Associate Therapist Psychiatric Counselor - Ontario, CA

About the position Responsibilities • Conducts initial interviews with members by eliciting and understanding the psychological and social meaning of complaints, symptoms, current and past history, to determine the nature and urgency of members need. • Provides member with a professional understanding of his/her presentation, recommends a course of action such as beginning therapy or counseling, or a specific action plan that member can carry out without additional professional guidance or consultation. • Provides clinical case management services to adults, adolescents and children; selects and uses appropriate treatment modality in both inpatient and outpatient settings. • Renders appropriate immediate guidance and therapeutic services to help individuals and families cope with emotional crisis or psychiatric emergencies. • Maintains a written record of therapy or counseling sessions; prepares reports and letters concerning patient; phones, writes and visits, with clients signed written permission, social agencies schools, relatives, friends, etc., to obtain pertinent information. • Provides telephone counseling, resource information, and referral services. • Participates in departmental/ locational project assignments and activities such as CQI activity and OD duty. • Provides psycho-education for members in context of a prescribed treatment. Requirements • Master of Social Work degree, or Masters degree in a related Behavioral Health field from an accredited College or University setting. • Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (California) OR Registered Associate Clinical Social Worker (California) OR Associate Professional Clinical Counselor Registration (California). • Once hired as an Associate, an employee will be offered and must work a schedule that would accumulate at least half of the required supervisory hours annually. • Upon completion of supervised hours, the employee must obtain state licensure within two and one-half (2.5) years. • If hired as a license-eligible employee (i.e. has completed all clinical hours), the employee has two and one-half (2.5) years from their date of hire to complete state licensure. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job