PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR 5

PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR 5

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PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR 5

Salary

$4,177.00 - $7,518.00 Monthly

Location

Baton Rouge, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

25-080-ARS-PC5

Department

LDH-Capital Area Human Services District

Opening Date

12/08/2025

Closing Date

12/13/2025 11:59 PM Central

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• Benefits

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About this Job

Why work for CAHS?

• Vision: CAHS excels at making lives better.

• Mission: To deliver caring and responsive services, leading to a better tomorrow.

• Philosophy: CAHS commits to the philosophy that all individuals are valuable members of the community. CAHS exists to help each person(s) served live productively in the location and environment of their choosing and abilities. CAHS staff work as a unified team to provide services and supports that help the person(s) served succeed in work, school, life, and other endeavors they pursue.

Join our team of dedicated Behavioral Health Professional Counselors and make a positive impact in the lives of those in need. We are seeking a compassionate and professional individual to join our team and provide essential support to individuals and families in our District. In this role, you will have the opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of others while advancing your career in the behavioral health field.

Minimum Qualifications

Possession of a current Louisiana license to practice as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) or a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) plus three years of counseling experience.

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be foundhere.

Job Duties and Other Information

Job Duties:

• Responsible for coordinating and providing community resources to assist CAHS clients, including judicially involved individuals.

• Provide data to the administrators, occasionally making recommendations to improve services to clients, and act to implement programmatic changes upon administrative approval.

• Responsible for planning, organizing, developing, and implementing specialized sub-programs to address specific problems

• Provides group therapy and individual therapy as needed, to persons with addictive disorders and behavioral health issues using psychotherapy and other specialized therapeutic social work techniques and best practices to treat and educate individuals on how to cope with their addictions.

• Prepares and maintains a complex caseload of clients who have a history of substance use disorders, other mental health issues, and co-occurring disorders.

• Completes a thorough psychosocial assessment on clients who are seeking addiction treatment services.

• Develops with each client their individual treatment plan listing goals and objectives, strengths, weaknesses, and an action plan.

• Evaluates client's progress in counseling sessions and documents client's progress, setbacks, or any changes for each contact in his individual chart.

• Consults with multidisciplinary treatment team to determine the proper diagnosis and correct level of care based on that diagnosis.

• Prepares discharge plans and summaries upon the client's completion of the program and assesses and assists each chase for necessary referrals to other facilities.

• Formulates and implements therapeutic activities for each client based on their individual treatment needs.

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type: Probational.

Location: Capital Area Human Services District's Addiction Recovery Services (ARS).

Work Schedule: 9 hours per day Monday - Thursday, 4 hours on Friday.

Compensation: The actual starting salary depends on the education and experience of the selected applicant.

• **Note regarding the advertised pay range: The advertised maximum amount listed is the maximum salary a person can make while in this title/level over their career, and not the maximum amount we are allowed to pay a new hire.

How To Apply:

No Civil Service test score required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

• Information to support your eligibility for this job title must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

Contact Information:

For further information about this vacancy, contact:

Thrinacia.Jenkins2@la.gov

Capital Area Human Services District

12301 Coursey Blvd

Baton Rouge, LA 70816

Louisiana is a State As a Model Employer (SAME) that supports the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities.

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

• New Year's Day

• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,

• Mardi Gras,

• Good Friday,

• Memorial Day,

• Independence Day,

• Labor Day,

• Veteran's Day,

• Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

• Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your_Retirement_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system

• Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),

• Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

01

Do you possess licensure as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) or a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)?

• Yes

• No

02

If you answered "YES" to the question above, please list the license TYPE, NUMBER, ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE, and EXPIRATION DATE. If you answered "NO", enter N/A

Required Question

Employer

State of Louisiana

Address

For agency contact information, please refer to

the supplemental information above.

Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm

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