Counselor/Social Worker,Sr

University of New Mexico•Albuquerque, NM

20d•Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Family and Community Medicine seeks to hire a Counselor/Social Worker, Sr. This position will provide professional services and participant care for the UNM Research Program in Psychedelic Assisted Therapies. Duties and Responsibilities 1. Provides or oversees and coordinates the provision of a wide range of professional social and/or mental health services to clients and families. Provides or facilitates crisis intervention and emergency services as required. As appropriate to the position, provides counseling, therapy, and/or psychotherapy, anticipatory guidance, advocacy and case management. May prepare treatment plans, discharge plans, and follow-up care programs. 2. Identifies patients requiring therapeutic support. Collects patient data through interview, case history, psychological tests, and/or observational techniques; evaluates data to identify causes of problems and to determine proper therapeutic approach or referral to other specialists. 3. Provides and/or arranges for therapeutic, economic, and social interventions as appropriate to the individual needs of the patient and their caretaker. 4. Consults with other therapists and related professional and paraprofessional staff in the performance of advocate duties and/or casework; refers patients to appropriate service agencies as required. Follows up to determine effectiveness of interventions used and makes appropriate modifications as indicated. 5. Therapy sessions conducted in-person and virtual in preparation and for integration of the Experimental Medication sessions with MDMA 6. Full day Psychedelic therapy medication sessions lasting about 8 hours. 7. Conducts discipline-specific patient evaluations, assessments, consultations, and treatment, as a member of an interdisciplinary team, in accordance with program protocol and federal and state regulations and guidelines. 8. Consult with individual patients, families, and service providers, in a range of settings, to coordinate the provision of care and treatment using the designated research protocol. 9. Documentation of study visits, research questionnaires and therapy sessions in REDCap and study folders. 10. Follow-up phone calls and emails to study participants. 11. Conduct therapy in accordance with approved research protocols See the Position Description for additional information.

Requirements

Master's degree in Counseling, Social Work, or an equivalent field; at least 3 years of experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified.
Certification/Licensure: Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) or equivalent OR Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or equivalent OR licensure pending, as documented by temporary license.
Completed degree(s) from an accredited institution that are above the minimum education requirement may be substituted for experience on a year for year basis.
Licensed to provide psychotherapy services
Trained in MDMA Assisted Therapy
Experience working with clients whose therapy address trauma/or addiction

Nice To Haves

Understanding of UNM policies and procedures
Training psychedelic assisted therapies
Past work with multigenerational care models
Past work with multidisciplinary teams

Responsibilities

Provides or oversees and coordinates the provision of a wide range of professional social and/or mental health services to clients and families.
Provides or facilitates crisis intervention and emergency services as required.
Provides counseling, therapy, and/or psychotherapy, anticipatory guidance, advocacy and case management.
May prepare treatment plans, discharge plans, and follow-up care programs.
Identifies patients requiring therapeutic support.
Collects patient data through interview, case history, psychological tests, and/or observational techniques; evaluates data to identify causes of problems and to determine proper therapeutic approach or referral to other specialists.
Provides and/or arranges for therapeutic, economic, and social interventions as appropriate to the individual needs of the patient and their caretaker.
Consults with other therapists and related professional and paraprofessional staff in the performance of advocate duties and/or casework; refers patients to appropriate service agencies as required.
Follows up to determine effectiveness of interventions used and makes appropriate modifications as indicated.
Therapy sessions conducted in-person and virtual in preparation and for integration of the Experimental Medication sessions with MDMA
Full day Psychedelic therapy medication sessions lasting about 8 hours.
Conducts discipline-specific patient evaluations, assessments, consultations, and treatment, as a member of an interdisciplinary team, in accordance with program protocol and federal and state regulations and guidelines.
Consult with individual patients, families, and service providers, in a range of settings, to coordinate the provision of care and treatment using the designated research protocol.
Documentation of study visits, research questionnaires and therapy sessions in REDCap and study folders.
Follow-up phone calls and emails to study participants.
Conduct therapy in accordance with approved research protocols