Job Details
Qualifications
- Master's degree
Benefits
- Flexible schedule
Job Description
Maximus has immediate openings for Mental Health Counselors. We are looking for dedicated and dynamic professionals to administer assessments on a contractual, fee for services basis - Working within a schedule you create!!!
Mental Health Counselor Responsibilities / Duties:
- Counselors will be providing specialized assessment services administering PASRR (Preadmission Screening and Resident Review) assessments. (PASRR is a federal requirement designed to ensure that individuals are not inappropriately placed into nursing homes for long term care services. All individuals seeking admittance to a Medicaid-certified nursing facility must be evaluated for serious mental illness (SMI) and/or intellectual disability (ID), be offered the most appropriate setting for their needs (in the community, a nursing facility, or acute care settings), and receive the services they need in those settings)
- Mental health counselors to administer these assessments on a contractual, fee-for-service basis. Clinicians are compensated for each completed assessment
- As an independent contractor, you set your schedule.
- There is no office to report to and all assessments typically occur in hospitals and nursing facilities.
- Independent Contractors are provided a territory to cover which includes their community and surrounding communities.
Mental Health Counselor Qualifications:
- Mental health counselors must have a minimum of a master’s degree in a human services or related field and have a minimum of two years of clinical experience working directly with adults with a mental health diagnosis. Professional license is not required.
- Working for the State of Illinois, nursing facilities, or MCO Managed Care organizations is a conflict of interest.
If you meet our requirements and this sounds like something you would enjoy then we’d love to hear from you!! This is a statewide contract and we are recruiting mental health counselors across the State so if you know of anyone who may be interested, we’d love to hear from them too!
For more information on PASRR, please visit: www.pasrr.org.
MAXIMUS is proud to be a drug free, equal employment opportunity employer.
Important Note: The Indeed website automatically fills in a salary range. This is not a position of employment but as an independent contractor, clinicians are compensated on a fee for service schedule for each completed assessment.
Job Types: Part-time, Contract
Pay: From $50.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Flexible schedule
Medical specialties:
- Psychiatry
Education:
- Master's (Required)
Work Location: On the road