This is a full time position at an adolescent treatment facility. Nights and weekends required.
Job Title: Intake Therapist/Counselor
Job Description:
Reporting to the Program Director, the Intake Therapist completes biopsychosocial intake assessments with patients upon admission. He/She assesses the patient and documents historical and presenting clinical information to provide to the treatment team. He/She also collaborates with the patient’s family, outside providers and the clinical treatment team.
Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Interviews patients, their relatives and/or agency personnel to obtain complete psychosocial case histories on each assigned patient.
2. Assesses each assigned patient to evaluate individual needs for recovery.
3. Observes, evaluates and reports on behaviour, attitudes, general emotional maturity and stability of family members to help them assist patients in their treatment program and discharge planning.
4. Participates in interdisciplinary staff meetings with other professional staff members, doctors and counsellors to discuss, evaluate and develop treatment plans.
5. Interprets treatment plans, goals and disposition patients and families. Assists patients and their families in working with clinical staff towards treatment goals.
6. Coordinates with the admissions and utilization review teams.
7. Completes all appropriate documentation in charts, treatment plans and clinical progress.
8. Responds to all social services consulting requests by physicians on assigned patients.
9. Attends interdisciplinary staff meetings, case conferences, program team meetings, in-service and other meetings when appropriate.
10. Records interventions and interactions with patients. Assists families in working with clinical staff towards treatment goals.
11. Assesses and plans for the social needs of individuals.
12. Assists with new adminssions.
13. Collaborates with outside providers to gather any required, additional clinical information.
14. Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
The candidate must have completed a Master’s Degree in social work, counseling, psychology or marriage and family therapy from an accredited graduate school and/or hold certification to be eligible to obtain clinical hours (under direct supervision if applicable) through a local state or countywide governing body. Must be registered with the BBS.