Behavioral Health Counselor MS

IU Health • Bloomington, IN

8d • Onsite

About The Position

The Behavioral Health Counselor supports patients and families at Bloomington Hospital’s Addiction Treatment and Recovery Center through individual, group, and family counseling. The role engages patients in the treatment milieu, completes psychosocial and mental health assessments, and leads utilization review and discharge planning to help patients move through care safely and with needed resources. The Counselor works closely with a multidisciplinary care team, interprets complex patient and family needs, and models caring practices for other caregivers.

The Counselor serves as a point person for abuse, neglect, and domestic violence cases, liaising with state and county child and adult protective teams and providing intervention in guardianship, foster care, adoption, and mental health level II placements. The role uses evidence-based practices such as CBT, MI, and DBT, as well as crisis intervention and de-escalation techniques, to support recovery and promote safety.

Requirements

• Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in a mental health field such as Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, or a related field.
• 0–3 years of relevant experience.
• License eligible in Indiana as an LCSW, LMHC, LMFT, or LCAC; a permanent LSW, LMHC-A, or LMFT-A is required upon hire.
• Relevant health care, mental health, or community-based experience.
• Knowledge of disease processes and human behavior for psychosocial assessments, therapeutic counseling, and crisis intervention with patients, families, and staff.
• Knowledge and application of evidence-based practices, including CBT, MI, and DBT.
• Knowledge of state and county adult and child protective legal mandates.
• Knowledge of growth and development principles across the lifespan.
• Ability to apply crisis intervention and de-escalation principles, practices, and techniques.
• Ability to provide a safe and therapeutic environment, including instruction in daily activities and programming.
• Basic proficiency with Electronic Medical Records and MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with community partners, medical teams, law enforcement, APS/CPS, schools, probation, and other agencies.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate patient involvement in the treatment milieu and education programming.
• Provide individual, group, and family counseling, including facilitating the evening Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) group.
• Perform functions related to utilization review and discharge planning.
• Communicate and collaborate with the multidisciplinary care team to support safe, timely services and provide families with resources and education.
• Interpret and communicate complex patient and family needs and model caring practices for other caregivers.
• Assess psychosocial risk factors, including prior functioning, support systems, reaction to illness, and coping ability.
• Counsel patients and families on the emotional, social, and financial impacts of illness and/or disability.
• Access and mobilize family and community resources to meet identified needs.
• Provide mental health assessments upon physician referral.
• Provide therapeutic intervention to support complex discharge planning.
• Serve as point person for child abuse and neglect, adult and elderly abuse and neglect, institutional abuse, and domestic violence cases.
• Act as liaison between IU Health and state and county child and adult protective teams.
• Provide intervention in temporary or permanent guardianship, foster care, adoption, and mental health level II placements.

Benefits

• Access to learning and development opportunities, including advanced clinical training, leadership development, promotion opportunities, and cross-training development.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level