What are the responsibilities and job description for the Behavioral Health Counselor Licensed position at Lake Charles Memorial Health System?
Description Of Position
Responsibilities And Duties
Education And Work Experience
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- The Behavioral Health Counselor Licensed is a Master's prepared clinician that is under supervision/ passed preliminary licensure. He/ She is accountable for Bio-Psych-Social history and summarizing, development of an interdisciplinary crisis stabilization plan of care, patient and family educational sessions, conduct educational groups, participates in multi-disciplinary treatment planning and needs of patients/ family, and implementation and discharge planning of patient’s aftercare. The Behavioral Health Counselor Licensed is accountable for audits of medical records for quality of patient care; participation in performance improvement and quality management process within the department; education of case management staff on treatment and discharge planning. The Behavioral Health Counselor Licensed serves as a patient advocate and is a member of the Behavioral Health Leadership Team.
Responsibilities And Duties
- Interviews patients, their families, & others to obtain social & developmental histories.
- Maintains regular contact with each assigned patient to monitor responses to services & identify problem areas.
- Obtains information from family members about patient in regard to past response to treatment or problem areas in work, custody, school, & leisure activities.
- Reports significant information & recommendations to treatment team members.
- Liaison with local social service agencies to develop appropriate referrals to assist the patient to return to his/her community upon discharge.
- Provides group & individual services to prepare patients' or clients' with skills necessary for successful adjustment upon release.
- Develops individual treatment plans for patients & documents case records as needed.
- Provides emotional &/or cognitive patient care in an appropriate, therapeutic & safe manner.
- Communicates abnormal variances of emotional &/or cognitive data (tearful, hallucinating, etc) to appropriate staff.
Education And Work Experience
- Master's Degree in Social Work/ Psychology/ Family Therapy.
- Prefer 2- 4 Years Experience in working with mentally ill &/or addictions.
- Pursuing or currently supervised for licensure - ex: LMSW, PLPC.
- Crisis Response Training
- Ability to communicate with patient, family, peers and medical personnel
- Requires emotional stability and resilience.
- Must be adaptable to change, be decisive, and demonstrate foresight.
- Exhibits organizational and leadership ability.
- Shows ability to gain and maintain support and respect.
- Exhibits organizational and leadership ability.
- Shows ability to gain and maintain support and respect.
- Work requires a variety of physical activities including sitting, standing and walking.
- Bending, stooping, and lifting are minimal.
- The work environment may be physically confining.
- Visual acuity required for a variety of activities.
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
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