Residential Mental Health Counselor

About the role

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
• Assist residents through the admission process, including bag searches, required paperwork, and orienting 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 care
• Supervise breakfast, lunch, and snacks and provide redirection to residents
• Prepare adolescent snacks and supervise adult resident meal preparation
• 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
• 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
• Administer Columbia risk assessments, monitor resident safety, and complete safety documentation
• Model therapeutic eating habits with residents by eating provided programmatic meals and snacks aligned with company’s nutrition philosophy to completion throughout shift

Qualifications

• Education: High School diploma; Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology or related field preferred
• Licensure/Certification: 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

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage
• Retirement plan
• Company-paid life insurance, AD&D, and short-term disability
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Paid time off
• Professional development

Pay

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