Collaborative Care Community Support Counselor

Overview

Description

Center for Life Management (CLM) provides the area's most comprehensive array of mental health services. Our Collaborative Care Program integrates mental, physical and behavioral health needs with a multi-disciplinary team of internal CLM staff and external partners to support individuals with co-occurring mental health needs and intellectual disabilities and/or traumatic brain injury. The Collaborative Care Community Support Counselor provides outpatient, community-based support to help clients improve symptoms and behaviors that interfere with daily functioning and personal wellness goals.

This is a full-time, 35-hour-per-week position.

• Provide psychoeducation using the evidence-based practice of Illness Management and Recovery (IMR) to support goal and coping skill development.
• Provide counseling and Functional Support Services (FSS) in home and community-based settings as deemed appropriate for the objectives, interventions and desired outcomes identified in the client’s treatment plan.
• Provide Individual Therapeutic Behavioral Services (TBSI) to develop, apply, and reinforce coping strategies to reduce and/or ameliorate symptoms and behaviors that interfere with functioning and goal achievement.
• Provide Family Training and Counseling (FTC) services to educate natural supports and promote how to best encourage the client’s resiliency and recovery toward treatment goals.
• Provide Medication Training and Support (MTS) services, as needed to educate, problem solve and develop strategies to incorporate prescribed medication into daily routine.
• Provide Crisis Intervention (CI) services, as needed, when clients experience acute exacerbation of symptoms to ensure their safety within the home and/or community.
• Adhere to and uphold the practices specific to the Continuum of Collaborative Care Model to support the authenticity of program implementation.
• Work collaboratively with other treatment team members, natural supports, and external providers to ensure a wrap-around approach for continuity of client care.
• Provide timely documentation on each service delivered.
• Provide set hours of billable service each week (eligible for team-based incentive pay upon exceeding service expectation).
• Engage in appropriate consultation meetings and committees, both internally and externally, as determined by supervisor.
• Function professionally and in a manner that protects the integrity, confidentiality and rights of all clients.
• Execute all required services and documentation in accordance with agency policies and federal/state standards.
• Maintain professional memberships, licenses, accreditation, certifications, etc.
• Represent CLM in a professional and appropriate manner in all settings.
• Perform all other duties as assigned by supervisor.

We offer a robust benefits package for benefits-eligible employees, including:

• Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision)
• Health Reimbursement Arrangement
• Flexible Spending Account
• Paid earned time (3 weeks in year one, caps at 6 weeks)
• Paid holidays (8) with a bonus birthday holiday in your birth month
• 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan with 3% company contribution after 1 year of employment
• Life Insurance paid by the company
• Short- and Long-Term Disability paid by the company
• Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance paid by the company
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP), accessible to staff and their natural supports
• Company-issued cell phone and laptop as needed for the role
• Scholarship for professional advancement
• Mileage reimbursement for applicable positions
• On-the-job training and continuing education opportunities
• Rewarding and supportive work environment with opportunities for career growth
• Meaningful relationships with co-workers and the individuals we serve
• Flexible work schedule
• Teamwork, teamwork and more teamwork

The Center for Life Management has partnered with New England College to offer a Master’s Degree. This is an exciting opportunity for CLM staff to earn a Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (MS) degree in 3 years.

• Must be a regular, full-time CLM…