Behavioral Health Counselor Licensed

Lake Charles Memorial Hospital • Lake Charles, LA

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About The Position

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 patients 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.

Requirements

• Master's Degree in Social Work/ Psychology/ Family Therapy.
• 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.

Nice To Haves

• Prefer 2- 4 Years Experience in working with mentally ill &/or addictions.

Responsibilities

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time