Resident Therapist

This position reports to the Training Coordinator and is responsible for providing counseling services to individuals, couples, and families. The incumbent will be working in a supportive, trusting, and social culture with diverse people where employees make a commitment to the Samaritan Counseling Center’s mission and goals. Additional responsibilities and duties may include the following, but not limited to:

• Maintain a caseload of an agreed-upon number of clients of adults, and/or adolescents, and/or children; number of counseling hours; and/or days of service per week.
• For each assigned case, assess client needs and establish a differential diagnosis, develop and implement a treatment plan, evaluate client progress, and discharge and/or refer client for further treatment, support or education.
• Develop and manage client electronic and paper mental health records from initial session through discharge. Participate in and act on the results of agency quality assurance and utilization review processes.
• Participate in and contribute to case review and case consultation with other clinical staff members and consultants within a multicultural context.
• Participate in and contribute to meetings and continuing education activities.
• Participate in and contribute to practice development by appropriately acknowledging referrals, maintaining existing referral relationships, and developing new practice niches and referral sources.
• Develop and pursue a plan for continuing professional development related to psychotherapy, multicultural issues, bilingual therapy and areas of specialization, and the practice of faith-based/spiritually integrated counseling.
• Satisfy requests for community presentations and appearances, including programming, constituent/donor relations, resource fairs, and similar.