COUNSELOR II

Counselor II

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Rhea Co Mental Health Center - Dayton, TN 37321

Salary Range $50,000.00 - $54,000.00 Salary/year Education Level Graduate Degree

Description

Exemplary duties/responsibilities:

Agrees to follow all applicable laws and regulations, including VBHCS Standards of Conduct and VBHCS Policies and Procedures, in order to create and maintain a healthcare and business environment that is committed to integrity and ethical conduct.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Provide clinical services to a population of outpatient adults, children, adolescents and adults who have alcohol and drug treatment issues or co-morbid health problems. Provide intervention, assessment/intake, treatment planning, triage, individual therapy, group therapy, and/or play therapy, as necessary. Clinicians will ensure that all documentation necessary to meet contract, licensure, and appropriate behavioral health organization requirements pertaining to these services will be completed in a timely manner per VBHCS standards. Employee is expected to meet the productivity standards as outlined by VBHCS, based on the number of hours worked per month.
• Clinical services will include individual therapy, intakes, assessments, such as DLA 20, Columbia Suicide Assessment and PHQ9, discharge planning, treatment planning, appropriate referral to internal/external services and support systems and staffing of consumers. Treatment population will be adults, children and youth and their family system.
• Liaison and/or consultation with other service providers and referral sources necessary to achieve treatment goals will be required. This may include court, schools, foster homes, relatives, case managers, and/or state agencies.

Qualifications

Must have a master's degree in the Behavioral Sciences (social work, counseling, or psychology).

Prefer experience working in the community setting with adults who have alcohol and drug treatment issues or co-morbid mental health problems.

Prefer counseling experience with adults and an understanding of psychotropic medications or related experience.