Amherst. New Directions Youth and family Services. Licensed Behavioral Health Practitioner. $23.80 - $27.56/hour

Position Summary: Join our agency as a Licensed Behavioral Health Practitioner and play a crucial role in shaping a brighter future for youth in our foster care program! We are actively seeking a compassionate and dedicated professional committed to providing counseling and education to help youth and their families develop essential skills to achieve their goals. In this important position, you will collaborate closely with a multi-disciplinary team, working together to establish personalized treatment goals and conduct comprehensive assessments. Your expertise will improve behavioral expectations by employing evidence-based interventions to support positive change. If you have a genuine passion for making a lasting impact, apply now to empower youth and do your part to make the world a better place!

Minimum Education and/or Professional Qualifications/Skills: * Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), or Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC or LMHC-P), or Licensed Psychoanalyst, or Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) under the supervision of LCSW/Licensed Psychologist, or Psychiatrist. LMSW or LMHC candidates may be considered with the stipulation that licensure must be obtained within 90 days of appointment.(required) * Experience in the provision of individual family and group psychotherapy to adolescents and their families (preferred) * Experience in providing services to those who are substance use disordered and/or in acute crisis (preferred)

We want to emphasize that the preferred qualifications are not required and that we are committed to helping our future colleagues develop these preferred skills. We strongly encourage those who are passionate about fostering a diverse, inclusive and equitable human service organization to apply.

POSITION SUMMARY: LBHP provides counseling and education and assists youth to develop skills to meet their goals.

RESPONSIBILITIES/DUTIES: * Establishes individualized client and family centered treatment goals for children utilizing historical and current available information in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team. * Completes comprehensive assessments to assess for level of risk, trauma, daily living skills, substance use/abuse or dependency, risk of or exposure to violence, individual and family strengths, developmental and mental health diagnosis and needs, and other assessments as necessary. * Assists children and youth to develop skills as defined in treatment goals. * Provides psychiatric supports and therapy. * Provides individual counseling and treatment, substance abuse counseling and treatment, trauma-informed counseling and treatment, family and group counseling and traditional counseling. * Promotes integration with community resources and skill building. * Provides psycho-education and wellness education. * Communicates with family, case planning staff and medical practitioners.as part of a multi-disciplinary team. * Enhances compliance with behavioral expectations. * Utilizes interventions drawn from evidence-based psychotherapeutic methodology. * Structures interventions to decrease problem behavior and increase developmentally appropriate pro-social behavior. * Attends all mandatory in-service training and regularly attends supervision meetings. * Attends other training and in-services as needed to maintain a level of expertise in the field. * Any additional duties assigned by immediate supervisor

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