and families.
5. Participates in client staffings, reviews, and multi-disciplinary team discussions to formulate diagnoses and develop treatment and service plans.
6. Serves as a liaison and consultant to staff and other Human Services agencies.
7. Provides community education and public speaking on various community mental health issues and related topics.
8. Performs clinical crisis intervention and emergency intake evaluations for clients of all age groups.
9. Provides court related clinical and other duties such as assessments, testimony, reports, and recommendations.
10. Completes documentation for billing of services and maintains mandated clinical documentation.
11. Establishes and maintains effective working relations with clients and their families, staff, other agencies, and the general public.
12. Teams with social workers and others in non-licensed department programs to provide in-home and community based assessments, counseling and intervention as referenced in Wisconsin Statutes, Chapter 46, 48, 55, 88 and 938.
13. Ensures adherence and compliance to the policies and procedures of the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 in regards to protected health information.
14. Performs emergency government duties as assigned in the event of a Waukesha County Emergency Government declaration.
15. Performs other duties as required.
    
    

QUALIFICATIONS
Essential Knowledge and Abilities

1. Considerable knowledge of psychopathology, mental health principles, and techniques of clinical therapy.
2. Working knowledge of the signs and symptoms of reactions to psychotropic drugs used in the treatment of mental disorders.
3. Working knowledge of techniques to identify clients with substance use problems.
4. Working knowledge of computerized department program software, internet access, and database, spreadsheet, and word processing programs.
5. Working knowledge of human service organizations, mental health, and other community resources.
6. Working knowledge of applicable codes, rules, statutes, and regulations.
7. Working knowledge of state and federal confidentiality rules and regulations, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 and Wisconsin Statutes, Chapter 51.
8. Ability to interpret psychosocial and DSM 5 diagnoses to individuals and families.
9. Ability to utilize electronic health record, word processing, database and spreadsheet, and program specific applications.
10. Ability to participate in multi-disciplinary decision making and treatment planning.
11. Ability to develop treatment plans and to provide psychosocial and psychotherapeutic treatment services to individuals, families, and groups.
12. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with clients and their families, staff, other agencies, and the general public.
13. Ability to effectively interact with sensitivity with persons from diverse cultural, socioeconomic, educational, racial, ethnic, and professional backgrounds, and persons of all ages and lifestyles.
14. Ability to respond appropriately to mental health emergency situations and utilize crisis intervention techniques and procedures.
15. Ability to complete clinical documentation and write reports as needed.
16. Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.

Minimum Qualifications

Clinical Therapists must meet these minimum Training and Experience requirements:

1. Graduation from a recognized college or university with a master‘s degree in psychology (clinical, counseling, educational,) counseling and guidance, social work or closely related area.
2. Candidates must have Advanced Practice Social Worker, Licensed Professional Counselor in Training, or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Training, status as a minimum.
3. Two (2) years of post bachelor work experience in psychology (clinical, counseling, educational), counseling and guidance, social work or closely related area.

The Department of Health & Human Services may choose to underfill this position as a Senior Mental Health Counselor. This classification specification may be viewed here: Class Specifications | Waukesha County Employment (governmentjobs.com)

Individuals hired as a Senior Mental Health Counselor must meet the following minimum training and experience requirements:

1. a. Bachelor‘s degree from a recognized college or university with a major in sociology, social work, psychology or a closely?related field.
   1. Two (2) years of professional experience in the field of mental health including one thousand (1000) hours of experience delivering services to the chronically mentally ill and their families.

OR

1. a. Bachelor‘s degree from a recognized college or university with at least four (4) courses in sociology, social work, or psychology.
   1. Three (3) years of professional experience in the field of mental health including one thousand (1000) hours of experience delivering services to the chronically mentally ill and their families.
2. Master‘s degree from a recognized college or university in sociology, social work, psychology, or a closely related field may substitute for one (1) year of the required experience.

The salary range for Senior Mental Health Counselor is: $28.58 - $37.80.

Supplemental Information

About Us:
Waukesha County prides itself on operating in a business-like manner and is recognized as a leader delivering high quality services with competence and skill. With our vision of ‘Leading the Way‘, we value teamwork and collaboration, ethics and diversity, communication, efficiency and cost savings, innovation, and the wellbeing of our staff and the citizens we serve. Employees are provided professional development opportunities and encouragement to learn and practice continuous improvement and LEAN principles as we regularly ask ourselves ‘Is there a better way?‘

Location:
Located in the City of Waukesha, our campus offers an on-site cafe and fitness center, free parking, and easy access to interstate highway systems. Waukesha County offers a perfect blend of urban and rural living where one can enjoy the benefits of quiet rural lake communities or opt for nearby attractions that the greater Milwaukee area offers including vast beach and park systems, public markets, performing arts, music festivals, and sports including the Milwaukee Admirals, Brewers, Bucks, Wave, Marquette University Golden Eagles and the UW-Milwaukee Panthers Basketball programs.

EEO/AA:
Waukesha County is committed to equal opportunity and nondiscrimination in employment and adheres to all Federal, State and County Equal Employment Opportunity laws, policies, plans, rules, regulations and ordinances. The County recognizes and accepts its important leadership role in providing for equal employment/service opportunities for minorities, women, and persons with disabilities. It is the express policy of Waukesha County to promote equal employment opportunity among all who are employed by Waukesha County and who seek employment with Waukesha County.

For further information visit: The County does not sponsor applicants for work visas.Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

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