Mental Health Counselor - Per Diem

Responsibilities

• Provide a safe and therapeutic milieu by monitoring residents and redirecting behaviors.
• Aid residents through the admission process, including bag searches, required paperwork, and orientating new patients to the unit.
• Establish therapeutic relationships with residents and provide resident care within Walden policies, philosophies, and objectives.
• Observe residents and accurately and thoroughly document daily resident notes.
• Supervise meals and snacks and provide redirection to residents, as needed.
• Precisely prepare adolescent snacks and meals.
• Supervise the preparation of adult resident meals.
• Participate in community meetings, group therapies, education, and social activities on the unit.
• 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 weights and vitals.
• Communicate as needed with families, other levels of care, and team members.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology or related field preferred, High School diploma required.
• Experience: One year experience working with a psychiatric patient population preferred. Eating Disorder knowledge and/or experience preferred.
• Licensure/Certification: CPR and CPI certification, preferred.
• Knowledge: Must possess knowledge of psychiatric group process, therapeutic relationships processes, age specific growth and development, limit setting and behavior management, crisis management with aggressive behaviors.
• Required Competencies: 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.
• Physical Requirements: Physical agility to manage patients in crisis. Push, pull and lift 10 to 75 pounds. Intermittent sitting, standing, walking, bending and stooping.