Mental Health Counselor

Bobit Business Media; New York (NY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Saint Dominic's Family Services is seeking a Mental Health Counselor to work with children, youth and families in non-traditional settings. The role requires independent practice within the practitioner’s scope of licensure and a focus on early intervention and engagement of families who may struggle with clinic-based services.

The position involves diagnosing, planning and delivering psychotherapy, trauma-informed care, and crisis intervention, in collaboration with an interdisciplinary team to

Qualifications

• Minimum three (3) years’ experience working with children in foster care and/or mental health.
• Must hold a NYS license in a related behavioral health field.
• Ability to perform comprehensive clinical assessments and develop treatment plans.

Responsibilities

• Be a vital member within an interdisciplinary team.
• Provide mental health diagnosis for child/youth within scope of practice.
• Deliver trauma-informed, culturally competent services to children/youth and families.
• Conduct comprehensive clinical assessments and develop treatment plans.
• Identify medically necessary services to support child/youth and family needs.
• Perform Licensed Evaluation to identify strengths, weaknesses, and service needs.
• Create treatment plans describing conditions, services, outcomes, and frequency.
• Provide psychotherapy and counseling to alleviate symptoms and support development.
• Offer crisis intervention during distress and coordinate with treatment providers.
• Maintain cross-department collaboration and community referrals.

Skills

Trauma-informed care

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Psychotherapy

Assessment & diagnosis

Crisis intervention

Child/youth development

Education

Licensed Psychoanalysts

Licensed Clinical Social Workers

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists

Licensed Mental Health Counselors

Licensed Masters Social Workers (supervised)

Licensed psychologists

Job description

Saint Dominic's Family Servicesis an Equal Opportunity Employer (Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans).
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Job Summary:

The Mental Health Counselor also known as Other Licensed Practitioner is a non-physician licensed behavioral health practitioner able to practice independently, who must perform services within the practitioner’s scope of practice. The services provided are expected to more effectively engage children, youth and families/caregivers who may have difficulty engaging in traditional clinic-based settings. The clinical services provided are intended to help prevent the progression of behavioral health needs through early identification and intervention and may be provided to children/youth in need of assessment for whom behavioral health conditions have not yet been diagnosed, including but not limited to children ages 0-5.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Be a vital member within an interdisciplinary team.
• Responsibility will include providing a mental health diagnosis for child/youth
• Provide services with the intension to treat, correct, or ameliorate a delay or problem in developmental functioning and healthy relationships for children/youth.
• Ensure that service delivery is in a trauma informed, culturally and linguistically competent manner.
• Conduct comprehensive clinical assessments to diagnose, and/or determine medical necessity and develop a treatment plan with the child/family to restore functioning and/or ameliorate behavioral health symptoms.
• Have a strong understanding of medically necessity to incorporate service needs, in the treatment plan such as the rehabilitative State Plans, beyond those provided by the OLP, effectively address the needs of the child/family.
• Conduct a Licensed Evaluation (Comprehensive Assessment) to identify a child/youth individual’s behavioral strengths and weaknesses, problems and service needs,
• Responsibility includes the identification of services and practices medically necessary to meet the child/youth’s behavioral health needs, which may include other children and family treatment and support services (CFTSS)
• Provide a treatment plan which will describe the child/youth’s condition and services needed for the current episode of care, detailing the scope/practices to be provided, expected outcome, and expected frequency and duration of the treatment for each provider.
• Provide Psychotherapy (Counseling) utilizing therapeutic communication and interaction for alleviating symptoms or functional limitations associated with a child/youths diagnosed behavioral health disorder,
• Provide counseling to reverse or changing maladaptive patterns of behavior, encouraging personal growth and development, and supporting the child/youth’s capacity to achieve age–appropriate developmental milestones.
• Responsible for Crisis Intervention Activities if the child-youth experiences psychiatric, behavioral or situational distress in which the OLP NP-LBHP will be contacted as the treatment provider, to provide the necessary interventions in crisis circumstances, such as crisis triage by phone, crisis off site in person, or crisis complex care follow up.
• Maintain professional cross collaboration with various departments within the agency; and make relative contacts with important referral sources within the community.

Education & Experience

• Other Licensed Behavioral Health Professional include the following NYS license:
• Licensed Psychoanalysts
• Licensed Clinical Social Workers
• Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists
• Licensed Mental Health Counselors
• Licensed Masters Social Workers when under the supervision of licensed clinical social workers (LCSWs), or Licensed psychologists.
• Minimum three (3) years’ experience working with children in foster care and/ or mental health. A valid, non-restricted driver license is required for this position.

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to sit or stand for long periods of time.
• Must be able to lift at least 10 pounds
• Must be able to use a computer, type, telephone and other office equipment