Behavioral Health Intake Counselor

Archdiocese of St. Louis•St. Louis, MO

2d•Onsite

About The Position

St. Patrick Center provides opportunities for self-sufficiency and dignity to people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. Individuals and families build permanent, positive change in their lives through safe and affordable housing, sound mental and physical health, and employment and financial stability. Working collaboratively with individuals, businesses, government and other service providers, St. Patrick Center will end chronic homelessness in the St. Louis region through Housing First, an evidence-based practice that tells us to remove barriers, do intake and assessment early, move people into housing and offer them support to achieve their goals. Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, St. Patrick Center, is looking for a Behavioral Health Intake Counselor who will complete intake, assessment and individual mental health and substance use disorder screenings of all new behavioral health clients. The counselor will provide counseling, crisis intervention and case management services as needed. All duties must be performed through a trauma informed care perspective and will work closely with the Intensive Case Management (ICM) team, as well as other St. Patrick Center programs and appropriate community agencies.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required
Experience providing effective case management and counseling
Experience providing crisis intervention and trauma informed services
Understanding of mental illness and substance use disorder
Knowledge and understanding of entitlement agencies and community resources
Excellent interpersonal communication skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Respect for clients and staff
Personality suited for high stress environment
Ability to work in team atmosphere
Flexibility
Well versed in cultural issues, developing cultural competence

Nice To Haves

Degree in related area of counseling, social work or psychology preferred
Experience with wrap-around services preferred

Responsibilities

Intake and assessment of all new clients entering the day treatment program
Provide counseling, crisis intervention and case management as needed
Accurately enter all client activities and provided services in CaseWorthy and HMIS client tracking systems within one business day of contact
Review and clean up entry/exit data in HMIS monthly
Attend quarterly HMIS and PATH User Meetings
Run reports in HMIS as assigned
Maintain and update client records as needed
Maintain accurate filing system
Participate in weekly ICM team meetings and clinical supervision
Collaborate with the ICM team
Carry small caseload of MH/SUD clients in ICM
Attend community Weekly Housing and Match Meeting
Act as point person for all Shamrock housing referrals made during WHAMM
Collaborate with Program Assistant daily, assist with administrative tasks as needed
Keep Memorial Service list current
Plan and execute Memorial Service annually
Facilitate group education meetings as needed
Refer clients to appropriate entitlement agencies and community services
Network with other related agencies
Respect client confidentiality, comply with HIPAA regulations
Responsible for agency policy regarding work hours, building security and all written personnel standards
Ensure the care model by interacting with all other St. Patrick Center programs
Research additional benefits available to enhance services
Other duties as assigned