[Psychmasters] FW: Counselor posting

[BRUCE, A. JERRY]

Those of you graduating or near....   Here is an opportunity you might want to investigate.

Jerry 

-----Original Message-----
From: HENDERSON, CRAIG E 
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 1:48 PM
To: BRUCE, A. JERRY
Subject: FW: Counselor posting

Hi Jerry, would you please distribute this job ad to our recent grads who may be licensed?  This is a position working on my grant, so, naturally I'd prefer to have some SHSU folks.  Thanks!

Craig

-----Original Message-----
From: Garcia, Rudy [mailto:RGarcia2 at phoenixhouse.org] 
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 1:44 PM
To: HENDERSON, CRAIG E
Subject: Fw: Counselor posting



-----Original Message-----
From: Gonzalez, Rachel
To: Garcia, Rudy
Sent: Wed May 14 16:48:29 2008
Subject: Counselor posting

Rudy

Here is the ad that is posted with the Houston Chronicle/Yahoo!HotJobs.com

Position Type: Full-Time, Employee 
Company Name: Phoenix House 
Location: The Woodlands, TX
Annual Salary: Unspecified 
Date Posted: May 12, 2008 
Experience Level: 2-5 Years 
Education Level: Associates (A) Preferred 
Travel Amount: Up to 100% local area travel

Phoenix House currently seeks a licensed Counselor to provide the primary counseling services to youth clients and their families in outpatient treatment. This position provides outpatient counseling at a variety of locations, including client homes. Frequent travel in the North Harris county and Montgomery county area is required.
Primary duties include:
*	Performs primary counselor duties to clients and their families to include but are not limited to psychosocial assessments; development of treatment plans; crisis intervention; group, individual, family and didactic sessions; discharge summary and planning; coordination of treatment services with probation, school and other referral sources. Multi-lingual counselors may be asked to provide services in multiple languages to meet the needs of the clients and families. 
*	Provides client case management of related services. 
*	Completes client notes, charts, reports, and other documentation related to the treatment and progress of clients in the program in a timely manner. These reports include but are not limited to individual and weekly progress notes, documentation of attendance and participation in-group, didactics and family sessions. Documentation may include web-based, electronic and/or paper documents.
Minimum qualifications include: 
· LCDC, LPC, LMSW, or other professional counseling license recognized by Texas Dept of State Health Services
· Two or more years counseling experience which include providing adolescents and family services
· Strong crisis management, conflict resolution and anger management skills
· Proficiency in MS Office products and experience utilizing web-based programs
· Good organization and time management skills
· Ability to effectively communicate in both Spanish and English preferred
Phoenix House, the nation’s leading non-profit substance abuse services provider, offers substance abuse services to the Dallas, Austin and the Houston/Galveston Bay communities that offer a continuum of care including community coalition mobilization, prevention education, residential and outpatient treatment, day treatment, aftercare and family support services.
Phoenix House offers a competitive compensation packages as well as a full range of attractive company sponsored health, welfare, and retirement benefits. 
If you are interested in a rewarding and challenging career at Phoenix House and believe that you have the qualifications necessary to excel in our dynamic environment we invite you to apply by submitting your resume to hr.tx at phoenixhouse.org or fax to 718-576-2860. 
Please be sure to indicate the position title and city as the subject of the e-mail/fax.
For more information on Phoenix House and career opportunities, please visit www.phoenixhouse.org <http://www.phoenixhouse.org/>  
Equal Opportunity Employer



Thank you,

Rachel Gonzalez, PHR
Human Resources Director
Phoenix House
3000 S I-35, Suite 300
Austin TX 78704
Phone: 512-851-1231 x4007
Fax: 718-576-2860
www.phoenixhouse.org