Mental Health Counselor

The Salvation Army Family Haven Shelter located in St. Louis, MO, is looking for a Mental Health Counselor. This individual will provide mental health and substance abuse assessment, intervention, treatment planning, counseling and referrals for veterans, clients and their families. This position will provide individual, group and family counseling and prevention services. Educate staff and residents on crisis intervention, stress management, mental health, trauma, resilience and addiction.


This is a Full-time 40 hours per week with salary of $63,000- $73,000 depending on education and experiences.

Essential Functions

1. Behavioral Health:
   1. Conduct assessments, including psycho-social, of admitted clients to determine the client's need of mental health and or trauma treatment and make referrals for on-going psychiatric treatment as appropriate.
   2. Monitor client's compliance with psychiatric treatment plans through consultation and coordination with client's psychiatric service provider.
   3. Develop, monitor and update, individualized service plan goals for clients identified as dually diagnosed.
   4. Provide individual, group and family counseling sessions to facilitate achievement of clients' goals.

1. Resident Care Team:
   1. Assist Resident Care Team in recognizing and treating mental health, trauma and psycho-social challenges.
   2. Work closely with client's case manager to facilitate client's focus and stability.
   3. Conduct client home visit, as needed, as part of outreach team, in an effort to re-engage client or assess for safety in home environment.
   4. Provide regular, scheduled "on-call" service, for crisis intervention.

1. Record Keeping:
   1. Maintain treatment attendance record on all residents and coordinate attempt re-engagement of clients for missed sessions including coordination of outreach to client with case manager.
   2. Maintain client files, fill out all pertinent forms, share pertinent information with key staff, keep ongoing case notes of client's progress and maintain case record in accordance with agency standards.
   3. Maintain statistical data for agency reporting.

1. Training & Outreach
   1. Provide prevention services by regularly educating staff and residents on mental health, trauma, co-dependency, stress management and other mental health issues.
   2. Maintain community outreach by networking with community organizations related to mental health, substance abuse, and crisis intervention such as BHR, NCDA, NAMI, etc.
   3. May conduct clients evening training sessions.
   4. May provide clinical supervision to practicum students

1. Professionalism:
   1. Adhere to professional standards of practice. Appropriately represent The Salvation Army in the community.
   2. Participate in regular staff meetings and trainings.
   3. Maintain confidentiality, practice Salvation Army code of ethics and comply with Salvation Army Safe From Harm guidelines.
   4. Maintain positive work atmosphere by acting and communicating in a manner that fosters good relationships with clients, co-workers, and supervisors. This includes, but is not limited to, such actions as: resolution of conflicts in a professional manner; courteous treatment of staff, visitors and clients; respect of others' property and person; and professional and appropriate communication to and about clients, co-workers and supervisors.

Education and Experience

Master's degree in counseling, social work, human services or related field with at least two years of related work experience in mental health and/or addiction counseling. Combination of education and experience will be considered. LPC or LCSW or licensure eligibility required; CCDP and Substance Abuse Supervision credentials are a plus. Must have an outgoing personality with good communication skills, ability to work in a team setting and an ability to work with difficult individuals. Strong leadership style and good organizational skills required. Knowledge of The Salvation Army and government, state and community resources is helpful. Must be computer literate and able to utilize computers for documentation of work. CPR/First Aid certification required. Must be a team player, a self-starter, able to handle several projects at the same time and perform well with minimum supervision. Must demonstrate ability to think independently and exercise sound judgment. Requires a high level of confidentiality. Must have a valid drivers' license and pass TSA MVR check.

Physical and Work Environment Requirements

• Must be capable of performing the above essential duties in an office environment to include using a computer, answering phones, etc. Most work will be indoors in a temperature-controlled environment. May require some travel to client homes for outreach services.

Who are we?

The Salvation Army Mission

The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.

Fair Chance Hire

The Salvation Army is an equal opportunity employer. Candidates who are back-to-work, US Veterans, people with disabilities, people who have been impacted by the justice system, and/or people without a college degree are encouraged to apply.

Benefits

• 14 days paid holidays
• Sick time, personal days, and a floating holiday
• Health, Dental, Vision, and Hearing insurance
• Company-paid Life Insurance
• Voluntary Life Insurance
• Company-paid Pension Fund
• Long Term Disability with buyup option
• Voluntary Retirement Fund (403b)
• Voluntary Aflac products
• Voluntary Short-term Disability
• Other elective benefits