Psychological Services Associate 1

3 weeks ago


Bedford County PA, United States Commonwealth of PA Full time

**THE POSITION**:
This opportunity is for a Therapist to provide School Based Counseling services in local schools. School Therapists work on site in schools to assess student needs, provide consultation and education to school personnel, and make referrals. This position also provides counseling services in an Outpatient Program to individuals of all ages. Under guidance of the Supervisor, establish a written goal-specific treatment plan, serve as a resource, collaborating on mental health cases and consulting with colleagues, community individuals, or agencies on cases to assist in providing the highest quality of services.

**DESCRIPTION OF WORK**:
This professional therapist position provides School Based Counseling services in schools and outpatient services in the Bedford County Clinical Services Unit.

Under the guidance of the Supervisor, School Based Counseling duties include providing group, individual, and play therapy to children and adolescents in the school. This position provides consultation and education to school personnel, community individuals, and agencies relating to mental health issues and resources. Additional duties include working on-site to complete school mental health assessments and intakes for students identified by the school, assessing student needs and completing appropriate referrals, and working with Crisis Intervention staff in handling mental health emergencies in schools.

Under the guidance of a supervisor, the Outpatient Services duties will include:

- Providing individual therapy, family therapy, couples counseling, and group counseling to people of all ages utilizing various professional techniques.
- Collaborating with clientele and in conjunction with the Supervisor, establishing within the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) a strengths-based, goal-specific treatment plan.
- Discussing mental health cases with other staff and community individuals or agencies.
- Performing Therapy Diagnostic Evaluations in order to enroll clientele in counseling and psychiatric services as well as to assess areas of need that might be effectively addressed by other MH programs and services.
- Making referrals to other programs as warranted.
- Assisting and coordinating care with the Crisis Intervention staff in an effort to facilitate crisis assessments related to voluntary hospitalizations when necessary.
- Roughly once a year providing an eight-week, hourly group session related to the Extended Out Patient Program focusing on topics that promote self
- care, self-management, and self-recovery.
- Attending meetings, participating in staff development trainings, and assisting with presentations/trainings to community organizations as needed.
- Performing other related duties as required.

**Work Schedule and Additional Information**:

- This position reports to the DBHS Office for work.
- Full-time employment.
- Work hours are 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, Monday - Friday, with 30-minute lunch.
- Hours must be adjusted as needed based upon consumer requests for evening appointments.
- On occasion, staff may need to work hours outside of the set work week to complete projects, meet work demands or in the event of an emergency
- Upon hire, new staff begin training and are on probation for 6 months.
- New staff may be eligible for a hybrid of on-site and remote work after 3-months of employment.

**REQUIRED EXPERIENCE, TRAINING & ELIGIBILITY**:
**QUALIFICATIONS**

**Minimum Experience and Training Requirements**:

- A master’s degree in psychology or a closely related field.
- Applicants will be considered to have met the educational requirements once they are within 3 months of graduating with a qualifying degree.

**Other Requirements**:

- PA residency requirement is currently **waived** for this title.
- You must be able to perform essential job functions.

**Legal Requirements**:

- You must pass a background investigation.
- This position falls under the provisions of the Older Adult Protective Services Act.
- Under the Act, a conditional offer of employment will require submission and approval of satisfactory criminal history reports, including but not limited to, PA State Police and FBI clearance.
- This position falls under the provisions of the Child Protective Services Law.
- Under the Law, a conditional offer of employment will require submission and approval of satisfactory criminal history reports including, but not limited to, PA State Police clearance, PA Child Abuse history clearance, and FBI Fingerprint clearance.

**How to Apply**:
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