Henrico

• Assist persons with mental illness with their recovery
• Provide case management, treatment, rehabilitation, and support in the community
• May lead family mutual support groups, provide case or program consultation to other agencies or community groups
• Prepares written treatment and case management plans
• Visits clients at home to conduct assessment, provide treatment, and if appropriate, motivate them to come into agency for services

Considerable knowledge of:

• Principles of community mental health and/or developmental disabilities, and/or substance abuse
• Considerable knowledge and understanding of fundamental concepts of normal and abnormal human behavior, personality development, family and group dynamics
• Considerable knowledge of and an ability to apply a variety of psychotherapeutic treatment techniques/modalities
• Adherence to basic ethics appropriate for a professional helping relationship
• Knowledge of mental health diagnoses, assessment, and/or psychological and educational testing
• Some knowledge of consultation program
• Considerable knowledge of psychosocial history development
• Very good interviewing and interpersonal skills
• Ability to communicate clearly, both orally and in writing
• Demonstrated ability to act with good judgment

Experience and/or interest in providing vocational support to consumers with serious mental illness is preferred.

Position is part of a Career Development Program where employee is able to advance within current position.  Reimbursement for license and certifications available. 

The expected salary will be at the lower to mid-range of the listed pay scale.

Position requires some evening, weekend, and holiday work and on-call coverage on a rotation schedule. Valid Virginia driver's license required. TB Screening and Child Protective Registry Check required, upon hire.

A criminal history record check and fingerprinting is conducted on all persons conditionally offered employment, including a conditional offer of initial employment, or a conditional offer to promote, demote, or laterally transfer an employee.

Must hold or be qualified to work toward licensure or accreditation for the appropriate discipline. The ideal candidate will be licensed or licensed eligible.  We will consider strong candidates who are currently registered as QMHP if not licensed or licensed eligible.

Important: Communications regarding your application will come from recruitment@henrico.gov and notifications@henrico.avature.net (our applicant tracking system). Please add both addresses to your safe sender list and check your spam or junk folder regularly.

Possession of a two (2)-year master's degree in clinical social work, psychology or a directly related field plus one (1) year of experience in a mental health setting [for a one-year degree, one(1) additional year of experience or an internship is required to replace the second year of formal training]; OR, a bachelor's degree in related field plus four (4) years of experience in a community mental health setting; OR, any equivalent combination of education and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Applicants considered for employment must successfully complete the following background investigations/tests:

• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Criminal History Investigation
• State Police Criminal History Investigation
• Child Protective Services (CPS) Investigation (Dept. of Social Services, JRJDC, Juvenile Detention Home)