Henrico

This position is located at our Providence Forge office responsible for providing services to Charles City and New Kent counties. Position requires knowledge of mental health and substance abuse outpatient treatment to individuals, groups, and families with a wide range of psychiatric, emotional, relational, substance use or social problems; provides crisis counseling and intervention services:

• Conducts client assessments through psychological evaluation, social history, and interviews. 
• Administers and interprets psychological assessments including intelligence and personality tests; prepares related reports. 
• Provides individual, group, family, and couples therapy. 
• Develops written treatment plans and establishes diagnoses. 
• Maintains clinical and administrative records in accordance with agency standards. 
• Conducts collateral contacts with families and community caregivers. 
• Refers clients to appropriate community resources based on treatment plans.
• May carry a full caseload without supervisory responsibilities. 
• Delivers educational presentations and represents the agency at community and professional events. 
• Provides consultation and education services to external organizations. 
• Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with local agencies and stakeholders. 
• Expands professional knowledge through academic study, independent reading, and participation in conferences and workshops.   
• Performs other duties as assigned. 

The expected salary will be at the lower end of the listed pay scale.

This position is part of a Career Development Program that allows individuals to advance within the position.

LPC or LCSW is required. Co-occurring experience in mental health and substance abuse strongly preferred.

TB screening; Child Protective Services check; 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; a valid Virginia Driver's license required.

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)