What are the responsibilities and job description for the Licensed Behavioral Health Professional position at Armor Healthcare?
Responsibilities
Under the supervision of a Licensed Behavioral Health Professional, you will be required to perform the following duties :
- Provide a wide range of psychosocial assessments and preliminary diagnostic impression, counseling therapy, crisis intervention, and / or case management services to patients in a Jail as part of an established multidisciplinary treatment team and behavioral health program.
- Collect supporting information about patients through interview, case history, psychological tests, and / or observational techniques
- evaluate data to identify causes of problems and determine proper therapeutic approach or referral to other specialists
- Provide crisis management counseling, and / or short-term therapy to patients as appropriate
- Prepare treatment and follow-up care programs
- Provide therapeutic crisis intervention and emergency services as required
- Demonstrate knowledge of DSM-5 criteria and appropriate intervention for each entity
- Consult with other behavioral health practitioners and related staff, as appropriate, in the performance of therapeutic and / or casework
Qualifications
Armor Health is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all qualified employees and applicants. We comply with all applicable federal and state laws prohibiting discrimination in employment, including but not limited to those that prohibit discrimination based on color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, genetic information, national origin, immigration status, age, physical or mental disability, military or veteran's status, and citizenship.
