Mental Health Therapist/Mental Health Counselor
Cleveland, OH, USA Req #784
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Job Summary
The Mental Health Therapist participates in the clinical team by providing in-office and telehealth counseling to our adult clients. The successful candidate maintains a therapeutic relationship with clients on his/her team in meeting the biopsychosocial needs of the client and collaborates with the treatment team to provide holistic whole person care to the client.
Qualifications
- Education: Master’s degree in Social Work, Counseling or related field preferred.
- Licensure: Requires a social work or counselor license recognized by the state of Ohio – i.e. LSW, LPC, MFT, LISW, LPCC or IMFT.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
- Intake screening and orientation for new clients and guardians when applicable.
- Providing mental health counseling using evidence-based and trauma-informed approaches of care to our adult clients.
- Provide crisis intervention as necessary to enhance and restore functioning.
- Participate in coordination of care with a multi-disciplinary treatment team.
- Provided group counseling as needed.
- Meet or exceed agency required productivity and documentation standards.
- Other duties as assigned.
Core Competencies
- Interpersonal Skills & Communication: demonstrated emotional intelligence with an ability to balance an empathy forward response with families and throughout the organization.
- Professionalism: Confidence, articulation, ability to receive criticism and feedback well, ability to resolve conflicts.
- Organization & Time Management: Organizes work, effectively prioritizes, and sets short- or long-term goals and strategies to achieve them.
- Teamwork & Collaboration: Contributes to common goal, maintains open communication with team members, asks for help when necessary, encourages involvement.
- Diversity & Inclusion: Self-aware, attentive listener, people-oriented, cognizant of bias, cultural intelligence.
- Flexibility: Adapts effectively to change by accepting changes in processes readily and with an optimistic perspective.
Physical Demands/Work Environment
This job operates in a professional office environment and the community. This role routinely uses standard office equipment. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to speak and hear. The employee is frequently required to sit for extended periods of time, stand, walk, use hands and fingers, and reach with hands and arms. It requires the ability to lift files, open filing cabinets and bend or stand on a stool as necessary.
About The Centers
The Centers fights for equity by healing, teaching, and inspiring individuals and families to reach their full potential. We provide health, family, and workforce services at 11 locations throughout Greater Cleveland, creating life-changing solutions for people to lead healthier and more successful lives.
Wellbeing and Benefits
- Choice of medical and dental plans
- Health Savings Account
- Flexible Spending Account for Health and Dependent Care
- Vision
- Support for Continuing education and credential renewal
- Life Insurance
- Retirement Savings (401K) with a company contribution
- 457 (b) Savings
- Mental Health Support
- Employee Assistance Program
- Calm Subscription
- Short and Long-term Disability
The Centers is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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