Job detail

LMFT, LPCC, LCSW, Addiction Medicine / Chemical Dependency Recovery Counselor III - Sylmar

Kaiser Permanente

#Case Management #Treatment Plans #Adolescents #LPCC #LMFT #Case Conferences #LCSW #Assessment #Families

Quick overview

This role involves providing chemical dependency services and psychotherapy to various patient populations, including triaging calls, handling crises, and performing comprehensive assessments. Essential duties also include developing treatment plans, conducting educational lectures, providing counseling services, and offering case management support.

Requirements summary

Candidates must possess a Master's Degree in a behavioral health-related field and have a minimum of two years of relevant post-graduate supervised addiction medicine therapy experience within the last five years. Required licensure includes being a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, or Licensed Clinical Social Worker in California.

postgraduate degreeCase ManagementMentoringTreatment PlanningCrisis InterventionClinical DirectionIndividual CounselingGroup CounselingFamily TherapyPsychosocial AssessmentResource CoordinationReferral CoordinationPsychotherapyAdolescent TherapyIntake AssessmentChemical Dependency Counseling

Job description

Job Summary

Provides Chemical Dependency services and psychotherapy to adults, adolescents, significant others of CD patients, and families under indirect supervision.

Essential Responsibilities

Answers and triages patient calls for information, Tx services, general CD advice. Responds to and appropriately handles crisis calls. Provides higher level assessment (e.g. other, non-CD, MH diagnoses; danger to self or others; non-CD crisis evaluations; emotional/family dysfunction). Performs intake and psychosocial assessments. Develops and presents treatment plans to CDRP/S treatment team for recommendations, revisions and approval. Participates in clinical case conferences. Conducts chemical dependency focused educational lectures. Provides general chemical dependency counseling to include individual and group counseling services. Provides Adolescent, Significant Other, Family and Multi-Family therapy as assigned. Provides case management services to include resource and referral coordination. May perform mentor functions/clinical direction to CDRP/S Counselors I and II, student interns, licensure candidates and Alcohol or Drug Certificate candidates. Other duties as assigned.

Basic Qualifications

Experience Minimum of two (2) years post graduate relevant supervised addiction medicine therapy experience within the last five (5) years required. Education Masters Degree in Social Work, Psychology, Sociology or other field related to behavioral health. License, Certification, Registration Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (California) OR Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (California)
OR
Licensed
Clinical
Social
Worker (California)
Additional
Requirements: May consider LCSW, with a Masters Degree in Social Work, job code 16565, for this position.

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred bilingual Spanish Preferred Addiction Medicine/Substance use treatment experience Notes: Up to 2 evenings and Saturday weekly