WEEKEND THERAPIST (LICENSED)

UHS•Birmingham, AL

About The Position

The Weekend Therapist provides social services, individual, family, and group therapy, and case management services on acute and residential units under the direction of the Director of Social Services. Assigned cases may vary based on experience and specialty areas. The role serves patients in acute adult, acute adolescent, forensic adult male, and residential male and female programs. Hill Crest does not treat medically compromised individuals beyond its scope of care. This is a part-time weekend position. The therapist must be available to attend an uninterrupted, eight-business-day orientation from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The position requires a current Alabama license as an ALC or LPC and a master’s degree in counseling or a related mental health field.

Requirements

Graduate from an accredited college or university with a master’s degree in a counseling or mental health-related field.
Hold a current Alabama license as an Associate Licensed Counselor (ALC) or Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC).
Be available for an uninterrupted, eight-business-day orientation from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Ability to establish rapport with a multidisciplinary team and assist patients in working toward recovery and sustaining health.
Demonstrate knowledge of normal growth and development of the population served.
Therapists working with the sexual behavior program must have certification in sexual behavior.

Nice To Haves

Experience and credentials for areas served and specialized interventions, such as adventure-based counseling, play therapy, or sexual offender/victim services.
Experience on an inpatient psychiatric unit or in a residential program.

Responsibilities

Provide social services to patients on acute and residential units.
Provide individual, family, and group therapy.
Provide case management services.
Help patients work toward recovery and sustain health in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team.