What are the responsibilities and job description for the Behavioral Health Therapist (Spanish Bilingual preferred) position at Consejo Counseling and Referral Service?
Behavioral Health Therapist
Consejo Counseling and Referral Service is looking to hire a full-time or part-time Behavioral Health Therapist.
This therapy position earns a competitive wage depending on qualifications and experience. We also offer exceptional benefits, including medical, dental, vision, a 401(k), vacation time, sick time, paid holidays, personal days, life insurance, AD&D, training funds, education loan repayment program and your birthday off. If this sounds like the right counseling opportunity for you, apply today!
ABOUT CONSEJO COUNSELING AND REFERRAL SERVICE
Consejo Counseling and Referral Service is an award-winning agency that has provided behavioral mental health services to the Latino community in the state of Washington for almost four decades. Our mission is to provide behavioral health services, substance use treatment, housing, as well as domestic violence and sexual assault advocacy-based counseling to individuals and families. We use an interdependent treatment model for clients to experience acceptance, emotional security, and growth development while learning new skills to establish a higher quality of life.
Our employees work hard to provide services that empower and motivate our clients to engage with their communities at their highest level of functioning. To show our appreciation, we strive to take care of our employees by offering them great benefits, competitive compensation, and a positive work environment to help them build careers they can be proud of.
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH THERAPIST
As a therapy professional, you play an essential role in providing social-psycho therapeutic assessments, interventions, and counseling for children and adult mental health clients. During your services, you take care to ensure a holistic, culturally sensitive process that promotes the dignity, respect, safety, and maximum optimal functioning of the individual in your care. You maintain a caseload of assigned active clients to meet productivity requirements. When clients are unable to access the appropriate services within their community, you provide them with outreach and referral assistance.
In addition, you consult and collaborate with other professionals, supervisors, and agencies on client evaluations, treatment plans, and follow-up in order to ensure optimal client outcomes. Attending mandatory clinical training and department meetings is a regular part of your job that you gladly participate in to continuously improve your professional development. You also assist with providing education and information to the community as well as serving on committees, task forces, and special assignments as needed. Being able to perform such meaningful work on a day-to-day basis brings you great fulfillment, and this is why you are perfect for this position in mental health therapy!
QUALIFICATIONS FOR A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH THERAPIST
- Bachelor's degree with major specialization in social, behavioral or human services or human related fields
- Master's degree in social work or a related field- LMHC/A, LMFT/A, LICSW/A preferred
- Mental Health Professional (MHP) license
- Active state of Washington counselor license
- 2 years of experience providing mental health counseling and case management services
- Proficient in speaking, reading, and writing both English and Spanish preferred
- Proficient with Microsoft Office products
- Valid driver's license, acceptable driving record, and reliable transportation with insurance
WORK SCHEDULE
This full-time or part-time therapy position works a typical schedule of 8 AM - 5 PM, Monday to Friday.
SALARY
$50,000 - $75,000 a year depending on qualifications and experience
READY TO JOIN OUR TEAM?
We understand your time is valuable, so we have a very quick and easy application process. If you feel that you would be right for this Behavioral Health Therapist job, please fill out our initial 3-minute, mobile-friendly application. We look forward to meeting you!
COVID-19 considerations: PPE and Hand sanitizer is available throughout every office. High touch surfaces are wiped down regularly with antibacterial cleaner. Visitors to the office are questioned about current COVID symptoms.
Salary : $50,000 - $75,000