Mental Health Counselor
Company: Rogers Behavioral Health
Location: Kimberly
Posted on: April 18, 2024
Job Description:
The Therapist develops, coordinates, and facilitates all direct
social services to patients and their families assigned and
performs duties as directed by their manager. The Therapist will
work in an acute care setting that includes partial hospitalization
and intensive outpatient services.Job Duties &
Responsibilities:
- Per program description, this job may include duties of
cognitive behavioral therapies in addition to social
services.Provide social services to patients and their
families/significant others
- Provide therapeutic treatment services to the individual,
group, family and/or significant others.
- May provide individual treatment sessions with patients as
indicated per the program and patient needs.
- Provide crisis intervention services as needed and assess for
safety daily.
- Interact with patients, family members, significant others and
referents with respect and dignity.
- Participate in psychoeducational support sessions with
patient/family/significant others.
- Provide case management and therapeutic interventions to all
assigned patients.
- Serve as patient advocate when a patient has a grievance,
following the System policy and procedure.
- Adhere to materials provided to ensure clinical effectiveness
and consistency. Manage patient/family expectations related to
services provided. Initiate and maintain contact with referring
providers, school, if applicable, and care team for patients.
- Implement goals and interventions as specific on the Care Plan,
within the therapeutic component of the patient's program.
- Ensure goals are SMART (specific, measurable, attainable,
relevant, and timely).
- Ensure goals and interventions are patient specific and
individualized according to patient diagnoses.
- Document progress according to the treatment plan. -Complete
all documentation within required time
- Complete admissions documentation.
- Social Services Admission Assessment.
- Suicide Risk Assessment and collaboration with treatment team
according to identified guidelines.
- Complete a safety plan (at Provider discretion for patients age
12 and under).
- Initial treatment goals and interventions on the Care
Plan.
- Obtain necessary consent for release of records to access
information that will assist in providing treatment or facilitating
discharge, including coordination with referents and other mental
health treatment providers.
- Complete ongoing treatment documentation, as required,
according to program guidelines.
- Write clear, concise, collaborative, and obtainable treatment
goals in the Treatment Plan.
- Document patient's treatment status in medical record
daily.
- Complete therapeutic documentation for group treatments
including a description of the group and information about the
patient's engagement and participation. Update the Care Plan goals
and interventions.
- Document contact notes for each conversation with outpatient
provider, school, or parent.
- Summarize the patient's progress and decision making from
multidisciplinary team meetings in the master treatment plan each
time the patient is officially staffed. -Complete discharge
documentation as required and on time
- Document the initial discharge plan in the medical record.
- Document discharge summary. Identify patient's presenting
problem, progress, current status and treatment
recommendations.
- Contact outpatient provider(s), school and other stakeholders
to discuss aftercare to ensure proper handoff.
- Report and document suspected cases of physical, sexual abuse
and/or neglect according to the law in the state of employment and
according to System policy and procedure.
- Implement understanding of the System policies and
procedures.
- Implement understanding of the Mandatory Reporting in the state
of employment. -Support changes in staffing/scheduling when program
and patient care needs requireAdditional Job
Description:Education/Training Requirements:
- Master's degree in psychology, Social Work, or related field,
from an accredited school of Social Work, Professional Counseling,
or Family Therapy with a minimum of two (2) years' experience in
health care and -at least two (2) years in a psychiatric setting,
preferred.
- Full, independent licensure as a Licensed Professional
Counselor (LPC), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT),
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or equivalent in state
practicing, i.e., LPCC, LMHC.
- A SAC-IT, SAC, or CSAC is preferred in WI. A substance abuse
specialty authorization applicable to the state hired in is
required.
- Working knowledge of therapeutic intervention and techniques
for all age groups, as well as the dynamics of human growth and
behavior.
- Per program description, this job may include duties of
cognitive behavioral therapies in addition to social services.
- American Red Cross Professional Rescue is required within
thirty (30) days of date of hire. Bi-annual -recertification is
required.
- Formal training in the management of the aggressive patient
(NCI) is required within sixty (60) days of date of hire. Annual
re-certification is required.
- Attend all mandatory in-services and other in-services relevant
to the position. Be responsible for all -educational requirements
and related obligations pertaining to the license of the
program/unit license regulatory requirements governing the
program(s).Clinical Substance Abuse Counselor - Cert, Licensed
Alcohol And Drug Counselor - Cert, Licensed Clinical Professional
Counselor - Cert, Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Cert, Licensed
Independent Clinical Social Worker - Cert, Licensed Marriage And
Family Therapist - Cert, Licensed Mental Health Counselor - Cert,
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor - Cert, Licensed
Professional Counselor - Cert, Social Worker - Cert, Substance
Abuse Counselor - Cert, Substance Abuse Counselor - In Training -
Cert
Keywords: Rogers Behavioral Health, Appleton , Mental Health Counselor, Healthcare , Kimberly, Wisconsin
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