Day Treatment Counselor

Day Treatment Counselor

SALARY: 46,000-49,000

POSITION OVERVIEW:

A Day Treatment Counselor is part of a team of mental health professionals working with adults with severe and chronic mental illness along with a co-morbid developmental/ intellectual disabilities. The primary responsibilities include: facilitating group sessions and individual counseling, as well as community support and implementation. Group therapy topics may include: goal setting, DBT skills and other creative forms of expression. The center utilizes evidence-based practices, such as, DBT, ACT and FAP to create a therapeutic and holistic learning environment.

REPORTS TO: Day Program Director

NETWORK OR DEPARTMENT: Network 4/Behavioral Health

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Maintains a caseload of individual clients, meeting with them for regularly scheduled sessions
• Directs treatment for individuals on their caseload, working with the PSR director to utilize effective evidence based interventions
• Demonstrates a working knowledge of Contextual Behavior Therapy principles
• Conceptualizes a client's behaviors in a phenomenologically empathic manner, drawing upon a working knowledge of behavioral principals with the support and supervision of the PSR Director
• Conducts regularly scheduled group sessions and community outings
• Meets or exceeds benchmark of service billing set for their role by the Clinical Director and Network 4 Director
• Submits documentation for services in a timely fashion
• Demonstrates knowledge of correct procedures for Medicaid billing
• Maintains awareness of the milieu and intervenes as appropriate with evidence based interventions to assist clients in maintaining effective behaviors that promote healthy social and psychological adjustment
• Coordinates with team members when necessary to ensure clients maintain effective behaviors within the milieu
• Demonstrates an ability to interact with clients in an effective manner that promotes a therapeutic environment
• Demonstrates readiness to work in coordination with the team to ensure appropriate coverage of essential program functions. This may include volunteering for additional assignments above and beyond regularly scheduled responsibilities.
• Is an active participant in case staffings and regularly scheduled PSR staff meetings
• Communicates any identified problem areas or concerns to the PSR Director
• Works with PSR Director to implement evidenced-based, psychoeducational group curricula
• Works with the PSR Director to facilitate activities for persons served, including but not limited to camping trip, family and friends event, Halloween party, Holiday party, and Thanksgiving celebration
• Works collaboratively with the multidisciplinary treatment team, which includes residential staff and Supportive Employment, in helping persons supported achieve their goals

• Advises the PSR Director of any immediate or non-immediate medical problems regarding any program participants

SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Knowledge of and willingness to utilize the third-wave contextual behavior therapy models
• Able to make independent decisions and problem solve
• Able to deal effectively with staff, program participants, family members, visitors, government agencies/personnel, and the general public
• Able to promote good staff relations and employee morale
• Able to plan, organize, develop, implement, and interpret the programs, goals, objectives, policies and procedures, necessary for providing quality care
• Able to execute policies, procedures, and regulations and when necessary explain them to program participants, family members, members of the community, and staff from other agencies
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Strongly self-motivated

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Be able to lift over 40 pounds from floor to waist unassisted
• Be able to push and pull 75 pounds
• Be able to complete deep knee squats
• Be able to push wheelchairs up to 200 pounds
• Remain in a stationary position, often standing or sitting for prolonged periods
• Operate motor vehicles
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to, stand, sit; talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard reach, stoop kneel to install computer equipment
• Physical activities that could be used include: driving, balancing, pulling, pushing, standing, climbing, grasping, stooping, crouching, crawling, kneeling, reaching, lifting, and repetitive motion.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor or Masters in the field of counseling psychology, social work, or other human service-related fields. Must be able to complete as pass a drug screen and physical examination which include: balancing, pulling, pushing, standing, climbing, kneeling, reaching, repetitive motion, pushing wheelchairs and lifting up to 40 pounds.