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Psychiatric Counselor - Associate Therapist

Primary Location Palm Desert, California Facility Name Palm Desert Medical Offices Schedule Full-time Shift Day Salary $42.59 - $51.8 / year
Job Number 1380293 Date posted 09/15/2025

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  • Job Type:Standard
  • Job Level:Individual Contributor
  • Travel:Yes, 15 % of the Time

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Psychiatric Counselor - Associate Therapist

Primary Location Palm Desert, California Facility Name Palm Desert Medical Offices Schedule Full-time Shift Day Salary $42.59 - $51.8 / year
Job Number 1380293 Date posted 09/15/2025
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Description:
Job Summary:

Provides supervised clinical social work services to adults, children and families with emotional and/or social problems utilizing established psychotherapeutic techniques in both inpatient and outpatient settings; consults and collaborates with members of the patients family and other health care professionals.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Under supervision and referring to and utilizing licensed staff for appropriate decisions when necessary conducts initial interviews with member by eliciting and understanding the psychological and social meaning of complaints, symptoms, current and past history, to determine the nature and urgency of members need.

• Provides member with a professional understanding of his/her presentation, recommends a course of action such as beginning therapy or counseling, or a specific action plan that member can carry out without additional professional guidance or consultation.

• Provides clinical case management services to adults, adolescents and children; selects and uses appropriate treatment modality in both inpatient and outpatient settings.

• Renders appropriate immediate guidance and therapeutic services to help individuals and families cope with emotional crisis or psychiatric emergencies.

• Maintains a written record of therapy or counseling sessions; prepares reports and letters concerning patient; phones, writes and visits, with clients signed written permission, social agencies schools, relatives, friends, etc., to obtain pertinent information.

• Provides telephone counseling, resource information, and referral services.

• Participates in departmental/ locational project assignments and activities such as CQI activity and OD duty.

• Provides psycho-education for members in context of a prescribed treatment.
Basic Qualifications:
Experience
  • N/A
Education
  • Master of Social Work degree, or Masters degree in a related Behavioral Health field from an accredited College or University setting.
License, Certification, Registration
  • Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (California) OR Registered Associate Clinical Social Worker (California) OR Associate Professional Clinical Counselor Registration (California)
Additional Requirements:
  • Once hired as an Associate, an employee will be offered and must work a schedule that would accumulate at least half of the required supervisory hours annually.
  • Upon completion of supervised hours, the employee must obtain state licensure within two and one-half (2.5) years. If hired as a license-eligible employee (i.e. has completed all clinical hours), the employee has two and one-half (2.5) years from their date of hire to complete state licensure.
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Strong background and interest in Evidence-based practices
Primary Location: California,Palm Desert,Palm Desert Medical Offices Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Shift: Day Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat Working Hours Start: 07:00 AM Working Hours End: 07:00 PM Job Schedule: Full-time Job Type: Standard Worker Location: Onsite Employee Status: Regular Employee Group/Union Affiliation: B11-PSC|NUHW|NUHW Psych Social Chapter Job Level: Individual Contributor Department: Palm Desert MOB - Mental Hlth/Psychiatry-RegClin - 0806 Pay Range: $42.59 - $51.8 / year Travel: Yes, 15 % of the Time

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