Mental Health Coordinator/Counselor

Job Summary

This position is responsible for providing mental health/wellness services to Catholic Charities clients/residents/patrons under the supervision of an appropriately licensed mental health professional. This position may be stationed at the CBHS outpatient clinic, Rising Strong, the Havens, Catalyst, or a combination of these sites. This position can be filled by a graduate intern who is finishing their program and within 6 months of graduation. An Agency Affiliated Counselor credential is required for this position.

Responsibilities

• Keep a schedule of regular appointments as per needs of CCEW program.
• Establish an on-site presence which provides meaningful availability for program residents and provide a wide array of mental wellness/mental health activities and services.
• Record required statistics.
• Practice timely and complete file management as per program requirements.
• Meet at least weekly with assigned supervisor.
• Provide behavioral health services according to state and professional ethical conduct guidelines.
• Provide mental health services as per treatment plans in collaboration with a Mental Health Professional/Therapist.
• Use Access to Care Standards for all Medicaid/State Funded clientele and provide necessary documentation.
• Provide behavioral health services which promote growth, improve functioning, and keep clients from decompensating.
• Document all services provided to consumers and progress toward goals identified in as per program guidelines.
• Able to effectively teach evidence-based practice skills such as CBT, DBT, ACT, etc to clients.
• Provide information and referrals and link consumers with community resources as needed.
• Provide skills training and psycho-education to improve consumers and their families/supports' understanding and management of psychiatric conditions.
• Provide outreach services as directed by supervisor.
• Make collateral contacts and consult other professionals to ensure maximum service benefits for participants as directed by supervisor.
• Uses appropriate administrative, fiscal, physical, and technical safeguards to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and security of CCEW client protected health information (PHI), per regulations outlined in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
• Able to regularly utilize all forms of communication (email, text, phone, etc.) and database practices necessary for this position and as directed by supervisor.
• Adhere to the tenets of Catholic Social Teaching and Catholic Doctrine.
• Perform as a team member to assure that productivity outcome measures are achieved.
• Perform related functions necessary to support the mission and core values of Catholic Charities.

Qualifications

Must be enrolled in a graduate program in Social Work, Counseling Psychology, Psychology, or other related field and within 6 months of graduation with a Master's degree. Experience working with issues of behavioral health and poverty preferred.

Certificates & Licenses

• Agency Affiliated Counselor credential required.
• Valid Driver's License and ability to drive for work use.
• Must be and remain in good academic standing with his/her graduate school when applicable.

Physical Abilities

• Regularly sit, stand, climb, walk, hear/listen, talk.
• Frequently lift up to 10 pounds, pull/push, carry, grasp, reach.
• Occasionally crawl, stoop, kneel.
• Clearly see 20+ feet, with or without corrective lenses; ability to focus.

Skills & Abilities

• Adaptability: ability to adapt to changes, delays, or unexpected events; manage competing demands and prioritize tasks; change approach or method to best fit the situation.
• Analytical Ability: maintain focus for extended periods; complete research projects with resourcefulness and persistence; synthesize complex or diverse information; use intuition and experience to complement existing data.
• Attendance: consistently arrive and be able to work as scheduled.
• Computer/Technical Ability: working knowledge of Word Processing, Spreadsheet, and Internet software, as well as digital record-keeping.
• Dependability: follow instructions in both written and verbal format; respond to management direction; complete tasks on time or notify the appropriate person with an alternate plan when necessary.
• Interpersonal Skills: maintain satisfactory relationships with others; excellent customer service skills; good overall understanding of appropriate human relations; awareness of and sensitivity to the service population's culture and socioeconomic characteristics.
• Judgment: make prudent and timely decisions; exhibit sound and accurate judgment; explain reasoning for decisions.
• Language Ability: read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations; write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals; effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Mathematical Ability: add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals; compute rate, ratio, and percent and draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Motor Coordination: coordinate eyes, hands, fingers, and feet accurately and handle precise movements.
• Problem Solving Ability: identify and/or prevent problems before they occur; formulate alternative solutions to problems when necessary; transfer learning from past experiences to new experiences of similar nature.
• Quality Management: complete duties on time and with absolute precision at least 95% of the time; edit the accuracy and thoroughness of one's own work as well as the work of others; constructively apply feedback to improve performance; generate ideas to improve and promote quality in work.
• Reasoning Ability: solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists; interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Workplace Environmental Conditions

While performing the essential duties/responsibilities of this job, the employee will be exposed during a shift to constant or intermittent sounds at moderate to loud levels of sound dependent upon daily activities.