Mental Health Counselor - Partial Hospitalization Program - MSM - Full Time/Days

About the role

Serves as the primary intake and admissions coordinator for Adult Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) and Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) services, with approximately 0.5 FTE dedicated to each program.

Responsibilities

• Serves as the primary intake coordinator for both PHP and IOP programs.
• Reviews incoming referrals from inpatient, ED, ambulatory, and community referral sources.
• Outreach to referral sources on changes in programming and/or answer questions on referral process.
• Conducts EMR reviews to obtain clinical history, risk factors, and treatment information.
• Conducts clinical screenings for prospective patients.
• Congnrols admission coordination and level-of-care recommendations.
• Congnrols admission schedule and patient onboarding.
• Serves as a point person during milieu hours for patient support and brief interventions.
• Provides crisis intervention and de-escalation within scope of practice.
• Serves as backup group facilitator.
• Documents screenings, assessments, and interventions in Epic/EMR.
• Performs other related duties.

Qualifications

• Education Requirements: Master’s Degree in Mental Health Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy, or related behavioral health field required.
• Experience Requirements: 1-year supervised experience conducting therapy for specific patient population.
• Licensing And Certification Requirements (if Applicable): Current New York State Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) license required.
• Computer Skills: MS Office Suite (basic).
• General Skills And Competencies: Excellent oral communication skills, clinical assessment, communication, care coordination, crisis intervention, organization, and teamwork.