What are the responsibilities and job description for the Counselor position at Phoenix House of New York?
Job Details
Job Location: Brentwood Mental Health Clinic - Brentwood , NY
Position Type: Full Time
Education Level: Graduate Degree
Salary Range: $23.51 - $28.84 Hourly
Travel Percentage: Up to 50%
Job Shift: Morning
Job Category: Nonprofit - Social Services
Description
SUMMARY: Under the supervision of the Program Director, provides clinical services to patients.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned.
- Conducts assessments and provides individual counseling and treatment/recovery plan preparation, monitoring, and review.
- Provide therapeutic interactions to foster the patient’s social, cognitive, and behavioral skill development.
- Provide psychosocial interventions to teach skills for coping with urges, craving, impulsive behavior and cognitive distortions in thinking, motivational interviewing techniques.
- Plan and facilitate interactions with residents within the milieu to build social, emotional, and behavioral functioning.
- Communicate and collaborate with legal entities on referrals, treatment, progress, etc.
- Prepare and maintain case records.
- Participate in weekly staff meetings.
- Attend weekly supervision.
COMPETENCIES (KSAs)
- Ethical Practices
- Judgment
- Relationship Management
- Emotional Intelligence
- Empathy
- Professional Boundaries
- Global and Cultural Awareness
- Critical Evaluation
- Problem Solving
- Decision Making
- Communication
- Teamwork
- Crisis Management
- Technical Capacity
Qualifications
REQUIRED EDUCATION
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- Master's degree in Social Work
LICENSE/CERTIFICATION
- LMSW
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE
- Minimum two years in a behavioral health/substance use disorder treatment program
WORK ENVIRONMENT
- This job operates in an indoor office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, and photocopiers.
- This position is hybrid/mobile and will be working between Suffolk County Jails, out in the community, as well as in an office at a Phoenix House facility.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential duties and responsibilities of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential duties and responsibilities.
- Regularly required to sit, use hands to type, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear.
- Occasionally required to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, or crouch and lift and/or move up to 5 pounds.
Salary : $24 - $29
