Mental Health Counselor

Provide direct therapy services for patients through individual, group, and family therapy, treatment planning, discharge preparation, and collaboration with case management and program staff members.

• Requirements
• Must have Utah License - CMHC, ACMHC, LCSW, LMFT, or CSW
• Minimum of a Masters Degree in Clinical Social Work, Clinical Psychology, licensed professional counselor, or marriage and family therapy or related field. (May be within 6 months of obtaining)
• Two (2) years of experience in the area of adult recovery or adolescent treatment. (Preferred)
• Must possess a current CPR / AED / First Aid Certificate
• ART / EMDR Certified
• Skills & Competencies
• Intervention techniques of individual, group and family therapy in working with patients and their families.
• Basic knowledge of educational, psychological, family, and social work systems as related to behavioral treatment.
• Must have a working knowledge of treatment plan development and implementation including charting and progress notes and related documentation skills.
• Must be credentialed through Beecon Recoverys Behavior Management Training Program.
• To consistently exercise good judgment and adequate emotional stability in evaluation situations and make decisions despite the pressures of deadlines or the occurrence of unexpected stressful events.
• Programming
• Assist the Facility Director / Operator with daily procedures and operations of the Program Department.
• Participate in team meetings.
• Add new patients / clients to applicable file systems.
• Keep accurate records of patients / clients, and update them as needed.
• Maintain knowledge of ongoing changes to policies and procedures within the program.
• Understand and communicate patient / client expectations when necessary. Lead by example, maintain personal boundaries, and withhold professional relationships.
• Weekly patient interviews and daily interactions, encouragement, and support, creatively challenge patients maladaptive behaviors and lead by personal example.
• Monitor group dynamics, patient program compliance, managing risk, room assignments, de-escalation, critical thinking, and decision-making.
• Operations
• Maintain accurate patient / client records in Alleva and ensure patient screenings. Ensure notes are entered each day for the patients for which you performed a service that day.
• Obtain required signatures and keep an audit for those files.
• Point of contact with patients, clients, associated partners or consultants
• Responsible for ordering facility supplies and verifying the delivery of such supplies.
• Vacuum, clean, take out garbage, maintain offices and procedure rooms, and keep facilities presentable for random tours.
• Be aware that this description will change and evolve constantly.
• Clinical
• Prepares and ensures that a complete psycho-social history and related substance abuse and mental health assessments are done on each patient to provide information on the patients personality and behavior including information regarding physical and mental condition; hereditary, social, developmental, school environment, and personalities in the family, group, as well as the patients reaction to them. Interviews with related significant family and friends may also be required to complete the full assessment of needs and strengths.
• Provide weekly group therapy (which may include process groups, task-oriented groups, psychoeducation, or other group and treatment-oriented concerns) to help patients and staff members.
• Must provide 2-3 individual sessions per patient each week. This may or may not include a family member, as dictated by client requests and needs.
• Monitor patient therapeutic needs weekly and collaborate with the Substance Use Disorder Counselor or Clinical Director to create adjustments in treatment plans and interventions.
• Create discharge plans that support patients needs, and clinical appropriateness, and reflect the program's philosophy about comprehensive and continued support.
• Participate in weekly staff meetings where patients treatment plans are discussed, formulated, updated, and discharge and aftercare plans are formulated.
• Create and support continuous, appropriate, and effective communication regarding treatment progress and patient information among all personnel involved in the program as well as with parents, referral sources, payer sources, etc.
• Assist the Clinical Director in developing new policies and procedures.
• Will develop, plan, and implement parenting / family seminars when required and appropriate.
• Must keep in consistent contact with all clinical personnel or others with direct patient contact
• Execute job description and participate in yearly evaluations.
• May be required to participate in clinical team planning and budgeting meetings and discussions related to primary therapy service.
• Must consistently demonstrate the ability to establish and maintain good public relations with families, referral agencies, and other community resources.
• Must have the ability to express ideas clearly, concisely, convincingly, and effectively when addressing an audience.
• Assists and ensures that families are helped with problems arising from the patients admission to the program.
• Participate on committees and in professional meetings and staffing as necessary to the function of the program as a whole.
• Assures consistency in dealing tactfully and harmoniously with staff, patients, and the public, and adheres to and follows all patient policies and procedures as designated and defined by the Director of Operations.
• May be asked to participate in marketing and referral development activities.
• Meet with referral partners, other programs, potential patients, and their parents to discuss the program and Beecon Recoverys approach to recovery / treatment.
• Participate in program-wide IOP activities.
• Physical Demands
• Ability to stoop, kneel, crouch, reach, stand, walk, push, pull, lift, and grasp.
• Ability to express and exchange ideas via spoken word during activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to others accurately, sometimes quickly and loudly.
• Ability to perceive detailed information through oral communication and to make fine discriminations in sound.
• Work requires a minimum standard of visual acuity with or without correction that will enable people in the role to complete administrative and clerical tasks and visually observe students on the unit and in therapeutic activities.

Job Types : Full-time, Part-time

Pay : $40.00 - $50.00 per hour

Expected hours : 40 per week

Benefits :
• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Vision insurance

Ability to Commute :

• Brigham City, UT 84302 (Required)

Ability to Relocate :

• Brigham City, UT 84302 : Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location : Hybrid remote in Brigham City, UT 84302

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