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Counseling Services of Southern Minnesota is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability or veteran status. Upon request, assistance and/or accommodations are available during the application process, without penalty.

AVAILABLE POSITIONS

Counseling Services of Southern Minnesota has served the southern Minnesota regional area’s mental health needs as a community-based agency since 1997. Our highly skilled, passionate, and caring professionals provide psychotherapy, psychological assessment, rehabilitative skills for adults and children, and clinical consultation to community entities.

Full-time Testing Psychologist

Counseling Services of Southern Minnesota (CSSM) was established in 1997 with a primary focus to serve children and families. Since that time the agency has added services for adults, couples, and psychological testing. The agency, with support of grants from the Department of Human Services, has added programming to serve infants and young children and provide services to children within area schools.

CSSM has two clinic locations and has providers in eight area school districts. In addition, we partner with local county human services agencies. CSSM strives to make a meaningful difference to the communities we serve by providing comprehensive care to our clients. We focus on having well-trained staff and routine consultations with other providers working with our clients to ensure the highest quality of care.

It is our goal to ensure we provide exceptional training opportunities and maintain an experience for our staff that allows for a work/life balance. We offer our staff some flexibility in scheduling, profit sharing and a competitive benefits package. We have access to DHS sponsored grants to pay staff while they attend training to acquire certification in the following therapies: ABC, TF-CBT, PCIT, CPP, MAP, and IEC-MH. These certifications are significant, and we believe we are providing our staff with excellent opportunities while enhancing the quality of the services we deliver to our clients.

Psychology Department

CSSM offers comprehensive psychological assessment for children, adolescents, and adults, and every evaluation includes screening for a variety of concerns based on the referral question(s). This can include ADHD, Autism, intellectual disability, learning disabilities, mood disorders, personality functioning, etc. Our psychologists are affirming and respectful and treat their patients as partners in the evaluation process and as experts of their own experiences. CSSM also offers parental capacity evaluations to identify parental caregiving skills and challenges in relation to their child(ren)’s functioning and needs. CSSM currently has a child-focused licensed psychologist and an adolescent/adult-focused licensed psychologist. The Psychology Department maintains a strong referral base and is valued by community partners.

The Role

This position would primarily include psychological evaluation, though you will have the opportunity to diversify your practice to include psychotherapy, supervision, and consultation. The specific types of evaluations completed will be guided by provider interest and competence.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Conducting intake interviews/diagnostic assessments
  • Developing assessment plans based on referral questions
  • Administering, scoring, and interpreting a variety of psychological measures
  • Obtaining, reviewing, and incorporating collateral information
  • Composing integrated psychological evaluation reports
  • Diagnostic decision making and treatment planning
  • Providing interactive feedback to caregivers, care providers, and/or patients
  • Carrying patient caseload as assigned
  • Attending and participating in case consultation and team meetings, and other meetings
  • Providing supervision to post-doctoral trainees and/or doctoral-level practicum students
  • Compliance with clinic documentation and billing standards
  • Compliance with licensing board rules and APA Code of Ethics

Required Education and Experience

  • Doctoral degree in psychology
  • Full, unrestricted licensure as a psychologist in Minnesota OR license-eligible post-doctoral resident (we will provide the necessary supervision hours required for licensure)
  • Highly developed ability in administering, scoring, and interpretation of psychological tests
  • Demonstrated skill in clinical interviewing
  • Highly developed verbal and written communication skills
  • Demonstrated skills in consultation and the ability to work as part of a team

Application Process

  •  Submit a CV, cover letter indicating your interest and skills for this position, and a redacted sample psychological evaluation report.
  • Complete the CSSM Employment application.

Benefits

  • Simple IRA plan – CSSM matches 3%
  • Vacation
  • Holidays (9 days)
  • Sick time
  • Health insurance – CSSM pays a portion
  • Dental insurance – CSSM pays a portion
  • Flexible spending account
  • Health savings account
  • Professional development stipend
  • Some opportunity to work virtually
  • Competitive base salary

CSSM is a National Health Service Corps (NHSC)-approved site.

Licensed Therapist/Clinical Trainee and LADC:

Up to $3,500 Sign-on bonus; Up to $1,500 paid on 1st paycheck and up to $2,000 paid after 6 months of employment.

Counseling Services of Southern Minnesota is seeking licensed Mental Health Professionals (LPCC, LMFT, LICSW) who are also LADC’s to provide mental health and substance abuse treatment.  This position requires providing outpatient therapy and diagnostic assessments from our St. Peter or Mankato Clinic.  CSSM offers an employee friendly atmosphere with room for advancement. Qualified applicants must possess a willingness to work in a team-oriented environment. Competitive salary with benefits is available. Bilingual and diverse applicants are encouraged to apply.

