Outpatient Therapist LPC / LCSW Part-time - Leesville, LA

UHS•Shreveport, LA

47d•Onsite

About The Position

Brentwood Hospital is seeking a dynamic Counselor / Social Worker to join their team. This role focuses on providing help and hope to individuals and families to improve their mental health by offering a safe, nurturing environment and options for continued improvement upon discharge. The position involves providing case management and psychotherapeutic services to adult psychiatric and chemical dependency patients, as well as adolescent and child patients and their families. The therapist will be a member of an interdisciplinary team, supporting the organization's treatment program and philosophy, and ensuring quality treatment delivery. Key responsibilities include conducting psychosocial assessments, providing group and family therapies, conducting educational groups, documenting daily progress notes, and developing individualized discharge plans. The role also involves identifying and assessing family or community resources to meet patients' aftercare needs.

Requirements

Master's Degree in social work, counseling or related field.
LPC or LCSW license required.

Nice To Haves

Experience in inpatient or outpatient mental health setting preferred.

Responsibilities

Conducts psychosocial assessments to document history and identify preliminary issues for treatment focus by interviewing the patient and their family members.
Provides group and family process-oriented therapies as well as conducts educational and other didactic groups for patients and family members using various professional treatment modalities.
Daily progress notes summarized patient’s progress toward treatment goals; Contact with family, significant others, community agencies recorded in progress notes.
Develops and coordinates an individualized discharge plan for the patient by utilizing treatment team and chart information to determine the patient’s aftercare needs.
Identifies and assesses family or community resources such as, group homes, or mental health practitioners to meet patients’ aftercare needs.