Mental Health Counselor

Mental Health Counselor

Position Type : Full Time Days

Benefits :

Health Insurance (Medical, Dental, Vision)

401(k) with matching

Educational Assistance

Paid Time Off

Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.

Job Summary

Conducts initial assessments of patients to determine mental health needs and establish care requirements. May assign patients to mental health practitioners based on intake assessments. Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Performs a variety of tasks. Leads and directs the work of others in the care team. A wide degree of creativity and latitude is required.

Essential Functions

Conducts Psychosocial Assessments for Adolescent, Adult, and Geriatric patients as well as neonatal, Infant, and Pediatric patients.

Determines inter-relatedness of psychosocial factors and health status / disease process.

Identifies emotional, social and financial needs of patient / family and provides assistance / referrals as appropriate.

Identifies appropriate treatment plans and follows-up with discharge planning team.

Acts as expert in the area of Social work. Assists Social Workers with problem cases.

Provides emotional support to patient / family. Helps families / patients cope with illness, disability, and situations.

Facilitates patient / family support groups (i.e. Cancer, Stroke and AIDS).

Participates in interdisciplinary discharge planning process : conducts and documents proactive, concurrent discharge planning assessments.

Implements discharge plans, i.e., setting up home health, transfers to other facilities, initial nursing home placements.

Assists in Quality Improvement Initiative : monitor and trend re-admissions to the hospital.

Promotes effective communication and ensures continuity of care. Verbal communication with patients, families, hospital staff are always positive, accurate, supportive, and clearly understood.

Social worker maintains a supportive, collaborative partner-like relationship with nurses, physicians, and case management team.

Consistently performs all social service function to meet department volume and quality standard. Effectively communicates to supervisor status of current workload daily.

Attends meetings regularly : attend daily discharge planning meetings with Case Manager. Attend monthly department Meetings and committee.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Complies with all policies and standards.

Qualifications

Master's Degree Mental Health or related field required

2-4 years related experience in Mental Health Services preferred

preferred

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Ability to develop personalized health plans

Strong operational mindset and ability to use data to draw insights.

Strong understanding of health and wellness principles

Ability to work collaboratively with other health care team providers.

Knowledge of patient education techniques and principles.

Knowledge of mental health treatment modalities, particularly group and individual counseling.

Excellent interpersonal skills with people of all ages.

Knowledge of behavioral methodology and principles.

Ability to positively engage and motivate challenging clients.

Licenses and Certifications

BCLS - Basic Life Support required and

SAMA required and

LMSW - Licensed Medical Social Worker - State Licensure required or

LMHC-Licensed Mental Health Counselor required or

LPC-Licensed Professional Counselor required or

LCSW- License Clinical Social Worker required

INDBH

To Apply, please email jessica_mcconnell2@chs.net (xxxx@chs.net)

Equal Employment Opportunity

This organization does not discriminate in any way to deprive any person of employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect the status of any employee because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, citizenship, veteran status, or military or uniformed services, in accordance with all applicable governmental laws and regulations. In addition, the facility complies with all applicable federal, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. This applies to all terms and conditions of employment including, but not limited to : hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. If you are an applicant with a mental or physical disability who needs a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, contact the director of Human Resources at the facility to which you are seeking employment; Simply go to to obtain the main telephone number of the facility and ask for Human Resources.