BA Counselor - ARMHS

Amherst H Wilder Founda•St. Paul, MN

21d

About The Position

The BA Counselor/ARMHS practitioner will provide client services including care coordination, referrals, functional assessment, and service delivery (i.e., social and emotional support and teaching of skills essential for everyday living). Consult with family members, service providers, and other collateral contacts. Coordinate client services when needed. If hired as a bilingual staff, interact with clients by speaking English and another language, e.g., Hmong, Vietnamese, Khmer, Karen, or Spanish. Explain documents/information to clients with marginal English language skills, as needed. Partner with language interpreters as needed.

Requirements

BA with at least 2,000 hours of supervised experience in the delivery of services to person with mental illness Or
BA and fluent in the non-English language of the ethnic group to which at least 50 percent of the practitioner's clients belong, completes 40 hours of training in the delivery of services to persons with mental illness, and receives clinical supervision from a mental health professional at least once a week until the requirement of 2,000 hours of supervised experience is met;
Has at least 6,000 hours of supervised experience in the delivery of services to persons with mental illness OR
Is a graduate student in one of the behavioral sciences or related fields and is formally assigned by an accredited college or university to an agency or facility for clinical training OR
Holds a master's or other graduate degree in one of the behavioral sciences or related fields from an accredited college or university and has less than 4,000 hours post-master's experience in the treatment of mental illness.
TCM Exemption for services provided to non-English speaking clients Received at least “meets expectations” on annual appraisals, no outstanding performance improvement issues, competency in all listed accountabilities, and needed work ethic, attitude and conflict resolution skills

Responsibilities

Provide client services including care coordination, referrals, functional assessment, and service delivery (i.e., social and emotional support and teaching of skills essential for everyday living)
Consult with family members, service providers, and other collateral contacts
Coordinate client services when needed
Interact with clients by speaking English and another language, e.g., Hmong, Vietnamese, Khmer, Karen, or Spanish (if hired as bilingual staff)
Explain documents/information to clients with marginal English language skills, as needed (if hired as bilingual staff)
Partner with language interpreters as needed (if hired as bilingual staff)