Behavioral Health Counselor

COMPASS FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES; Ohio; Hybrid; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedule

Licensure support

Leadership/CEU opportunities

AI-enabled EHR (optional)

Job summary

COMPASS FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES is seeking a Behavioral Health Counselor to deliver individual and group counseling to residents with mental health and substance use needs. You will complete required paperwork and billing in line with agency policy.

You will provide assessments in outpatient, crisis, or residential settings, ensuring clinically sound decisions and timely documentation. A collaborative approach with supervision and referrals is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Counseling or Social Work and licensed in Ohio (LPC or LSW).
• Two years of mental health and substance abuse experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical services/assessments in Outpatient, Crisis or Residential settings.
• Deliver clinical interactions reflecting competency and appropriate clinical judgments.
• Prepare accurate, timely documentation meeting guidelines and regulatory standards.
• Incorporate referral information into assessments and obtain collateral information as needed.
• Collaborate with the program manager to determine site and supervision protocols and assess care changes.
• Provide a minimum of 25 hours of billable services per week based on a 40-hour work week.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Group counseling

Documentation

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Counseling or Social Work

Job description

• Flexible schedule with remote hybrid options
• The Agency will provide additional training / licensure / increased certifications
• Our team is in the process of developing a Learning and Development academy that will provide our employees with Continuing Education Units to our team members
• Highlight clinician input and clinical leadership
• Our Electronic Health Record system allows the optional use of AI when completing documentation

OVERVIEW:

The Behavioral Health Counselor is responsible for facilitating individual and group sessions with residents requiring mental health and substance abuse disorder counseling. Associated paperwork for the program is to be completed and submitted, per agency record-keeping requirements.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide clinical services/assessment services within Outpatient, Crisis or Residential facility.
• Ability to provide clinical interactions which reflect competency, demonstrate clinical judgments which are appropriate to client’s functioning and agency’s risk tolerance standards.
• Deliver accurate, substantive and timely documentation which meets best practice guidelines and regulatory standards.
• Integrate all relevant referral information into the assessment process, and acquire additional collateral information as needed.
• Collaborate with the program manager to determine and designate site and supervision protocols, and assess and determine client level of care changes (decisions related to admission, transfer/discharge, and step-up).
• Provide a minimum of 25 hours of billable services based on a 40-hour work week.

PROGRAM/ACTIVITIES:

• Provides individual and group counseling services when clinically indicated.
• Provides as-needed diagnostic assessments of adults as appropriate.
• Provides crisis intervention services as needed and clinically indicated.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Counseling or Social Work and licensed in the State of Ohio (LPC or LSW).
• Two years prior experience in mental health and substance abuse services preferred.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Prolonged periods of standing and walking.
• Frequently required to sit, reach with hands and arms, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Must be able to lift and/or move 25 pounds.