Behavioral Health Counselor

About the role

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 a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Assesses clients and conducts psychosocial assessment with family, significant others, and/or professional collaterals to determine patient conditions and needs.
• Provides specialized therapeutic interventions, individual and/or group psychotherapy, as needed, as well as crisis counseling and intervention services, as appropriate.
• 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.
• Promotes patient compliance and adherence to treatment as well as liaises with patient providers for collateral treatment.
• 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.
• Completes clinical triage assessments, manages clinical documentation and patient schedules, makes direct referrals for patients when needed, conducts brief interventions if needed, crisis intervention, safety/risk assessments, and supervision of interns.
• Completes documentation in accordance with policies and procedures of the organization, state, and Federal regulations.
• Collaborates with a multidisciplinary team consisting of healthcare teams, patients, and families to understand social and emotional elements related to diagnosis and treatment.
• Performs related duties as required.

Qualifications

• 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.

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).