Outpatient Therapist:

Up to $3500 signing bonus; Up to $1500 on 1st paycheck and up to $2000 at 6 months employment.

CSSM is looking to grow our therapy team and is accepting applications from qualified candidates. Qualified candidates will hold a Master’s degree in a behavioral health science field (social work, counseling, marriage and family therapy) and on licensure track towards LPCC, LICSW, LFMT or independently licensed as a LPCC, LICSW, or LMFT.

CSSM values its staff and offers a supportive, team-oriented work environment which provides employees opportunities to learn and expand their base of knowledge and skills.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Diagnostic assessment
  • Functional assessment
  • Level of care assessment
  • Individual treatment plan (ITP)
  • Services delivery
  • Reassessment
  • Documentation of service provision and collateral contacts
  • Coordination of care with client’s care team
  • Participate in individual supervision and therapy program meetings
  • Complete ongoing continuing education
  • Maintain consistent scheduling with clients across CSSM’s service area

Benefits (* benefits are for ¾-time or full-time employees):

  • Signing bonus of up to $3,500
  • Simple IRA plan – CSSM matches 3%
  • *Vacation
  • *Holidays (9 days)
  • *Sick time
  • *Health insurance – CSSM pays a portion
  • *Dental insurance – CSSM pays a portion
  • Ongoing continuing education provided by CSSM and financial assistance for external CEUs
  • Some opportunity to work virtually
  • Flexible work schedule – Practitioners create their own schedules in coordination with client availability
  • Competitive base salary plus financial incentives for staff who exceed their productivity targets

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Passionate about assisting individuals with mental illness improve their capacity for independent living and improving their quality of life
  • Experience providing service to individuals with mental illness; familiar with mental illness
  • Strong organizational skills and proven ability to be a self-starter
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to work independently as well as part of a team

Children’s Intensive Behavioral Health Service Clinician/Clinical Trainee:

Up to $3,500 Sign-on bonus; Up to $1,500 paid on 1st paycheck and up to $2,000 paid after 6 months of employment.

Counseling Services of Southern Minnesota seeks a Licensed Mental Health Professional or license eligible (LPCC, LMFT, or LICSW) trainee interested in providing community-based Intensive Treatment for children in foster care, ages 0-18. Services includes four components: trauma therapy using TF-CBT or CPP treatment models, psycho education to client and caregivers, Crisis Response, and clinical care coordination with service partners. Each client will receive three sessions with client/client family, along with coordinating with service partners to total six hours per week. The clinician/clinical trainee will also provide one day of Outpatient therapy per week (up to 4 clients), obtain supervision, and attend consultations. Trauma training will be made available to clinicians/clinical trainees. CSSM will provide Clinical Supervision by a nationally rostered TF-CBT supervisor or CPP CAMP Apprentice Trainer. Licensed clinicians/clinical trainees with a passion for providing community-based trauma care to children and caregivers are encouraged to apply.

Infant Early Childhood Clinician/Clinical Trainee:

Up to $3,500 Sign-on bonus; Up to $1,500 paid on 1st paycheck and up to $2,000 paid after 6 months of employment.

Counseling Services of Southern Minnesota seeks a Licensed Mental Health Professional or license eligible (LPCC, LMFT, LICSW) trainee who has a passion for working with children ages 0-5 and their caregivers.

Qualified applicants must possess a willingness to learn and apply research-based practices and work well in a team-oriented environment.

The position is primarily clinic based but may require one day per week providing services in a local community location.

Training in DC 0-5 and ECSII is preferred.

We offer a competitive compensation package, profit sharing, and take pride in our employee friendly atmosphere.

School Linked Mental Health Services Clinician/Clinical Trainee:

Up to $3,500 signing bonus; Up to $1,500 on 1st paycheck and up to $2,000 at 6 months employment.

CSSM is looking to grow our therapy team and is accepting applications from qualified candidates. Qualified candidates will hold a Master’s degree in a behavioral health science field (social work, counseling, marriage and family therapy) and on licensure track towards LPCC, LICSW, LMFT or independently licensed as a LPCC, LICSW, or LMFT.

CSSM values its staff and offers a supportive, team-oriented work environment which provides employees opportunities to learn and expand their base of knowledge and skills.

