Counselor Clinical Treatment and Planning

Title: Counselor - Clinical Treatment and Planning

State Role Title:Counselor II

Hiring Range: Starting Pay from $70701 - $97567 per year

Pay Band: 4

Agency: Dept Behavioral Health/Develop

Location:Comm Ctr for Child & Adoles

Agency Website: Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

The clinician in this role serves as a key clinical member of the interdisciplinary treatment team responsible for coordinating comprehensive and individualized treatment plans assessment of clinical need providing group interventions and delivering individual therapy. This role ensures treatment plans are completed within required timeframes meet hospital policy and TJC/CMS standards and reflect individualized goals objectives and interventions. The clinician collaborates closely with all team members to support timely reviews updates and revisions to treatment plans while also facilitating therapeutic groups and providing direct clinical services to individuals.

Minimum Qualifications

Clinical theories and evidencebased practices applicable to children and adolescents including their use in both individual and group therapy (e.g. Unified Protocol CBT DBTinformed approaches traumainformed care motivational interviewing and skillsbased group interventions).
Psychiatric diagnoses and symptom presentation across developmental stages including cooccurring disorders.
Risk assessment and safety planning including suicide risk selfharm aggression and vulnerability.
Crisis intervention principles and deescalation strategies in an inpatient setting.
Treatment planning standards including goal development measurable objectives and intervention planning consistent with TJC/CMS requirements.
Interdisciplinary team processes including roles of psychiatry nursing psychology social work and education.
Documentation standards for medical records including legal ethical and regulatory requirements.
Family systems and engagement strategies including working with guardians DSS and community providers.
Cultural humility and traumainformed care principles.
Confidentiality laws including HIPAA and state regulations governing minors.

Additional Considerations

Preferred qualifications:
Experience providing therapy in inpatient residential or acute psychiatric settings.
Training or certification in evidencebased practices (e.g. Unified Protocol CBT DBTinformed approaches traumainformed care).
Experience with crisis intervention safety planning and interdisciplinary treatment teams.

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to Your Application in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

Applicants must list all relevant experience that you wish to be considered for this position. Applicants will be provided confirmation of receipt when your application and/or resume is submitted. Please refer to Your Application in your account to check the status of your application for this position. A fingerprint-based criminal history check and reference checks are required for the selected candidate for this position. Under Virginia Code 37.2-314 and 37.2-408.1 the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services is prohibited from employing or using as volunteers persons who have been convicted of specific barrier crimes or persons who may be the subject of pending barrier charges.

DBHDS facilities are no longer required to ensure that all staff members are vaccinated against COVID-19. However facilities encourage and educate staff on the benefits and continue to offer COVID-19 vaccination programs to staff residents/clients. Employees may be required to disclose immunization status for purposes of infection prevention and/or management of outbreaks. Upon acceptance of a job offer new recruits will be asked to disclose their vaccination status (and for those fully vaccinated proof of vaccination) during the pre-employment process. If you have any questions contact the Office of Human Resources.

Commonwealths Alternate Hiring Process: In support of the Commonwealths commitment to inclusion individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity applicants will need to provide their Certificate of Disability (COD) provided by a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor with the Department of Aging and Rehabilitative Services (DARS). Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation if applicable to DARS to get their Certificate of Disability. To obtain a Certificate of Disability go to: or call DARS at .

Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during the application and/or interview process per the Americans with Disabilities Act. Contact Human Resources at for assistance.

Contact Information

Name: John Lee

Phone:

Email:

In support of the Commonwealths commitment to inclusion we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS) or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation if applicable to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at .

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1 2022- February 29 2024 can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.