Child Day Treatment Life Skills Counselor

Canvas Health•Oakdale, MN

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Child Day Treatment Life Skills Counselor works in Canvas Health’s TLC child day treatment program, serving clients ages 11–18. The role plans and facilitates group skills services and works closely with program therapists and other Life Skills Counselors to create and maintain an environment responsive to each client’s mental health needs. The counselor helps clients learn to manage mental health symptoms so they can function at home, at school, and in the community. The position is based at Canvas Health’s office in Oakdale, Minnesota. It also involves collaboration with clients’ families, treatment teams, and schools, and developing and implementing behavioral strategies to intervene with mental health symptoms in the milieu. Business-related travel requires use of a personal automobile.

Requirements

BA/BS/BSW in a human services-related field.
One to two years of experience working with severely emotionally disturbed students in an education or treatment center.
Ability to maintain a clean driving record, a current driver’s license, and auto insurance coverage meeting Canvas Health’s policy requirements.
Use of a personal automobile for business-related travel.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with and/or delivering services to diverse populations.
Experience with Electronic Health Record systems.

Responsibilities

Plan and facilitate group skills services for clients in the TLC child day treatment program.
Work with program therapists and other Life Skills Counselors to create and maintain an environment sensitive to each client’s mental health needs.
Help clients learn to manage mental health symptoms and function at home, school, and in the community.
Collaborate with clients’ families, treatment teams, and schools.
Develop and implement behavioral strategies to intervene with mental health symptoms in the milieu.