Job Description

Posting number: CLSH-2026-60

Department: LDH-Office of Behavioral Health

Job classification: REHABILITATION COUNSELOR

Posting type: Promotional

Categories: Mental Health, Rehabilitation Services

CLSH MISSION: Strive to provide quality, person-centered care with focus on recovery and resiliency in a safe and secure environment.

CLSH VISION: Strive to be the best public psychiatric hospital possible

CLSH VALUES “I CARE”: Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence

The Rehabilitation Counselor plays a vital role for the Louisiana Department of Health in the Behavioral Health community by utilizing CLSH’s values and mission to deliver quality and effective care to our patients. The hospital is highly committed to cooperative work with other state agencies and with the state and regional mental health program to insure the integration and coordination of hospital-community services into a comprehensive system of mental health care.

Central Louisiana State Hospital located in Pineville, Louisiana is seeking applicants for a vacant position in our Activity Therapy Department as a Rehabilitation Counselor who independently provides eligible rehabilitation patients with professional counseling, guidance, training, vocational alternatives, and placement services resulting in gainful employment and/or self-sufficiency.

The ideal candidate should possess the following:

CORE COMPETENCIES:
Demonstrating Accountability: The ability to take ownership of actions, behaviors, performance, decisions, and outcomes.
Making Accurate Judgments: The ability to assess options, weigh risks, and make sound decisions using available information and logical
reasoning.
Thinking Critically: The ability to analyze information objectively, identify connections across sources, and form logical, well supported
conclusions.
PREFERRED COMPETENCIES:
Acting with Ethics and Integrity: The ability to make choices that reflect ethical standards, integrity and honesty, regardless of circumstances or
personal benefit.

Examples of duties

One year of experience in rehabilitation counseling plus one of the following:

A bachelor’s degree plus one year of experience in rehabilitation services, social services, administrative services, therapy services, or nursing; OR

A bachelor’s degree in a rehabilitation field, a social sciences field, social work, education, nursing, health and human services, speech therapy, or business administration; OR

A master’s degree.

Qualifications

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here

Supplemental information

Job Duties:

• Independently provide work skills training for adult chronic psychiatric patients at onsite locations through part-time
  job opportunities with close, supportive supervision as part of the Activity Therapy Day Program.
• Collaborate with public and private employers in the community to assist patients with job placement when appropriate.
• Provide a variety of structured activities both on and off grounds with groups of psychiatric patients designed to
  address individual treatment plan objectives to include, but not limited to, facilitation of coping skills, problem solving
  skills, and medication compliance.
• Plan and facilitate special events and activities to promote socialization and leisure
  participation.
• Evaluate patient progress and maintain documentation in the medical record according to department and medical
  record guidelines.
• Administer Activity Therapy assessments and annual reassessments to assist in development of
  individual treatment plans.

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type Promotion or Demotion; Candidate must be a full-time permanent employee of Central Louisiana State Hospital

Compensation: This position has a Minimum Hire Rate of $20.06 hourly ($1604.80 bi-weekly)

Schedule: M-F; 8:00am – 4:30pm

How To Apply:
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.

* Information to support your eligibility for this job title must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

Contact Information:

For further information about this vacancy, contact:

Brandon Luneau

Central Louisiana State Hospital

brandon.luneau@la.gov

Louisiana is a State As a Model Employer (SAME) that supports the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities.