Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

Caritas is a nonprofit licensed Behavioral Health Multi-Specialty Group and utilizes licensed and certified counselors to provide support to the diverse population it serves. Whether you need emotional or mental health counseling, spiritual care, addictions counseling, among others -- Caritas is here to help. We cast our net wide and promote the diversity, equity and inclusion of all peoples.

At Caritas, it is our mission to provide tailored mental wellness services to both assess and treat each individual and help them achieve their own goals for life. We offer individual, family and group sessions, in addition to case management, to assist in your wellness.

Caritas Care Solutions is a nonprofit behavioral health organization whose mission is to provide culturally relevant and all-inclusive open-access mental health resources for vulnerable and marginalized populations in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Our primary initiative is specifically tailored and responsive towards underserved individuals.

Much of today's therapy, inadvertently has caused some populations to conform their needs to what society provides. At Caritas, our mission is to meet the people where they are at in order to provide effective mental health interventions, tools and resources.

We hope that acknowledging the societal limitations of the current mental health model will not only benefit the community, but will spearhead a movement to re-design the existing system of mental health care.

** Summary of Job Function**

The Clinical Therapist provides assessment, evaluation, and clinical counseling services for youth and adult with substance use and/or emotional/behavioral disorders in a residential and community setting. Clinical Therapists provide supervision and care under the directives of an individualized comprehensive treatment plan/service plan in compliance with all applicable directives, including but not limited to all current and thereafter amended federal, state, and local standards, guidelines, and regulations required under this position. Clinical Therapists are also required to meet agency and regulatory bodies’ policies regarding documentation, best practice standards, and continuing education standards.

**Job Specifications**

• Must be at least 21 years of age.
• Must have a valid Kentucky driver’s license.
• Prior experience in mental health treatment or residential care for children.
• Must have a Master’s degree from an accredited university in Clinical/Counseling Psychology, Counseling, Social Work or related field
• Licensed as or eligible for licensure in KY as a Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, Fee-based Pastoral Counselor, Psychologist, Psychological Associate. Those candidates without independent licensure (LCSW, LMFT, LPCC, Ph.D, Psychological Associate with Autonomous Functioning) must be eligible to work toward independent licensure and meet the eligibility guidelines of their respective regulating boards. Examples of eligibility include persons licensed as a Certified Social Worker (CSW), Licensed Professional Counseling Associate (LPCA), etc. The candidate must possess knowledge of the specific requirements of his/her licensing body including supervision requirements. Clinical therapists are required to access supervision as required by their individual licensing boards (in KY). Individuals may inquire about supervision that could be available in-house, but the individual is responsible for securing supervision if that is not available within the agency.
• Successful completion of a thorough background check including CAN.
• Is trained in CPR and First Aid and remains current.

Therapists will exhibit skill in the following:

• Therapists will exhibit skill in assessment as necessary to develop a comprehensive bio-psychosocial assessment/history that includes issues that are a focus of treatment.
• Therapists will exhibit knowledge of DSM V diagnostic criteria and the use of the multi-axial system utilized for the purpose of identifying behavioral health issues in youth in this setting.
• Therapists will exhibit skill in treatment planning that is focused on client strengths and needs as identified in the assessment process with the client. Treatment planning will define goals and objectives that are individualized to client needs with updates to reflect any change in treatment focus.
• Therapists will exhibit skill in delivery of treatment services that reflect needs of client as determined through assessment and treatment planning.
• Mentors treatment team members to develop/maintain effective skills necessary to respond to traumatized clients and support a trauma informed care system.

The position is a remote contract position - make your own schedule based around your clients needs -be your own boss.

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $55,000.00 - $65,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule

Medical Specialty:

• Addiction Medicine
• Geriatrics
• Pediatrics
• Psychiatry

Schedule:

• Choose your own hours

Hybrid work from home (Telehealth)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Lexington, KY

Licensed as or eligible for licensure in KY as a Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, Fee-based Pastoral Counselor, Psychologist, Psychological Associate. Those candidates without independent licensure (LCSW, LMFT, LPCC, Ph.D, Psychological Associate with Autonomous Functioning) must be eligible to work toward independent licensure and meet the eligibility guidelines of their respective regulating boards. Examples of eligibility include persons licensed as a Certified Social Worker (CSW), Licensed Professional Counseling Associate (LPCA), etc. The candidate must possess knowledge of the specific requirements of his/her licensing body including supervision requirements. Clinical therapists are required to access supervision as required by their individual licensing boards (in KY). Individuals may inquire about supervision that could be available in-house, but the individual is responsible for securing supervision if that is not available within the agency.

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