Job Description
Counselor - LCSW, LPC, LAC, LMFT
Valley Hope has an exciting opportunity for Licensed Counselors to join our dedicated and passionate teams at our outpatient facility in Denver and our residential facilities in Parker !
The successful candidates will be fully licensed as an LCSW, LPC, LMFT, or LAC in Colorado.
Valley Hope has been serving the people of Colorado with residential drug and alcohol addiction treatment services since 1989.
At Valley Hope the work of every team member matters. The work we do every day saves lives and builds hope for the future through our outpatient addiction treatment services and recovery support.
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:
- Master’s degree in behavioral sciences, education, or social work
- Fully-licensed as an LCSW, LPC, LAC, or LMFT in Colorado
- One (1) year of behavioral healthcare clinical counseling or clinical case management work experience is required; Three (3) years preferred
- CPR/First Aid Certification
COMPENSATION:
- Base pay: $78,000 - $90,000 (based on experience and education)
BENEFITS:
- Affordable health, dental, and vision insurance
- Tuition Assistance
- Student Loan Repayment
- Public Student Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Eligible Employer
- 8 Paid Holidays (Including 1 Personal Holiday)
- PTO – Up to 27 Days per year based on years of service
- Paid Parental Leave
- 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match
- Health Saving and Flexible Spending Accounts
- Employee Assistance Program
- And much more!
OUTPATIENT COUNSELOR II: Mon - Fri (12:30pm - 9:30pm) - DENVER location
- Provides individual and group counseling, therapeutic intervention, and educational lectures to patients and family members.
- Develops, revises, and implements treatment plans.
- Performs face to face assessments.
- Participates on a multi-disciplinary treatment team to include participating in weekly staff meetings, any staff development, and training as required.
- Develops patient progress reports and establishes follow-up care for patients and their families as needed.
- Provide clinical consultation to referral resources, mentors, family members, and others to help support patients in their recovery.
- Collects and reviews referral information upon assignment of patients and consults with others as needed to support coordination of services.
ADMISSIONS COUNSELOR: Sun - Thurs (9am - 6pm) - PARKER location
- Functions as a key member of the multi-disciplinary admissions team; works collectively to support the needs of prospective patients and to secure VHA as their service provider.
- Conducts clinical assessments for incoming patients: completes biopsychosocial during the admissions intake process; utilizes ASAM criteria in performing screening of mental health/emotional state.
- Assesses and validates prospective/incoming patients for appropriate level of care (residential, partial hospitalization program, intensive outpatient, and outpatient) based on mental health/emotional state.
- Completes pre-certification insurance process for incoming/admitting patients.
- Creates and updates electronic records in identified data tracking/electronic medical records systems for prospective and incoming patients; inputs data in an accurate and timely manner following calls and admissions processing.
- Assesses any re-admissions conditions for re-admitting patients.
- Serves as back-up to the Admissions Coordinator as a point of contact for prospective/incoming patients, in conducting initial pre-admissions calls, in performing preliminary financial assessments, in scheduling admissions appointments, and in assisting incoming patients in completing administrative admissions process.
Job Tags
Holiday work, Work experience placement, Flexible hours,