Assessment Counselor/Social Worker - $2,500 Bonus
About The Position
The Buckeye Ranch is seeking an Assessment Counselor/Social Worker to join its Same Day Access team. The role intervenes on behalf of clients and families to address environmental, financial, parental, and other needs, and helps them access natural community supports. It completes diagnostic assessments and referrals to address clients’ and families’ mental health and emotional needs, while maintaining a customer service focus for families, referral sources, and other collaborators. The position is based in Whitehall, Ohio, with an office schedule Monday through Thursday and remote work on Friday. The role involves 20–30% travel. The Buckeye Ranch provides care for children, youth, and families in Central Ohio, with services intended to support people affected by mental illness, abuse, or neglect.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in social work or counseling.
- Previous experience as a social worker, counselor, mental health specialist, or therapist.
- Active Ohio LSW, LPC, or MFT license.
- Active driver’s license and proof of auto insurance.
Responsibilities
- Assess clients for an appropriate level of care, considering behavioral examples, frequency, duration, severity, and environmental impacts.
- Identify trauma, adversity, and/or toxic stress histories that influence presenting problems, functioning, and family interaction styles.
- Determine the immediate and future risk of abuse or neglect to children.
- Provide non-billable services as needed while consulting with collaterals and ensuring services are in the client’s best interest and consistent with applicable case and treatment plans.
- Participate as an active contributing member of treatment teams, departmental committees, and other Ranch and external working groups as assigned or appropriate.
- Use trauma-informed, focused interventions to engage clients.
- Educate clients, family members, and other providers about healthcare conditions, prevention, available treatments, illness and whole-health self-management, peer support, and recovery.
- Intervene on behalf of clients and families to address environmental, financial, parental, and other needs and help access natural community supports.
- Complete diagnostic assessments and referrals for clients’ and families’ mental health and emotional needs.
- Maintain a customer service focus for families, referral sources, and collaterals.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance, effective the first of the month following 30 days of employment.
- Paid time off (three weeks within the first year).
- Company-paid life insurance.
- Company-paid short-term disability.
- 401(k) with employer contribution.
- Non-profit student loan forgiveness program.
- Employee assistance program.
- Tuition assistance.
- Employee referral program.
- $2,500 bonus.
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Job Type
Full-time