CSSM is growing and we are in need of School Linked therapists to work in the following areas/schools:

  • Mankato (Jefferson, Washington, and Eagle Lake)
  • Tri-City United (Le Center K-8; Montgomery K-8 and Montgomery HS)
  • Sibley East (Gaylord, Arlington)
  • Gibbon/Fairfax/Winthrop (Winthrop, Fairfax)
  • Sleepy Eye
  • Butterfield
  • Lafayette
  • Lake Crystal

CSSM is seeking licensed mental health professionals (LPCC, LMFT, LICSW) or license eligible trainees to join our School Linked Program. This position will provide mental health services in a school setting a determined number of days per week and the other days providing outpatient therapy and diagnostic assessments from our St. Peter or Mankato Clinics.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Diagnostic assessment
  • Functional assessment
  • Level of care assessment
  • Individual treatment plan (ITP)
  • Services delivery
  • Reassessment
  • Documentation of service provision and collateral contacts
  • Coordination of care with client’s care team
  • Participate in individual supervision and therapy program meetings
  • Complete ongoing continuing education
  • Maintain consistent scheduling with clients across CSSM’s service area

Benefits (* benefits are for ¾-time or full-time employees):

  • Signing bonus of up to $3,500
  • Simple IRA plan – CSSM matches 3%
  • *Vacation
  • *Holidays (9 days)
  • *Sick time
  • *Health insurance – CSSM pays a portion
  • *Dental insurance – CSSM pays a portion
  • Ongoing continuing education provided by CSSM and financial assistance for external CEUs
  • Some opportunity to work virtually
  • Flexible work schedule – Practitioners create their own schedules in coordination with client availability
  • Competitive base salary plus financial incentives for staff who exceed their productivity targets

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Passionate about assisting individuals with mental illness improve their capacity for independent living and improving their quality of life
  • Experience providing service to individuals with mental illness; familiar with mental illness
  • Strong organizational skills and proven ability to be a self-starter
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to work independently as well as part of a team

Counseling Services of Southern Minnesota will provide supervision to license eligible trainees.

CSSM offers an employee friendly atmosphere with room for advancement.

CTSS Mental Health Practitioners:

CSSM is offering up to a $1000 sign-on bonus with up to $250 paid on the 1st paycheck and up to $750 paid at 6 months employment.

CSSM is looking to grow our CTSS team and is accepting applications from qualified candidates.

Please follow this link to view Minnesota’s Department of Human Services requirements: https://www.dhs.state.mn.us/main/idcplg?IdcService=GET_DYNAMIC_CONVERSION&RevisionSelectionMethod=LatestReleased&dDocName=dhs16_136715#MHP

CTSS is a flexible package of mental health services for children who require varying therapeutic and rehabilitative levels of intervention. CTSS addresses the conditions of emotional disturbance that impair and interfere with an individual’s ability to function independently. For children with emotional disturbances, rehabilitation means a series or multidisciplinary combination of psychiatric and psychosocial interventions to:

  • Restore a child or adolescent to an age-appropriate developmental trajectory that had been disrupted by a psychiatric illness; or
  • Enable the child to self-monitor, compensate for, cope with, counteract, or replace psychosocial skills, deficits or maladaptive skills acquired over the course of a psychiatric illness.

CSSM values its staff and offers a supportive, team-oriented work environment which provides employees opportunities to learn and expand their base of knowledge and skills.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Develop an ITP for necessary and appropriate care based on information in the child’s standard or extended diagnostic assessment and the documented input of the family and other authorized caregivers
  • Sign the ITP (the child or legal guardian and mental health professional or clinical supervisor of the practitioner must sign the ITP before implementing service)
  • Review the ITP as required with the member and the member’s parents or guardians
  • Ensure that the services provided are designed to meet specific mental health needs of the child and the child’s family according to the child’s ITP
  • Coordinate CTSS services
  • Work with other health care providers (including multiple agencies, if for example, the child has an additional diagnosis of developmental disability, substance abuse or physical condition requiring regular medical care)
  • Availability to work primarily afternoon and evening hours

Benefits (* benefits are for ¾-time or full-time employees):

  • Signing bonus of up to $1,000
  • Simple IRA plan – CSSM matches 3%
  • *Holiday & sick time
  • *Health insurance – CSSM pays a portion
  • *Dental insurance – CSSM pays a portion
  • Ongoing continuing education provided by CSSM and financial assistance for external CEUs
  • Some opportunity to work virtually
  • Flexible work schedule – Practitioners create their own schedules in coordination with client availability
  • Financial incentives for staff who exceed their productivity targets

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Passionate about assisting individuals with mental illness improve their quality of life
  • Experience providing service to individuals with mental illness; familiar with mental illness
  • Strong organizational skills and proven ability to be a self-starter
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to work independently as well as part of a team

ARMHS Mental Health Practitioners:

CSSM is offering up to a $1000 sign-on bonus with up to $250 paid on the 1st paycheck and up to $750 paid at 6 months employment.

CSSM is looking to grow our ARMHS team and is accepting applications from qualified candidates.  

