DePelchin Children's Center - Houston, TX
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Full-time - Entry Level
Houston, TX
Social Assistance
About the position
The Mental Health Counselor will provide evidence based therapeutic interventions and services to children and their families which will enable them to deal with a range of behavioral and emotional problems identified. The Mental Health Counselor will also provide intakes, assessments, individual, and family counseling in-home, in-office, at designated school campuses in the Houston area, community or virtual settings. The Mental Health Counselor may also work in collaboration with community partners to provide these services.
Responsibilities
- Provide evidence based therapeutic interventions and services to children and their families.
- Conduct intakes and assessments.
- Offer individual and family counseling in various settings including in-home, in-office, schools, community, or virtual.
- Collaborate with community partners to provide mental health services.
Requirements
- Master's in social work or related human services field.
- Fully licensed as an LMSW; or provisionally licensed as an LPC-Associate, or LMFT-Associate.
- Passed licensure examination to obtain LMSW, LMFT-Associate, or LPC-Associate.
- Employment is contingent upon obtaining full/provisional licensure within 90 days of hire.
Nice-to-haves
- Fluent in Spanish.
- Entry level acceptable with one year's experience.
- Experience in case management, crisis intervention, or child welfare.
Benefits
- Robust benefits package
- Generous PTO
- Matching retirement
