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Job Description
Job Location: This position will be located at 1901 Pennsylvania Ave., St. Louis MO 63133
Why you’ll love this position:
Hawthorn Children’s Psychiatric Hospital is seeking a full-time Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)/Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the Intake Department. The LPC/LCSW is a member of the Social Services Department who reports to the Director of Intake/Utilization Review and completes intake assessments for potential consumers referred to the acute Inpatient Program and Residential Program. Candidates must have a desire to develop or utilize clinical skills, help youth and families in Crisis, motivated to be a part of a larger multidisciplinary team and passionate about mental health issues that affect youth in Missouri.- Assessments are completed with parents, guardians, and community treatment providers, then reviewed with supervisor, Medical Director and then arranged for admission.
- Responsible for answering the Intake Line where parents, private providers, case managers, and more, call seeiking information on the referral process and for crisis management.
- Clinical judgement, knowledge of diagnoses, and treatment modalities, provides critial information used to assess appropriateness of level of care as well as balancing facility factors such as supports needed for consumer, leavel of acuity of the unit and more.
- Responsible for arranging admission, completing necessary consents, and coordinating with all treatment team members within the facility and in the community.
Minimum Qualifications:- Master's Degree in Social Work or Master's in Counseling from an accredited university
- Missouri Licensure (LMSW, LCSW, CIT or LPC) or will comit to working toward Licensure during employment
Preferred Qualifications:- Minimum 5 years of experience providing any of the following: Crisis intervention services, Psychosocial assessments, Clinical services to children, adolescents and their families
- Knowledge and expertise in community resources, safety planning, and the broader Department of Mental health system is preferred
Lack of post-secondary education will not be used as the sole basis denying consideration to any applicant.
Excellent State of Missouri Benefit Package Including:- Affordable Health, Vision, Dental Insurance
- Paid Basic LIfe Insurance (amount equivalent to annual salary)
- Cafeteria Plan
- Deferred Compension
- MOSERS Retirement (Members contribute 4% of pay to MOSERS plan and 1% towards Deferred Compensation)
- 13 paid holidays per year
- 10 hours of annual leave accured per month
- 10 hours of sick leave accured per month
Additional Benefits:- Friendly and supportive work environment
- Set schedule, and no requirement to work weekends or evenings. No on-call work
- Flexible time off
- Collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team
- Leangth of treatment 2-4 months (for Inpatient) or 3-9 months (for Residential) helps bring about quality change for consumers
- Licensure supervision offered if needed
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness
- Opportunities to participate in different committees within the facility
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