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Job Description
Mental Health Counselor III Diocese of Green Bay / Curia Full-Time, Benefit Eligible
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
A Mental Health Counselor III provides individual, group, couple, and family counseling, with a strong emphasis on serving children and adolescents. As a senior clinician, this role guides team members in clinical decision making, leads case collaboration meetings, and provides supervision to interns and counselors in training. The Lead fosters a cohesive team culture, completes essential clinical administrative tasks, engages in community outreach, and delivers comprehensive mental health services including assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, therapy, and crisis intervention. The position requires independence, strong coordination skills, and collaboration with Mental Health Counseling leadership within a faith-based, Wisconsin DHS 35 certified outpatient clinic.
MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS REQUIRED
"Embrace the mission and vision of the Catholic Diocese of Green Bay and work in accordance with Catholic Teachings and the moral and ethical values of the Catholic Church." Necessary licensure - LSCW, LMFT, or LPC, plus 5 years of full-time experience providing clinical mental health counseling services Master's or doctor's degree in pastoral or clinical counseling, psychology, social work, marriage and family therapy or equivalent from an accredited college or university Clinical training and experience, validated by State licensure Clinical Supervision certificate or equivalent experience Maintain approved supervisor status with WI-DSPS to supervise across profession, as needed Mastery of coherent theory and practice of therapy Interviewing and evaluation of mental health clients A range of counseling and therapeutic techniques in area of specialty Knowledge and understanding of clinical counseling principles, programs and methodology Wisconsin, federal, and professional codes of conduct, ethics, regulations and laws Knowledge of clinical operations and procedures Knowledge of community mental health resources Cultural diversity and the relationship to counseling services Medical conditions related to mental health concerns Skilled in examining and re-engineering operations and procedures, formulating policy, and developing and implementing new strategies and procedures Conflict resolution Timely and thorough documentation of professional work in written and electronic format Oral, written, and electronic communication skills Critical thinking and creative problems-solving Skilled in both In-person and virtual client therapy sessions Ability to lead and train student interns, mental health counselors in training, and mental health team members in provision of clinical mental health counseling services as appropriateAbility to provide presentations to community groups and build community based mental health partnerships, including school based mental health programming Ability to assess a client's therapeutic needs, to establish a therapeutic relationship, and to conduct, complete, terminate, and evaluate that therapy Ability to observe, assess, and record symptoms, reactions, and progress in counseling Ability to receive constructive feedback and make changes in behavior or interventions Ability to operate without direct supervision and rely on consultation and indirect supervision of work to meet client needs Ability to maintain professional and personal boundaries with clients, and colleagues within and outside the agency Ability to tolerate emotionally sensitive information and perform appropriate interventions Ability to maintain confidentiality in accordance with laws, agency policies and ethical codes Ability to relate the contributions of various disciplines to the therapeutic task and to make appropriate use of inter-professional collaboration, including a willingness to address counter transference issues and the impact these have on therapy Ability to comfortably discuss clients' spiritual/religious beliefs and integrate these into therapy practice Ability and willingness to develop and cultivate his/her own caseload by representing the Agency in the community and relating to referral sources If interested in this position, please apply at: https://www.gbdioc.org/careers/ These statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this job classification. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required.
