Clinical Therapist (LCSW or LPC)

Job Description:

As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with GuideStar Eldercare you will provide neurobehavioral health services to residents in long-term care facilities. Using a multi-disciplinary approach, you will partner with specialty clinicians to provide holistic, continuity of care for elderly individuals who are afflicted with neurocognitive disorders and other neurologic and/or psychiatric conditions.

What you will do:

• Provide evaluation
• Provide condition-specific support therapy, or when indicated, insight-based therapy
• Coordinate the patient’s care plan with the facility, PCP and GuideStar colleagues, and engage with the family as indicated.
• Required Qualifications: Ability to work as part of an interdisciplinary treatment team
• Good time management skills
• Able to function autonomously with regional Area Manager support
• Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling or in Social Work
• Currently licensed as an LMHC or
• LCSW in the state in which you are applying
• Preferred Skills: Passion for geriatrics
• Experience in inpatient settings such as extended care facilities
• Experience with brief bedside assessment screens (cognitive, mood, etc.)
• Motivated by productivity-based positions
• Ability to navigate and document on an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system