Associate Therapist Psychiatric Counselor - Ontario, CA
Posted 2025-08-15
Remote, USA
Full Time
Immediate Start
About the position
Provides supervised clinical social work services to adults, children and families with emotional and/or social problems utilizing established psychotherapeutic techniques in both inpatient and outpatient settings; consults and collaborates with members of the patients family and other health care professionals.
Responsibilities
• Conducts initial interviews with members by eliciting and understanding the psychological and social meaning of complaints, symptoms, current and past history, to determine the nature and urgency of members need.
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• Provides member with a professional understanding of his/her presentation, recommends a course of action such as beginning therapy or counseling, or a specific action plan that member can carry out without additional professional guidance or consultation.
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• Provides clinical case management services to adults, adolescents and children; selects and uses appropriate treatment modality in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
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• Renders appropriate immediate guidance and therapeutic services to help individuals and families cope with emotional crisis or psychiatric emergencies.
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• Maintains a written record of therapy or counseling sessions; prepares reports and letters concerning patient; phones, writes and visits, with clients signed written permission, social agencies schools, relatives, friends, etc., to obtain pertinent information.
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• Provides telephone counseling, resource information, and referral services.
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• Participates in departmental/ locational project assignments and activities such as CQI activity and OD duty.
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• Provides psycho-education for members in context of a prescribed treatment.
Requirements
• Master of Social Work degree, or Masters degree in a related Behavioral Health field from an accredited College or University setting.
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• Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (California) OR Registered Associate Clinical Social Worker (California) OR Associate Professional Clinical Counselor Registration (California).
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• Once hired as an Associate, an employee will be offered and must work a schedule that would accumulate at least half of the required supervisory hours annually.
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• Upon completion of supervised hours, the employee must obtain state licensure within two and one-half (2.5) years.
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• If hired as a license-eligible employee (i.e. has completed all clinical hours), the employee has two and one-half (2.5) years from their date of hire to complete state licensure.
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Provides supervised clinical social work services to adults, children and families with emotional and/or social problems utilizing established psychotherapeutic techniques in both inpatient and outpatient settings; consults and collaborates with members of the patients family and other health care professionals.
Responsibilities
• Conducts initial interviews with members by eliciting and understanding the psychological and social meaning of complaints, symptoms, current and past history, to determine the nature and urgency of members need.
,
• Provides member with a professional understanding of his/her presentation, recommends a course of action such as beginning therapy or counseling, or a specific action plan that member can carry out without additional professional guidance or consultation.
,
• Provides clinical case management services to adults, adolescents and children; selects and uses appropriate treatment modality in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
,
• Renders appropriate immediate guidance and therapeutic services to help individuals and families cope with emotional crisis or psychiatric emergencies.
,
• Maintains a written record of therapy or counseling sessions; prepares reports and letters concerning patient; phones, writes and visits, with clients signed written permission, social agencies schools, relatives, friends, etc., to obtain pertinent information.
,
• Provides telephone counseling, resource information, and referral services.
,
• Participates in departmental/ locational project assignments and activities such as CQI activity and OD duty.
,
• Provides psycho-education for members in context of a prescribed treatment.
Requirements
• Master of Social Work degree, or Masters degree in a related Behavioral Health field from an accredited College or University setting.
,
• Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (California) OR Registered Associate Clinical Social Worker (California) OR Associate Professional Clinical Counselor Registration (California).
,
• Once hired as an Associate, an employee will be offered and must work a schedule that would accumulate at least half of the required supervisory hours annually.
,
• Upon completion of supervised hours, the employee must obtain state licensure within two and one-half (2.5) years.
,
• If hired as a license-eligible employee (i.e. has completed all clinical hours), the employee has two and one-half (2.5) years from their date of hire to complete state licensure.
Nice-to-haves
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Benefits
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