Behavioral Health Professional/Specialist

Qualifications:

Must have a Bachelor's or Master of Social Work, Sociology, Psychology, or Counseling degree,

Clinical

• Provide direct care to clients and may serve as the primary counselor to specified caseload under clinical supervision;

• Provide individual supportive counseling, solution-focused interventions, emotional and behavioral management and problem behavior analysis with the client.

• Participate in and utilizes strengths-based planning and treatments, that includes identifying strengths and needs, resources, natural supports and developing goals and objectives to address functional deficits associated with the client’s mental illness.

• Serve as a resource person for other professionals and paraprofessional in their specific area of expertise;

• Attend and participate in individual care conferences, treatment planning activities and discharge planning;

• Function as the client's advocate in all treatment decisions affecting the client;

• Prepare and write notes or other documents related to recovery (e.g assessment, progress note, treatment plans, etc.

• Assist the client in developing social and interpersonal skills

• Assist the client with developing daily living skills to improve self-management of the negative effect of psychiatric or emotional symptoms that interfere with a person's daily living

• Contributing to the development of the client’s crisis contingency plan
• Implement learned skills so that the client can remain in a natural community location and achieve developmentally appropriate functioning; and

• Assist the client with effectively responding to or avoiding identified precursors or triggers that result in functional impairments.

Customer Relations

• Excellent oral and written communication skills;

• Active listening skills (paying attention to what others are saying, seek

clarification on points, and asking appropriate questions;

• Social perceptiveness (being aware of others’ reactions to conversations and conditions around them);

• Critical thinking and good problem solving and decision-making abilities;

• Positive professional caring attitude;

• Excellent time management skills;

• Ability to work as a member of a team.

Work Remotely

• No

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $17.00 - $25.00 per hour

Work Location: In person

Salary : $17 - $25