PRP Counselor (Westminster)

Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

We currently have openings and are seeking PRP Counselors to work at our Westminster location.

National Pike Health Center was founded in 2001 as a clinic dedicated to offering behavioral health counseling to children, adolescents, adults, and families. Decades later, with 2+ locations, we are more committed than ever to providing these clients with quality, service, and a sense of community.

NPHC is a community-based Outpatient Mental Health Center with offices in Catonsville, Dundalk, and Westminster. We provide mental health therapy and a psychiatric rehabilitation program (PRP) for all ages and groups. A multidisciplinary team of outstanding mental health therapists, psychiatrists, rehabilitation coordinators, and administrative staff joins us on this mission. From inception through treatment, there is an ongoing planning and review of each case until the client is discharged. Our preventative and therapeutic outpatient mental health services provide treatment and psychiatric rehabilitation based on continually monitored and individualized treatment and/or rehabilitation goals.  This administrative role helps us achieve these goals.

We provide mental health therapy and psychiatric rehabilitation for all ages and groups in a community-based Outpatient Mental Health Center.

The Psychiatric Rehabilitation (PRP) Counselor is responsible for the direct provision of rehabilitation and support services to participating consumers. Consumers are minors and adults. (Must have experience working with minors)

The PRP Counselor visits consumers in their homes and communities and provides services in the home, community, or program site.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $33.00 - $35.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule
• Professional development assistance

Work Location: In person/In the community

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:

• Conduct regularly scheduled consumer visits.
• Provide identified PRP rehabilitation and support services in accordance with the consumer's Individual Rehabilitation Plan (IRP).
• Conduct Rehabilitation groups and activities to address rehabilitation and support service needs.
• Maintain required and consistent documentation for each client, including contact/progress notes, monthly summaries, and quarterly reviews.
• Participate in ongoing training and supervisions.
• Shares/transmits the mission and vision of National Pike Health Center to staff and to clients and families served.
• Maintain a manageable caseload to ensure outcomes and practice requirements are met while taking into consideration the level of care of clients served.
• Perform all duties within contract, state and federal regulations, NPHC policy, and COMAR standards.

Core Competencies

Decision Making

• Uses sound judgment to make good decisions based on information gathered and analyzed.
• Considers all pertinent facts and alternatives before deciding on the most appropriate action.
• Commits to decision.

Teamwork

• Interacts with people effectively. Able and willing to share and receive information.
• Co-operates within the group and across groups.
• Supports group decisions and puts group goals ahead of own goals

Work Standards

• Maintains professional integrity
• Sets and maintains high-performance standards.
• Pays close attention to detail, accuracy, and completeness.
• Shows concern for all aspects of the job and follows up on work outputs.

Motivation

• Displays energy and enthusiasm in approaching the job.
• Commits to putting in additional effort.
• Participates in NPHC community and promotional events.
• Maintains a high level of productivity and self-direction.

Reliability

• Takes personal responsibility for job performance.
• Completes work in a timely and consistent manner.
• Sticks to commitments.

Problem-Solving

• Analyzes problems by gathering and organizing all relevant information.
• Identifies cause and effect relationships.
• Comes up with appropriate solutions.

Adaptability

• Adapts to changing work environments, work priorities, and organizational needs.
• Able to effectively deal with change and diverse people.

Planning and Organizing

• Plans and organizes tasks and work responsibilities to achieve objectives.
• Sets priorities. Schedules activities.
• Allocates and uses resources properly.

Communication

• Expresses ideas effectively.
• Professional and respectful in all forms of communication.
• Organizes and delivers information appropriately.
• Listens actively.

Integrity

• Shares complete and accurate information.
• Maintains confidentiality and meets own commitments.
• Adheres to organizational policies and procedures.

Requirement:  A bachelor's degree in a health-related field; An associate's degree in a health-related field; 30 hours, or their equivalent, of college credit toward a bachelor's degree in a health-related field; or 1 year of work experience in a supervised mental health setting.