Professional Counselor; Office​/On-site FP

The POSITION

The State of Connecticut, Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) is currently seeking a dedicated and experienced Professional Counselor to join our team.

• FACILITY:
  Connecticut Valley Hospital (CVH)
• ADDRESS: 39 Tynan Circle Middletown, CT
• POSITION NUMBER:
• UNIT:
  Addiction Services Division (ASD) Merritt 2DE
• SCHEDULE:
  
  Full-time, Monday-Friday, 8AM-4:30PM

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• Professional growth and development opportunities
• A healthy work/life balance to all employees

• The Professional Counselor position offers the opportunity to provide meaningful clinical care within an acute psychiatric hospital setting, supporting individuals with complex behavioral health needs as they work toward stabilization and recovery. The role involves delivering active treatment and comprehensive discharge planning for patients in a 22-bed unit, ensuring continuity of care and successful transitions to community-based services.
• As a key member of a multidisciplinary treatment team, the Professional Counselor conducts psychosocial assessments, develops and implements individualized treatment plans, and provides clinical services such as crisis intervention, individual and group counseling, and care coordination. The position emphasizes collaboration, professional judgment, and the use of community resources to promote patient strengths, improve outcomes, and support timely movement to the least restrictive level of care.
  
  This role is ideal for a counselor who is passionate about recovery-oriented care, teamwork, and making a direct impact in an acute behavioral health environment.

DMHAS is a health care agency whose mission is to promote the overall health and wellness of persons with behavioral health needs through an integrated network of holistic, comprehensive, effective, and efficient services and supports that foster dignity, respect, and self-s ufficiency in those we serve.

CVH's vision and mission is to promote recovery through collaborative, compassionate, and culturally competent treatment in a safe, healthy, and caring environment. We provide trauma informed gender responsive treatment that empowers individuals to manage recovery, improve quality of life and return to the community.

We provide an integrated network of holistic, comprehensive, and effective services that promote dignity, respect, and self-sufficiency. At CVH we offer opportunities to make a meaningful impact in the lives of individuals across our Addiction Services Division and Behavioral Health Division. CVH fosters a collaborative, supportive environment where team members work together to create life-changing outcomes for those we serve.

• A comprehensive medical examination, including a drug screening, will be required of all applicants upon a conditional offer of employment.
• All state employees must adhere to Connecticut's Policy for a Drug Free Workplace .

• As a member of a multi-disciplinary clinical team or within a network of community based behavioral health services, provides case management, needs assessment and supportive counseling in addressing client strengths, weaknesses and needs;
• Develops, implements and maintains individualized treatment and rehabilitation plans for clients;
• Works with treatment teams to assist individual patients in achieving social and emotional stability;
• Develops psychosocial assessments through clinical interviews;
• Provides clinical treatment services such as: triage, crisis intervention, individual and/or group counseling, screening and planning;
• Makes use of available community services and facilities to assist clients in meeting identified needs;
• Interprets and synthesizes client information, professional observations and evaluation reports in order to form professional judgments about services;
• Monitors and evaluates effectiveness of treatment plans, documents treatment in clinical records;
• Completes reports in accordance with agency and accrediting bodies;
• Consults and collaborates with other behavioral health providers to improve delivery of services to clients;
• Maintains counseling treatment and standards as required;
• Performs related duties as required.

• Knowledge of
  • principles, methodology, casework and techniques of counseling, interviewing and psychosocial assessment;
  • family and interpersonal relationship dynamics;
  • values, sanctions, purposes and ethics of professional counseling…