Associate Behavioral Health Counselor | Primewest

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Facility: Primewest
Location: Bemidji, MN
Address: 3124 Hannah Ave NW, Bemidji, MN 56601, USA
Shift: 10 Hours - Night Shifts
Job Schedule: Full time
Weekly

Hours:

30.00
Salary Range: $23.00 - $36.00

Department Details

If you are looking to start your career in behavioral health, Residential programs will provide you with the knowledge, skill, and tools that build the foundation for all behavioral health care. This position offers experience in direct patient care with training and supervision to help you develop your behavioral health intervention skill set. For those with experience in behavioral health, the position will provide opportunities to expand knowledge and use creativity in applying interventions for a diverse range of mental health disorders.

Overnight hours offer flexibility to students pursuing degrees in behavioral health and related fields.

The Associate Behavioral Health Counselor requires a broad, yet solid, understanding of human behavior and theories of counseling. May work with a wide range of patient populations and presenting issues, requiring a foundation in a variety of treatment modalities. This role is a team-based role where responsibility for patient well-being is diffused among the treatment team and the overall responsibility lies with a clinical supervisor or admitting provider.

The Associate Behavioral Health Counselor assesses patient needs, develops treatment plans, and implements treatment interventions specific to patient needs. Continually assesses patients' progress and revises treatment plans and interventions accordingly. Documents treatment sessions. Provides patient progress updates to interdisciplinary team, as needed. May educate patient support members about patient issues and interventions. May refer for additional clinical services or to specialists, as needed.

Must stay current on emerging issues in the profession.

The Associate Behavioral Health Counselor may work in a variety of settings, with duties varying by setting. In a clinic setting (other than primary care), the Associate Behavioral Health Counselor conducts scheduled face-to-face counseling sessions designed to assess and improve patients' emotional, mental, and behavioral health. In a hospital setting, the Associate Behavioral Health Counselor may have a broad scope of duties, depending upon assignment.

Hospital assignments include psychiatric inpatient treatment and/or specific hospital units. Psychiatric inpatient treatment duties include development, implementation, and evaluation of treatment plan, individual and family counseling, and consultation with all Mental Health Professionals. Hospital unit duties include crisis intervention, assessment, and referral. In a community setting, the Associate Behavioral Health Counselor coordinates and provides treatment for patients with severe and persistent mental illness.

This may include community-based interventions aimed at improving daily living skills, social skills, and self-regulation skills. The community-based Associate Behavioral Health Counselor consults with a multi-disciplinary team to ensure treatment compliance. In a residential setting, the Associate Behavioral Health Counselor coordinates and provides treatment for patients requiring a higher level of care than outpatient therapy; however, do not meet the criteria for psychiatric inpatient treatment.

Treatment occurs at the residential treatment facility and includes a broad range of duties: assessment and screening, individual and group counseling, development, implementation, and evaluation of treatment programs, and consultation and coordination with a multi-disciplinary team.

Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in behavioral sciences or related field preferred, and completion of a practicum or internship.

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