Associate Behavioral Health Counselor - Stable Housing

Sanford Health Behavioral Health Counselor

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Facility: Bemidji 1705 Clinic

Location: Bemidji, MN

Address: 1705 Anne St NW, Bemidji, MN 56601, USA

Shift: 8 Hours - Day Shifts

Job Schedule: Full time

Weekly Hours: 40.00

Salary Range: $23.00 - $36.00

Department Details

The Stable Housing Associate Behavioral Health Counselor serves Beltrami, Cass, Clearwater, and Hubbard Counties, in the community, home, and outpatient clinic setting. You'll get the chance to work with adults who need extra support related to their mental health and experiencing homelessness or at-risk of. Along with focusing on areas that may be impacted by their mental health to include interpersonal communication; community resource utilization and integration; crisis assistance; relapse prevention; budgeting, shopping and healthy lifestyle skills and practices; cooking and nutrition; transportation; household management; employment-related skills; along with assisting and advocating on behalf of participants to locate, secure, and retain affordable permanent housing. If you like variety throughout your day, this position is for you! It's a great balance between team work and functioning independently, leading individual sessions and group activities. You will be joining a larger behavioral health team working that is a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC), which is comprised of psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, nurses, independently licensed therapist, clinical trainees, skills workers, peers, licensed alcohol and drug counselors, care coordinators, and crisis workers. We have a full continuum of care for adults from inpatient psychiatric care, to crisis residential, to EmPATH, to outpatient, to peer connections.

Job Summary

The Associate Behavioral Health Counselor requires a broad, yet solid, understanding of human behavior and theories of counseling. May work with a wide range of patient populations and presenting issues, requiring a foundation in a variety of treatment modalities. This role is a team-based role where responsibility for patient well-being is diffused among the treatment team and the overall responsibility lies with a clinical supervisor or admitting provider. The Associate Behavioral Health Counselor assesses patient needs, develops treatment plans, and implements treatment interventions specific to patient needs. Continually assesses patients' progress and revises treatment plans and interventions accordingly. Documents treatment sessions. Provides patient progress updates to interdisciplinary team, as needed. May educate patient support members about patient issues and interventions. May refer for additional clinical services or to specialists, as needed. Must stay current on emerging issues in the profession. The Associate Behavioral Health Counselor may work in a variety of settings, with duties varying by setting. In a clinic setting (other than primary care), the Associate Behavioral Health Counselor conducts scheduled face-to-face counseling sessions designed to assess and improve patients' emotional, mental, and behavioral health. In a hospital setting, the Associate Behavioral Health Counselor may have a broad scope of duties, depending upon assignment. Hospital assignments include psychiatric inpatient treatment and/or specific hospital units. Psychiatric inpatient treatment duties include development, implementation, and evaluation of treatment plan, individual and family counseling, and consultation with all Mental Health Professionals. Hospital unit duties include crisis intervention, assessment, and referral. In a community setting, the Associate Behavioral Health Counselor coordinates and provides treatment for patients with severe and persistent mental illness. This may include community-based interventions aimed at improving daily living skills, social skills, and self-regulation skills. The community-based Associate Behavioral Health Counselor consults with a multi-disciplinary team to ensure treatment compliance. In a residential setting, the Associate Behavioral Health Counselor coordinates and provides treatment for patients requiring a higher level of care than outpatient therapy; however, do not meet the criteria for psychiatric inpatient treatment. Treatment occurs at the residential treatment facility and includes a broad range of duties: assessment and screening, individual and group counseling, development, implementation, and evaluation of treatment programs, and consultation and coordination with a multi-disciplinary team.

Qualifications

Bachelor's or Master's Degree in behavioral sciences or related field preferred, and completion of a practicum or internship. In Minnesota, must follow Minnesota State statute defining Mental Health Practitioner. At least 4,000 hours of supervised experience in the delivery of services to persons with: mental illness, substance use disorders or emotional disturbances, traumatic brain injury or developmental disabilities, OR, Has at least 30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours in behavioral sciences or related fields and at least 2,000 hours of supervised work experience in the delivery of services to persons with: mental illness, substance use disorders or emotional disturbances, traumatic brain injury or developmental disabilities.

Benefits

Sanford Health offers an attractive benefits package for qualifying full-time and part-time employees. Depending on eligibility, a variety of benefits include health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, work/life balance benefits, and a generous time off package to maintain a healthy home-work balance. For more information about Total Rewards, visit https://sanfordcareers.com/benefits.

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Sanford Health has a Drug Free Workplace Policy. An accepted offer will require a drug screen and pre-employment background screening as a condition of employment.