Per Diem CCS Mental Health Counselor

Overview

The Per Diem Counselor position provides support to persons served in a Vinfen Behavioral Health setting(s) and teaches skills to enhance independence and quality of life.

• Assists with intake and orientation procedures with youth and their families or identified supports.
• Responsible for a variety of daily tasks with persons served. This includes (re) habilitative interventions, behavioral interventions, and monitoring, scheduling appointments, monitoring progress, providing transportation, and other related tasks.
• Acts as a role model and provides support to persons served. Assists in helping youth prepare to safely return to their identified community.
• Assesses persons served physical and emotional status, and report changes to supervisor.
• Ensures program site safety and maintenance, as necessary, at all times.
• Oversees and participates in the daily living and cleaning of the program, with persons served. This includes, but is not limited to, cooking, meal planning, grocery shopping, and general housekeeping,
• Complies with all corporate and divisional policies and procedures, including safe work practices, workers' compensation, universal precautions, and exposure control.
• Completes various paperwork and logs including communication logs, community membership logs, chore schedules, timesheets, and application forms.
• Performs crisis intervention, as needed. Accesses on-call resources, if needed.
• Provides Program Director or Human Resources staff with current contact information, including working telephone number(s), email address, and mailing address.
• Performs other related duties, as required.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

The essential job duties/responsibilities of the position include but are not limited to the information listed below:

• Assists with intake and orientation procedures with youth and their families or identified supports.
• Responsible for a variety of daily tasks with persons served. This includes (re) habilitative interventions, behavioral interventions, and monitoring, scheduling appointments, monitoring progress, providing transportation, and other related tasks.
• Acts as a role model and provides support to persons served. Assists in helping youth prepare to safely return to their identified community.
• Assesses persons served physical and emotional status, and report changes to supervisor.
• Ensures program site safety and maintenance, as necessary, at all times.
• Oversees and participates in the daily living and cleaning of the program, with persons served. This includes, but is not limited to, cooking, meal planning, grocery shopping, and general housekeeping,
• Complies with all corporate and divisional policies and procedures, including safe work practices, workers' compensation, universal precautions, and exposure control.
• Completes various paperwork and logs including communication logs, community membership logs, chore schedules, timesheets, and application forms.
• Performs crisis intervention, as needed. Accesses on-call resources, if needed.
• Provides Program Director or Human Resources staff with current contact information, including working telephone number(s), email address, and mailing address.
• Performs other related duties, as required.

Why Vinfen? We are committed to you! We offer great training, great benefits, career growth and job security!

• We offer great training, great benefits, career growth and job security!

About Us:

Established in 1977, Vinfen is a nonprofit, health and human services organization and a leading provider of community-based services to individuals with mental health conditions, intellectual and developmental disabilities, brain injuries, and behavioral health challenges. Our services and advocacy promote the…