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PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR 5
Salary
Depends On Qualifications
Location
Mandeville, LA
Job Type
Classified
Job Number
181767-PC5-FTC
Department
LDH-Florida Parishes Human Services Authority
Opening Date
08/16/2023
Closing Date
8/28/2023 11:59 PM Central
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Supplemental Information
EMBRACING OUR DIVERSITY MAKES US STRONGER
We believe that our individual differences are our strength, and it forms the foundation that allows our agency to empower individuals to experience a greater quality of life.
Our agency’s vision is that all people will be empowered to lead meaningful and productive lives among friends, relatives, and neighbors regardless of behavioral health needs or developmental disabilities. We have been lighting the path forward into recovery by providing person-centered services to adults and children who meet the treatment criteria for substance use disorders, developmental disabilities, and/or mental health.
To learn more about our agency, please Visit our website (http://fphsa.org/)
Potential Benefits
- Some of our facilities are approved HRSA/NHSC sites. Staff in specific positions at approved sites may be eligible to apply for certain student loan relief programs.
- Paid holidays for eligible staff. This includes up to 10 statutory holidays as well as additional holidays as declared by the governor.
- Educational opportunities made available to staff.
- Retirement Options for eligible staff.
- Earned Annual (personal) AND Sick Leave for eligible staff. Leave is accumulated and balances roll over each year.
- Health, Life, and Miscellaneous Insurance Plans available for eligible staff, with multiple options at varying costs.
For more detailed information on some of these benefits, you may click on the “Benefits” tab located above.
This clinical supervisor position is for a vacancy located in our residential inpatient facility, Fontainebleau Treatment Center/Alcohol & Drug Unit, in Mandeville. Please see the Examples of Work below for additional information for this position.
This position may be filled as a Probational Appointment. Applicants may be asked to serve a probationary period of not less than 6 months and not more than 24 months.
Salary may be negotiable depending on the chosen applicant’s level of experience. Below is the pay range for the position.
- Professional Counselor 5: $24.10/hour minimum - $43.37/hour maximum
No Civil Service test scoreis required in order to be considered for this vacancy.
To apply for this vacancy, click on the "Apply" link above and complete an electronic application which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.
ResumesWILL NOTbe accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.
For Additional Information About This Vacancy Contact
Kasi Silbernagel, HR Analyst (She/Her)
Florida Parishes Human Services Authority/Human Resources
835 Pride Drive, Suite B, Hammond, Louisiana 70401
985-543-4333 ext. 1220
Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Licensure as either a Licensed Professional Counselor or a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist by the Licensed Professional Counselors Board of Examiners; plus three years of professional level counseling experience.
Job Concepts
Function Of Work
To provide direct-line supervision of subordinate licensed, master’s degree-level social services staff, and/or other professional social services staff for a service delivery program.
Level Of Work
Supervisor.
Supervision Received
Broad from a higher-level manager or administrator.
Supervision Exercised
Direct-line over subordinate licensed, master’s degree-level social services staff and/or other professional social services staff.
LOCATION OF WORK:
May be used by all state agencies.
Job Distinctions
Differs from lower-level professional counselors by the presence of supervisory responsibilities over licensed, master’s degree-level social services staff, and/or other professional social services staff.
Differs from Social Service Counselor 5-B by the presence of licensure as a Licensed Professional Counselor or a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.
Examples of Work
This clinician position serves as the clinical supervisor/program monitor for FPHSA’s two residential inpatient units. This facility is an ASAM Level III.5 Adult Clinically Managed High Intensity, residential substance use treatment program. The clinical supervisor responsibilities may include the following: ensuring clinical programming is provided 7 days per week, conducting daily groups, completing intake assessments, obtaining prior authorizations for treatment from various health plans as required, providing crisis interventions and emergency counseling as needed, scheduling admissions, maintaining the waiting list, providing education to clients and families related to substance use disorders, providing professional/clinical supervision to staff, managing work assignments, and participating in treatment team staffing's.
Additionally, the clinician attends annual trainings and webinars to improve competency in assessment, diagnoses, and treatment of mental health and substance use disorders. The clinician also works collaboratively with Peer Support Specialists, and provides case management to those that may require additional support and coordination of services. The clinician may be required to work an occasional Saturday shift, rotating this duty with other clinicians on staff, and may also serve as a back-up to the Facility Manager if needed.
Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.
Benefits
As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program
Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/
Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:
- Labor Day,
- New Year's Day
- Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor
- Veteran's Day,
- Independence Day,
- Mardi Gras,
- Good Friday,
- Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
- Memorial Day,
State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.
State Retirement Systems May Include (but Are Not Limited To)
Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries.
- Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),
- Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others
- Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your_Retirement_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system
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State of Louisiana
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the supplemental information above.
Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802
Phone
(866) 783-5462
Website
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