Counselor

CAMELOT COMMUNITY CARE INC•Port Saint Lucie, FL

7d•$24 - $24

About The Position

Camelot Community Care is seeking a Counselor to provide therapeutic services to children and families. The Counselor uses techniques specified in treatment plans to provide counseling, intervention, and support and to create a therapeutic environment in the home or an outpatient setting. The role includes individual, group, and family interventions, collaboration with children, families, treatment teams, supervisors, and other professionals, and connection to services and resources identified in treatment plans. The Counselor completes required training and any treatment-model certification, develops therapeutic competencies, uses outcome measures and ongoing assessment to guide treatment, maintains clinical files, and completes documentation on time. The role also includes weekly supervision, treatment-plan development and updates, permanency and discharge planning, case staffings, and court-related participation in coordination with a supervisor. On-call work may be assigned according to the Clinical Director and program requirements. The position is part-time and located at Camelot's Stuart Office serving the Port St. Lucie, Florida area. The stated pay is $24.00 per hour. Camelot describes the position as offering flexible schedules, manageable caseloads, competitive pay, mileage reimbursement, and a generous benefits package.

Requirements

A master's degree in a human services discipline from an accredited four-year college or university is preferred.
Experience working with children or adolescents in a therapeutic treatment environment, in compliance with state or contractual requirements.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in a human services discipline from an accredited four-year college or university.

Responsibilities

Attend Camelot training, complete new-employee orientation topics during the first quarter of employment, and demonstrate competency in initial and ongoing training topics.
Achieve certification for applicable treatment models within program timelines and adhere to their requirements.
Demonstrate therapeutic competency and use evidence-based or best-practice approaches through ongoing professional growth and case review.
Review applicable initial and quarterly outcome measures and reports, use continual assessment, and base treatment plans and interventions on identified needs.
Maintain electronic and paper clinical files in accordance with 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 in a timely manner, ensuring compliance with Camelot policies, laws and rules, funding requirements, and COA standards.
Provide individual, group, and family therapeutic interventions as outlined in treatment plans.
Provide counseling, intervention, and support to children and families, using treatment-plan techniques to create a therapeutic environment at home or in an outpatient setting.
Participate in permanency planning, including discharge planning, as assigned by the treatment team and within established time frames.
Participate in staffings for children on the caseload.
Participate in caseload-related court matters in coordination with a supervisor.
Link children and families with services and resources identified in service or treatment plans.
Serve as a liaison with other professionals and agencies.
Discuss over- or under-utilization of services with a supervisor in relation to outcome monitoring.
Be on call as directed by the Clinical Director and program requirements.
Perform other duties as assigned.