Professional Counselor 6

Why work for CAHS

• Vision:CAHS excels at making lives better.
• Mission:To deliver caring and responsive services leading to a better tomorrow.
• Philosophy: CAHS commits to the philosophy that all individuals are valuable members of the community. CAHS exists to help each person(s) served live productively in the location and environment of their choosing and abilities. CAHS staff work as a unified team to provide services and supports that help the person(s) served succeed in work school life and other endeavors they pursue.

Join our team of dedicated Behavioral Health Professional Counselors and make a positive impact in the lives of those in need. We are seeking a compassionate and professional individual to join our team and provide essential support to individuals and families in our this role you will have the opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of others while advancing your career in the behavioral health field.

Possession of a current Louisiana license to practice as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) or a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) plus four years of counseling experience.

The official job specifications for this role as defined by the State Civil Service can be found here.

• Responsible for coordinating and providing community resources to assist CAHS clients including judicially involved individuals.
• Provide data to the administrators occasionally making recommendations to improve services to clients and act to implement programmatic changes upon administrative approval.
• Responsible for planning organizing developing and implementing specialized sub-programs to address specific problems
• Provides group therapy and individual therapy as needed to persons with addictive disorders and behavioral health issues using psychotherapy and other specialized therapeutic social work techniques and best practices to treat and educate individuals on how to cope with their addictions.
• Prepares and maintains a complex caseload of clients who have a history of substance use disorders other mental health issues and co-occurring disorders.

• Completes a thorough psychosocial assessment on clients who are seeking addiction treatment services.

• Develops with each client their individual treatment plan listing goals and objectives strengths weaknesses and an action plan.

• Evaluates clients progress in counseling sessions and documents clients progress setbacks or any changes for each contact in his individual chart.

• Consults with multidisciplinary treatment team to determine the proper diagnosis and correct level of care based on that diagnosis.

• Prepares discharge plans and summaries upon the clients completion of the program and assesses and assists each case for necessary referrals to other facilities.

• Formulates and implements therapeutic activities for each client based on their individual treatment needs.

• **Note regarding the advertised pay range:The advertised maximum amount listed is the maximum salary a person can make while in this title/level over their career and not the maximum amount we are allowed to pay a new hire.