Behavioral Health Counselor

Job Description

Engages and provides care and support to Behavioral Health clients, patients, and/or families. Performs psychosocial assessment and care management. Plans, implements, and documents care and treatment. Collaborates with clinical and non-clinical team members and supports multidisciplinary team.

Job Responsibility

• 1.Assesses clients and conducts psychosocial assessment with family, significant others, and/or professional collaterals to determine patient conditions and needs.
• 2.Provides specialized therapeutic interventions, individual and/or group psychotherapy, as needed, as well as crisis counseling and intervention services, as appropriate.
• 3.Provides complex care management including identification and linkage to community services and resources, and/or access or transfer to a higher level of behavioral health care (e.g. partial hospitalization, inpatient hospitalization) as appropriate, and ensures patient moves along care continuum in a timely manner.
• 4.Promotes patient compliance and adherence to treatment as well as liaises with patient providers for collateral treatment.
• 5.Provides patients and families with the opportunity to engage in care and treatment as well as participates in developing and implementing new/revised approved programs, initiatives, techniques and/or protocols.
• 6.Completes documentation in accordance with policies and procedures of the organization, state and Federal regulations.
• 7.Collaborates with multidisciplinary team consisting of healthcare teams, patients and families to understand social and emotional elements related to diagnosis and treatment.
• 8.Performs related duties as required.
• All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.

• Job Qualification
• Master's Degree required or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• Current License to practice as a Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), Master Social Worker (LMSW), Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or Marriage and Family Therapy (LMFT) in New York State required, plus specialized certifications as needed.
• 1-3 years of relevant experience, required. Inpatient psychiatry or emergency psychiatry experience, preferred.
• Previous hospital experience.
• Ability to work shifts between 8:30AM to 9:00PM, including every other weekend and some holidays.

*Additional Salary Detail The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).