Behavioral Health Clinician- Community Behavioral Health

About the role

To provide assistance to the interdisciplinary team in the assessment, treatment planning, psychotherapy/counseling, and discharge planning for patients on the inpatient behavioral health units.

Qualifications

• Education: Master's Degree Psychology Or Master's Degree Social Work Or Master's Degree Counseling
• Certifications: Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) Or Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)
• And Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) Training within 3 months - Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI)
• Use of usual and customary equipment used to perform essential functions of the position.

Responsibilities

• Provides individual, group, and family counseling to assist patients/families in achieving treatment goals
• Provides individual counseling to patients as stipulated on the treatment plan
• Facilitates a minimum of one regularly scheduled group therapy/week
• Assures that families are involved in treatment a minimum of two times/week
• Provides family counseling as stipulated on the treatment plan (adult/geriatric unit)
• Interventions reflect a knowledge of age appropriate behaviors
• Group facilitation reflects expertise in group dynamics
• Cognitive behavior therapy and other brief therapies are utilized whenever appropriate