Counselor (LMHC)

Job Description

Job Description

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Title : Counselor (LMHC)
Department : Center for Healing (Opioid Treatment Program)
Reports To: Clinical Services Director 
Job   Location : 190 Mercer Street
FLSA : Non-Exempt
Job   Status : Full-Time
Availability:  Monday - Friday 6:15am-1:45pm
Number of Positions: 1 
Benefits: Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance, Commuter Benefits, Flexible Spending Account, 403b Retirement Plan, Worker’s Compensation, Short- & Long-Term Disability Insurance, Life Insurance, Holidays, Personal Time Off, Vacation Leave, Sick Leave, Competitive Remuneration. 

About Greenwich House

Founded in 1902 as a Settlement House to help New York’s increasing immigrant population adjust to life in a new country, Greenwich House today offers a variety of programs and approaches that continue to provide thousands of New Yorkers with health and wellness supports, education and personal enrichment, and skills building and cultural experiences.

Position Summary 

Provide flexible, consumer-oriented therapy to assist patients in achieving self-sufficiency and positive treatment outcomes by combining traditional psychotherapy with a practical, problem-solving approach that creates a dynamic and efficient path for change and problem resolution.

Responsibilities

• Provide assistance to patients in achieving self-sufficiency and positive treatment outcomes. 
• Help patients identify goals and solutions to problems causing emotional problems and the use of psychotherapy to address mental disorders and substance abuse.
• Assist patients to develop skills and strategies to address their issues.
• Assess patient’s needs and develop a treatment plan with the patient that assists in working towards achieving the patient’s goals. 
• Demonstrate a concern for the short-term and long-term well-being of individuals, couples, families, groups, and organizations.
• Supervise counseling interns and graduates of counseling programs to develop skills necessary to practice as a Mental Health Counselor.
• Engage in program development, advocacy, research, and program evaluation to improve mental health treatment and prevention services.
• Maintain caseload, provide individual and group treatment utilizing evidence-based practice focused on daily living skills, harm reduction, anger management, parenting skills, assertiveness, health issues, mental health issues,  pre-vocational and employment issues. 
• Complete all required paperwork in a timely manner.
• Develop and update client treatment plans and long term goals.        
• Be prepared for and attend all supervision sessions and team meetings.
• Attend all agency mandated training and other learning opportunities as recommended by the supervisor.
• Use time efficiently and personally well organized.
• Keep Supervisor and Director informed of progress and problems.
• Perform other tasks and special projects as assigned by the direct supervisor.

Qualifications

• Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and preferably one to two years’ experience. 
• Knowledge and ability to provide brief techniques, such as crisis intervention and solution-focused approaches.
• Ability to provide long-term approaches when treating chronic mental health disorders or disabilities.
• Demonstrate a concern for the short-term and long-term well-being of individuals, couples, families, groups, and organizations.
• Effective written, verbal, organizational, interpersonal skills and computer literacy required plus knowledge of evidenced-based practices. 
• Knowledge of and experience working with substance abuse, mental health, compromised health, HIV/Hepatitis C  issues, criminal justice, child welfare, and HRA protocols/reporting requirements.
• Familiarity with OASAS and other regulatory agency regulations and written documentation requirements, DSM and ICD codes.
• Experience in individual and strong group counseling.
• Must be able to maintain ethics standard for Greenwich House, OASAS, and NYS Education Department for Licensed Mental Health Counselors.
• Willing to modify plans and behavior when necessary to meet a goal.
• Must achieve goals beyond minimal levels of performance.
• Must be able to establish priorities and a course of action for handling multiple tasks.