Mental Health Counselor

About the role

We save lives while providing the opportunity for people to realize their healthy selves. Walden Behavioral Care is one of the only rapidly-growing, leading national specialty healthcare systems dedicated to serving all genders and offering the full continuum of care for people with all types of eating disorders. We currently have 14 locations on the East Coast in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Georgia. Over the past 15 years, utilizing our state-of-the-art evidence-based, personalized approach to care, we have helped over 20,000 people on their road to recovery. Headquartered in Massachusetts we have over 450 employees who are dedicated to helping people with eating disorders get the help they need and deserve.

Responsibilities

• Provide a safe and therapeutic milieu by monitoring residents and redirecting behaviors.
• Assist residents through the admission process, including bag searches, required paperwork, and orientating new patients to the unit.
• Establish therapeutic relationships with residents and providing resident care within Walden policies, philosophies, and objectives.
• Observe residents and accurately and thoroughly document daily resident notes.
• Supervise breakfast, lunch and snacks and provide re-direction to residents, as needed.
• Precise preparation of adolescent snacks and meals.
• Provide supervision and guidance in preparation of adult resident meals.
• Participate in community meetings, group therapies, education and social activities on the unit.
• Help facilitate group therapy sessions, including but not limited to DBT, CBT, Body Image, etc.
• Communicate appropriately and effectively with residents’ treatment teams to ensure the highest quality of resident care.
• Conduct daily resident weigh-ins.
• Complete call assignments as designated by clinical staff.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree preferred; High School diploma required
• Licensure/Certification: Current CPR Certification
• Knowledge: Psychiatric group process, therapeutic relationship processes, age-specific growth and development, limit setting and behavior management, crisis management with aggressive behaviors

Skills

• Strong organizational and communication skills
• Attention to detail and ability to prioritize independently
• Ability to multi-task in a changing and fast-paced mental health environment
• Ability to work in a highly collaborative, team environment
• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing

Pay

$19.00–$23.00/hour depending on education and experience

Schedule

Part-Time Evening position (3:00 pm–11:30 pm) with weekend rotation required.