Counselor

Counselor: Reports to Director of Behavioral Health

Summary

Provide behavioral health consultation, individual counseling, and group counseling to children, adolescents, adults, and families in order to improve psychosocial functioning.

Responsibilities

• Include the following.
• Provide comprehensive assessment and diagnosis of behavioral health patients.
• Provide effective treatment planning and assisting clients in successfully achieving goals.
• Evaluate crisis situations and apply appropriate interventions.
• Assist in the detection of “at risk” patients and development of plans to prevent further psychological or physical deterioration.
• Assist the primary care team in developing care management processes such as the use of guidelines, disease management techniques, case management, and patient education to improve self-management of chronic disease.
• Provide assessment, consultation, and brief intervention for psychological/psychiatric problems and/or disorders. Teach patients, families, and staff care, prevention, and treatment enhancement techniques.
• Monitor the site’s behavioral health program, identifying problems related to patient services and making recommendations for improvement.
• Coordinates with patients for behavioral health treatment plan creation and implementation.
• Maintains scheduled appointments for individual counseling and family counseling sessions and documentation of encounters within the EMR
• Facilitates Group Counseling Sessions
• Function as the Primary Counselor within the assigned clinic.
• Manages crisis intervention within your assigned clinic.
• Participates in provider/ Behavioral Health meetings
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education/Experience: Masters Degree in Social Work

Certificates and Licenses: Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW)

Computer Skills