Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Job Description

Job Description

Benefits :

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance

ABOUT US

Premier Service of Carolina, Inc. is a non-hospital inpatient Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (PRTF) providing services for children and adolescents ages 7-17 who have mental health needs and developmental disabilities.

Our mission is to provide the highest quality of care to our consumers and their families through a comprehensive array of services to promote positive outcomes for future success.

Our consumers learn healthy coping skills and therapeutic techniques, how to address trauma, and how to safely integrate into their communities.

This role is available as a (1099) Contract position

Pay is dependent upon experience, license, and skills

JOB SUMMARY

The person in this position is responsible for specializing in the treatment of children and adolescents with depression, bipolar, ADHD, and other mental health issues.

The person will also be responsible for specific treatment programs for those with self-injurious behavior. Premier Service of Carolina, Inc (PSC) ensures that the Licensed Therapist must meet one of the following licensed discipline categories :

LPC, LCMHC, or LCSW

Main Responsibilities :

• Provides psychotherapy services for residents to include individual, family, and group therapy.
• Complete Bio-psychosocial evaluations, risk, and psychological assessments as appropriate.
• Maintain all documentation according to facility guidelines including progress notes, case management, and individualized service plans.
• Attends all treatment teams for assigned clients.
• Completes psychosocial assessment within 7 days of admission.
• Completes individualized service plans within 24 hours of a treatment team meeting.
• Completes and updates all clinical notes within 24 hours after any therapy session, CFT, PCP, etc.
• Available for Group Therapy, family involvement, and any other grouped area that may be specific toward the Clients treatment.
• Attend and participate in monthly required court hearings.

Skills and Competencies :

• Has program and managerial experience in a North Carolina public mental health setting which would provide knowledge of principles and practices of public mental health care, funding streams for such care, and related State and Federal requirements.
• Has demonstrated ability to plan, organize, prioritize, and delegate work of self and others; formulate, explain, and interpret policy;
• establish priorities; analyze data and make recommendations and evaluations; represent the agency with tact and diplomacy;
• interact effectively with a wide variety of people, foster cooperative relationships with internal and external personnel including North Carolina Mental Health Departments and other governmental agencies, community, and advocacy groups, consumers, and their families;

provide direction to others.

• Demonstrates excellent interpersonal skills; demonstrated ability to develop and maintain effective, cooperative, and productive work relationships with clients, and internal and external personnel.
• Must be able to communicate both verbally and in writing effectively.
• Must possess efficient computer skills.
• Must be able to train others.
• Must complete all phases of the pre-service orientation and training, including physical restraint training.
• Must possess the ability to perform physical restraint techniques.
• Position may experience verbal and / or physical aggression from the population.
• Must demonstrate availability to work a flexible schedule including weekends, holidays, emergencies, and extended periods.

An individual must be able to perform each essential function of the job satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities, who are otherwise qualified, to perform the essential functions.

QUALIFICATION and EDUCATION :

• 1-2 years relevant experience
• One of the following licenses : LCSW, LCMHC, LPC

Work Environment

This job involves both administrative and clerical duties that require a willingness to work in a behavioral healthcare office setting.

Note : This job description does not list all your job duties. The position description and job requirements above have been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification.

It is not designed to contain or to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to the subject position.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each job satisfactorily. Occasionally your supervisor or manager might request that you perform other reasonable duties.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. Review of your performance is based on your performance of the duties listed in this Job Description at any time.

This Job Description is not an employment contract.