INTAKE COUNSELOR (DEGREED)

Full-time Assessment & Referral/Intake Counselor Opportunity

Brentwood Behavioral Healthcare is seeking a dynamic and talented Full-time Assessment & Referral/IntakeCounselor for varied shifts (WEEKNIGHTS: Monday-Friday (10p-6a) /WEEKENDS: Friday, Saturday, & Sunday (7pm-7am))

The Assessment Counselor is to assess the need of walk-in and phone callers and ensure their referral to the services or resources to best address those needs.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Answers phone promptly, greets callers courteously, showing genuine concern.
• Identifies needs of callers, scheduling a face to face clinical assessment when indicated.
• Facilitates appropriately callers’ access to optimal level of care within the Brentwood system.
• Refer callers who are not appropriate for Brentwood’s services to other optimal services provider as necessary, effectively matching callers’ needs and resources with available services.
• Bonds and identifies problems thoroughly within a short period of time.
• Is consistently successful in scheduling face-to-face assessments.
• Provides a comfortable, caring approach to client.
• Conducts thorough and concise assessments within 45 minutes; completes admission within 1 ½ to 2 hours
• Makes sound final dispositions with clients and seeks advice from other clinical staff as indicated.
• Obtains and documents admission diagnosis from attending doctor or designee in a timely manner.
• Documentation review shows that forms, notes, and other applicable written information have been completed promptly and accurately.
• Patient admissions, transfers, and unusual occurrences are promptly, clearly, and correctly communicated to all necessary personnel.

Benefits include:

• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
• 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
• SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program
• Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300 Subsidiaries!
• Tuition Reimbursement

Preferred: A Master's degree in Counseling, Psychology, or Social Work with a license to practice in Mississippi.

Minimum: A Master's degree in a behavioral science field such as Psychology or Social Work, Counseling or Marriage and Family Therapy. Master's degrees in Divinity or Education are acceptable only if the degree program emphasizes counseling.