BWH- Mental Health Counselor Per Diem

# BWH
- Mental Health Counselor Per Diem Bournewood Hospital - Brookline, MA 02467## Overview Salary Range $22.00 - $30.00 Hourly Position Type Part Time Job Shift Per Diem## Description
** Job Summary****:
** The Mental Health Counselor is a member of the treatment team. This incumbent is the primary patient contact and also has milieu responsibility. The MHC receives guidance through the treatment plan and through unit management.
** Essential Functions****:
*** Assists patients to clarify their course of treatment through providing a safe environment and performing assignments as needed.
* Consistently observes patients for changes in mental status and changes in safety on unit checks
* Participates in de-escalation using early intervention skills to assist, and restraints if needed (strictly for imminent risk only) of patients according to procedures and standards.
* Participates in accompanying the patient through admissions, discharge, orientation and transfer as directed.
* Takes and records patients vital signs as directed.
* Assists with or facilitates patient's self management of Activities of Daily Living
* Coordinates activities of assigned patients
* Participates in discussion of patients, contributing to understanding/interventions for effective outcomes
* Implements Treatment Plan through carrying out counselor activities in treatment plan
* Documents daily patients' participation in treatment and observed response to interventions
* Adheres to policies surrounding boundaries, patient confidentiality, and stays up to date on required trainings.## Qualifications
** Physical Criteria****:
*** Must be able to walk the grounds of the facility and potentially sprint short distances.
* Must be able to assist with patient care surrounding lifting, turning and restraining patients if needed.
* Must be able to lift 50-60 pounds.