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Professional Counselor 4 - Therapist/Counselor-HCBS-PSH

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Professional Counselor 4 - Therapist/Counselor-HCBS-PSH

Salary

Depends on Qualifications

Location

Hammond, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

208591-PC4-HCBS

Department

LDH-Florida Parishes Human Services Authority

Opening Date

05/14/2025

Closing Date

5/28/2025 11:59 PM Central

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About this Job

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 r ecovery 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 . S taff in specific positions at approved sites may be eligible to apply for certain student loan relief programs, which may also include those through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.

+ Educational opportunities made available to staff .

+ Paid holidays for eligible staff . This includes up to 10 statutory holidays as well as additional holidays as declared by the governor.

+ 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.

+ Retirement Options for eligible staff .

+ For some positions, clinical supervision related to licensure requirements may be provided by the appropriately licensed agency staff at no cost to the employee.

For more detailed information on some of these benefits, you may click on the “Benefits” tab located above .

This Professional Counselor 4 position is for a vacancy located in our Home and Community Based Services (HCBS), Permanent Support Housing (PSH) section housed in Hammond, Louisiana. This Professional Counselor position will provide services in the community and/or homes of families. Traveling throughout Tangipahoa, St. Helena, St. Tammany, Livingston, and Washington Parishes will be required.

Please see the Examples of Work below for additional information for this position.

This position may be filled as a Probational Appointment or Job 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 a list of the pay range for the position. -Note the entrance rate is a Special Entrance Rate (SER) established for these job titles within this agency:

+ Professional Counselor 4: $24.35/hour minimum - $40.53/hour maximum

Note regarding the advertised pay range: The maximum amount listed is the maximum salary a person can make while in this title and NOT the maximum amount we are allowed to pay a new hire.

No Civil Service test score is 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.

* Resumes WILL NOT be 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:

Emily Barthelemy, HR Analyst

Florida Parishes Human Services Authority

835 Pride Drive, Suite B

Hammond, Louisiana 70401

[email protected]

Minimum Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Possession of a current Louisiana license to practice as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) or a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) plus three years of counseling experience.

Job Specification

FUNCTION OF WORK:

To provide intensive developmental and therapeutic assessment and treatment in serious or complicated cases that require a range of therapeutic and intervention skills.

LEVEL OF WORK:

Advanced

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:

Broad from a licensed behavioral health professional or higher-level manager or administrator.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED:

May provide functional supervision to lower-level counselors and other direct care providers.

LOCATION OF WORK:

May be used by all state agencies.

JOB DISTINCTIONS:

Differs from the Professional Counselor 3 and the Social Service Counselor job series by the presence of licensure as a Licensed Professional Counselor or a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.

Differs from the Professional Counselor 5 and other supervisory counselor jobs by the absence of supervisory responsibilities.

Job Duties and Other Information

This Professional Counselor provides clinical behavioral health assessments, social services counselor components, and supportive services to the Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Program. The Home and Community Based Services program provides services to tenants in order to stabilize housing within the Florida Parishes Human Services Authority (FPHSA) service area. This area includes 5 parishes: Livingston, St. Helena, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and Washington. The position manages a specialized caseload and provides direct services for those with a substantial, long-term disability, expected to be of long-continued or indefinite durations, which substantially impedes their ability to live independently without supports, and is of such nature that such ability could be improved by more suitable housing conditions. This includes individuals diagnosed with, but not limited to: serious mental illnesses, substance use disorder, developmental disabilities, physical, cognitive or sensory disabilities, or disabling chronic health conditions that qualifies them for Medicaid-funded or other funded supports and services operated by the LDH program offices for Behavioral Health, Developmental Disabilities, Public Health or Aging and Adult Services. These services include Community Psychiatric Support and Treatment, Crisis Intervention, Community Development Block Grant Only Supports, Home and Community Based Support Services, Psychosocial Rehabilitation, and Ryan White Services. Most services are provided in community locations where the person lives, works, attends school and /or socializes. Extensive daily travel is required as services are provided in the community where the person-served lives, works, attends school and/or socializes. Due to the variety of demographical differences in persons served by HCBS clinical knowledge of children, adolescents, adults, families, mental health, substance use, disabilities, and community is required.

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.

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/

Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

+ New Year's Day

+ Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,

+ Mardi Gras,

+ Good Friday,

+ Memorial Day,

+ Independence Day,

+ Labor Day,

+ Veteran's Day,

+ Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

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.

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. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

+ 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

+ Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),

+ Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

01

Do you understand this position is based in Hammond, Louisiana, and will conduct field work in Tangipahoa, St. Helena, St. Tammany, Livingston, and Washington parishes? ***Please note that this is not an office/clinic position.***

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+ No

02

Do you have transportation and required insurances to be able to travel in Tangipahoa, St. Helena, St. Tammany, Livingston, and Washington parishes?

+ Yes

+ No

03

Do you have experience providing services in family homes and/or in the community?

+ Yes

+ No

04

If you answered YES to the question above, please briefly describe your experience working in family homes and the community. If you answered NO, please enter N/A.

05

Please select the current licensure(s) you possess:

+ Licensed Professional Counselor

+ Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

+ None of the above

06

If you possess one of the licensures listed in the previous question, please list your license type, number, original issue date, and expiration date. If you answered none of the above, please enter N/A.

Required Question

Employer

State of Louisiana

Address

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Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm

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