Counselor - Contractor
CAMELOT COMMUNITY CARE INC•Fort Lauderdale, FL
•Onsite
About The Position
Camelot Community Care seeks a counselor to provide therapeutic services to children and families in a school setting with ESE. The role includes delivering individual, group, and family interventions; maintaining clinical records and documentation; collaborating with clients, families, team members, and community professionals; and participating in treatment planning, supervision, permanency planning, discharge planning, staffings, and court-related activities. The counselor is expected to follow company policies and applicable legal, regulatory, funding, and accreditation requirements, and to participate in required training, ongoing professional development, and on-call coverage as directed.
Requirements
- Master's degree preferred in a human services discipline from an accredited four-year college or university.
- Experience working with children or adolescents in a therapeutic treatment environment, in compliance with state or contractual requirements.
- Current background clearance screening letter.
- Valid driver's license and ability to be insured by the agency's current insurance carrier if using a company automobile.
- Valid personal auto insurance.
- CPR certification where required.
- Organizational skills.
- Communication skills.
- Ability to work flexible hours.
- Proficiency with computers, including Microsoft Office products.
Nice To Haves
- For Ohio employees only: licensure as a Social Worker (LSW), Professional Counselor (PC), or Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT).
- First Aid certification for Ohio employees only.
Responsibilities
- Attend Camelot training, complete new employee orientation topics within the first quarter of employment, and demonstrate competency in initial and ongoing training topics.
- Achieve certification for any program-specific treatment model according to program timelines and adhere to its requirements.
- Maintain therapeutic skills and evidence-based or best-practice approaches through ongoing professional development and case review.
- Use outcome measures and reports in treatment by reviewing initial and quarterly measures and basing plans and interventions on ongoing assessment.
- Maintain electronic and paper clinical files according to company policy and applicable regulations.
- Complete clinical documentation within established time frames.
- Attend and actively participate in weekly supervision and follow up on supervision recommendations.
- Work with the team to create and update client- and family-centered treatment plans that meet Camelot policies, applicable laws and rules, funding requirements, and COA standards.
- Provide individual, group, and family therapeutic interventions as outlined in treatment plans.
- Participate in permanency planning activities, including discharge planning, as assigned by the treatment team and within established time frames.
- Participate in staffings for children on the caseload.
- Participate in court-related matters for the caseload in coordination with the supervisor.
- Connect children and families with services and resources identified in service or treatment plans.
- Serve as a liaison with other professionals and agencies.
- Provide on-call coverage as directed by the Clinical Director and program requirements.
- Discuss over- or under-utilization of services related to outcome monitoring with the supervisor.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
