Job Description
Full-Time Position Available
Intervention Mental Health Counselor
SCAN-LISD AWARE Project (Webb County)
- Seeking a highly motivated and responsible individual that wants to work in the field of mental health intervention providing services on-site at middle and high school campuses.
Founded in 1982 in Laredo, Texas, SCAN is a leading provider of social services in South Texas. The SCAN-LISD AWARE Project in Laredo, Webb County, Texas increases SCAN'S ability to foster mental health awareness and resiliency among youth and their families by implementing a three-tiered public health model, which includes evidence-based universal and secondary prevention strategies and tertiary intervention strategies among Laredo ISD students and their family members and employees of the school district.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Provide evidence-based comprehensive screenings and assessments using a variety of instruments.
- Provide comprehensive case management and referrals services.
- Actively work to ensure that participants successfully access referral sources.
- Provide evidence-based behavioral care utilizing a variety of counseling modalities (e.g., Motivational Interviewing, Brief Solution-Focused Counseling, etc.) to project participants.
- Provide detailed documentation of all intervention services provided to participants.
- Take part in clinical supervision activities in an ongoing manner.
Qualifications:
- A master's degree in the behavioral sciences is required.
- Licensed as an LPC Associate, LPC or LCSW is required.
- Experience in the mental health field is preferred.
- Experienced providing evidence-based practices to adolescents is preferred.
- Bilingual (English and Spanish) skills are a plus, but not required.
- A valid TX driver's license, insurance, and reliable transportation are required.
Work Schedule and Compensation:
- Flexible work schedule is 7:30 a.m.-8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
- Salary: $55,000 ($26.45/hour)-$60,000 ($28.85/hour) depending on qualifications and experience.
Benefits for this Full-Time Position Include:
- Paid Health & Life Insurance
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Vacation & Sick Leave
- 401K Retirement Plan
- Bi-weekly Pay (direct deposit)
- Dental and Vision Insurance Coverage available at minimal cost
- Detailed Orientation and Ongoing Job Training Provided
- Great Work Environment!
Deadline: Until position is filled
Creating Stronger Communities by Empowering People!
Type: Full-time
About
SCAN
Serving Children and Adults in Need (SCAN) was officially formed in 1982 as Stop Child Abuse and Neglect in Laredo, Texas. Today, SCAN is a community-based, nonprofit social services organization with a 42-year history of providing a variety of comprehensive and culturally sensitive services to a population that is almost 95% Hispanic and which resides along the Texas-Mexico Border in Southwest Texas. SCAN programs provide diverse prevention, intervention, and treatment services for children, adolescents, adults, and families. At SCAN, our passion is helping people, and we constantly strive to foster the healthy development of families in the communities that we serve. With a budget of more than $15 million, SCAN has more than 40 programs providing services in 17 different counties.
Counties are: Cameron, Dimmit, Duval, Edwards, Frio, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kinney, LaSalle, Maverick, Real, Starr, Uvalde, Val Verde, Webb, Zapata and Zavala.