Please follow this link to view Minnesota’s Department of Human Services requirements:https://www.dhs.state.mn.us/main/idcplg?IdcService=GET_DYNAMIC_CONVERSION&RevisionSelectionMethod=LatestReleased&dDocName=dhs16_136715#MHP  

Adult Mental Health Rehabilitative Services (ARMHS) Practitioners teach and instruct individuals with qualifying mental health diagnoses behavioral skills to assist them in increasing their capacity for independent living and improve their quality of life. Successful ARMHS services result in individuals improved emotional and mental health to regain or maintain their stable functioning.

CSSM values its staff and offers a supportive, team-oriented work environment which provides employees opportunities to learn and expand their base of knowledge and skills.

Primary Responsibilities: 

  • Create, review, and update Functional Assessments and Individual Treatment Plans
  • Provide skills training sessions to clients in the home or community settings
  • Documentation of service provision and collateral contacts
  • Coordination of care with client’s care team
  • Participate in individual supervision and ARMHS program meetings
  • Complete ongoing continuing education
  • Maintain consistent scheduling with clients across CSSM’s service area

Some areas of focus within ARMHS include but are not limited to: Communication/social skills, community resource utilization, symptom management and relapse prevention, budgeting and healthy lifestyle practices, household management, and employment-related skills.

Benefits (* benefits are for ¾-tme or full-time employees):  

  • Signing bonus of up to $1,000
  • Simple IRA plan – CSSM matches 3%
  • *Holiday & sick time
  • *Health insurance – CSSM pays a portion
  • *Dental insurance – CSSM pays a portion
  • Ongoing continuing education provided by CSSM and financial assistance for external CEUs
  • Some opportunity to work virtually
  • Flexible work schedule – Practitioners create their own schedules in coordination with client availability
  • Financial incentives for staff who exceed their productivity targets

Preferred Qualifications: 

  • Passionate about assisting individuals with mental illness improve their capacity for independent living and improving their quality of life
  • Experience providing service to individuals with mental illness; familiar with mental illness
  • Strong organizational skills and proven ability to be a self-starter
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to work independently as well as part of a team

Counseling Services of Southern Minnesota’s Clinical Practicum and Internship Program

Masters Clinical Practicum and Internship Placements:

Counseling Services of Southern Minnesota (CSSM) offers masters-level social work, psychology, clinical mental health counseling, and marriage and family therapy practicum and internship placements within our outpatient mental health and/or school-linked mental health settings. Clinical interns begin their practicum and internship experience by developing a foundation for independent clinical practice through didactic training, observation, and supervised training. As they progress through their practicum and enter the internship portion of their experience, they will have advanced their competence and skills to hold a clinical caseload of their own, practicing as a clinical trainee. As a community mental health agency, CSSM provides a variety of services and expertise, across multiple disciplines, promoting quality and diverse learning experiences.

Clinical Intern Experience:

On-boarding: Clinical interns begin their practicum placement with two weeks of initial orientation and training, providing a foundation to the immersive experience with the intern supervisor that follows.

Supervision: CSSM views the supervisory relationship as important to the development of the clinical intern’s professional identity. Clinical interns are placed under the supervision of a licensed clinician who best fits their training needs. Individual supervision is held once per week for one hour, at minimum. Intern supervisors are hands-on, providing shadowing, observation, and co-therapy learning opportunities until the clinical intern is ready for independent work.

Stipend: CSSM offers a quarterly stipend of $250, prorated for the time the clinical intern was present during that quarter. There is an opportunity to earn more based on the intern’s provision of direct service.

Practicum Hours: Clinical interns are expected to provide, at minimum, 20 hours per week during their practicum experience, which may need to increase when some clinical interns transition to internship that requires more direct services hours. Although the scheduling of these hours is flexible to work with the intern’s class load, it is important to schedule within the setting and timeframes that their supervisor is onsite. CSSM is open 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Monday through Thursday, and 8:00 am – 4:00 pm on Friday.

Clinical Practice: Clinical interns can expect to maintain an independent caseload of clients based on their training needs. During practicum, it is expected that interns see 3-5 clients per week, increasing to approximately 12-15 clients during internship. This number was established by the requirements of accreditation and licensing boards for LPCC/LMFT track clinical interns. Other disciplines may require less direct services hours, which would allow for less caseload. Clinical interns will have the opportunity to practice therapeutic intervention with diverse populations given the community-based mental health setting of CSSM.

Clinical Case Consultation: CSSM offers several different opportunities for group clinical consultation with multi-disciplinary professionals including psychiatrists, psychologists, and intervention-specific clinicians.

CSSM is currently interviewing for Fall/Winter 2024-2025 practicum and internship placements. To apply, email your resume and cover letter to:

Makena Roeker, Internship Coordinator – [email protected].