Habilitation Counselor

Habilitation Counselor
- Multiple Vacancies

Position Details

Recruitment/Posting Title
- Habilitation Counselor
- Multiple Vacancies

Job Category
- Staff & Executive
- Healthcare
- Medical and Patient Services

Department - UBHC
- Mobile Response

Overview
- Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care (UBHC), established in 1971, offers a full continuum of evidence based behavioral health and addiction services for children, adolescents, adults, and seniors throughout New Jersey. UBHC's 1,060 experienced behavioral health professionals and support staff are dedicated to treatment, prevention, and education. UBHC, one of the largest providers of behavioral health care in the country, has a budget of $260 million and has 15 sites throughout New Jersey.

Services are readily accessible and include: inpatient, outpatient, partial hospitalization, screening, crisis stabilization, family/caregiver support, community outreach and case management, supportive housing, supported employment, prevention and consultation, employee assistance programs, and a licensed therapeutic school from preschool through high school. Specialty services include the New Jersey suicide prevention helpline and peer help lines for police, veterans, active military, teachers, mothers of special needs children and child protective service workers.

In FY2016, UBHC treated 16,199 consumers, had 24,502 admissions, and touched the lives of 19,441 individual callers through peer support. In addition, UBHC is the primary mental health training resource for the New Jersey departments of Human Services, Children and Families, and Corrections, delivering 16,000 trainings each year.

Posting Summary
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is seeking a Habilitation Counselor for the Children's Mobile Response and Stabilization Services within Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care. The primary purpose of the Habilitation Counselor is to provide assessments for the Children's Mobile Response and Stabilization Services (CMRSS) program in designated catchment area that meet quality and quantity standards within UBHC and the Children's System of Care (CSoC).

Performs functions in support of the UBHC mission providing streamlined, prompt, and "consumer friendly" crisis response services. Receives telephone requests for service, undertakes crisis assessment of the service needs of the client or customer, responds by outreach to the family, assesses the youth and family strengths and current crisis situation, makes appropriate referrals for time-limited stabilization services, monitors effectiveness of services and makes linkages for aftercare.

Demonstrates competency in recognizing the unique needs and applying relevant crisis stabilization approaches for children and adolescent and their families. Among the key duties of this position are the following:

• Ensures that telephone contacts with clients or family members occur in an appropriately courteous, helpful fashion.
• Responds to families telephone referrals, inquiries, and other contacts with professionals, outside agencies and other parties in a professional and cordial manner, per caller feedback.
• Maintains comprehensive and up-to-date knowledge of eligibility and admission criteria for units and programs served by the CMRSS program.
• Obtains crisis assessment information in accordance with CMRSS protocols and accurately and appropriately inputs data in unit's information system.
• Provides face to face interventions in the community including, but not limited to, families' homes, schools, group homes, foster homes, shelters, and the detention center.
• Provides case management services to inform and assist families with gaining access to needed legal, medical, social, education, mental health, addiction, co-occurring, and other services.
• Acquires familiarity with agencies in the designated catchment area that provides services to children, adolescents and their families that can provide crisis stabilization services and providing ongoing support/resources for the family.

FLSA
- Exempt

Grade - 19S

Salary Details - 54196.00

Minimum Salary -

Mid Range Salary -

Maximum Salary -

Offer Information
- The final salary offer may be determined by several factors, including, but not limited to, the candidate's qualifications, experience, and expertise, and availability of department or grant funds to support the position. We also take into consideration market benchmarks, if and when appropriate, and internal equity to ensure fair compensation…