$48.00-$58.33 Hourly / $8,320.00-$10,110.00 Monthly / $99,840.00-$121,316.00 Yearly
1. Supervises several Marriage and Family Counselors and auxiliary personnel and personally participates in interviewing and diagnosing the more difficult individual cases.
2. Supervises the determining of eligibility of applicants for psychiatric services; ascertains several factors, such as reasons for referral, attitude toward personal problems and demonstrated desire for assistance; obtains history of applicant’s growth and development in order to arrive at an understanding of behavioral characteristics; obtains such pertinent information as parental background, relationship between parents and other members in the family group.
3. Evaluates material obtained as a result of interviews and analyses; decides on disposition of each ease, including referral to other staff members for further study and recommendations or referral to appropriate community agency; completes appropriate forms and documents relating to the intake process.
4. Treats individual patients on a regular recurrent basis by applying difficult and intensive casework techniques in order to reduce mental and emotional illness; observes patient’s condition and reactions especially in suicidal and homicidal cases; determines degree of danger presented to patient and others.
5. Counsels with especially disturbed and difficult patients concerning emotional, economic and personal matters and crisis, to assist in establishing self-control and responsibility; arranges for commitment to hospital or other community agency or resource, based on appraisal of patient’s needs.
6. Conducts group psychotherapy in regularly scheduled group interviews in connection 2935 SENIOR MARRIAGE, FAMILY AND CHILD COUNSELOR with administering direct treatment to patients; observes, evaluates and analyses emotional and behavioral changes; determines treatment goals at successive intervals during treatment process.
7. Records basic data pertaining to study and/or treatment of patients on appropriate forms, charts and case histories; prepares written case summaries for purposes of coordinating medical and case-work services in the best interests of the patient and family.