MH Recovery Counselor

Jawonio•New City, NY

12d•$62,353 - $62,353•Onsite

About The Position

Jawonio Inc is seeking an MH Recovery Counselor to join their team in New City, NY. This full-time position involves conducting individual and group counseling, providing support for mental health impairments, and utilizing psychiatric rehabilitation techniques. The role requires collecting and analyzing participant information, completing mandated reporting, ensuring participant safeguards, and providing crisis intervention. The counselor will also collaborate with participants, families, and professional staff, attend conferences, and provide coverage for other staff as needed. Maintaining a safe work environment is also a key responsibility.

Requirements

A Bachelor's Degree from a four-year college or university or four years related experience working with people with mental illness or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
Ability to write comprehensive reports and documentation.
Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Knowledge of MS Word, Excel and internet software.
Daily access to an automobile is required.
Remain current in all OMH and agency required trainings.
Must be cleared and maintain an acceptable record under the NYS Justice Center and NYS OMH mandated criminal background check process.
Must be clear and maintain an acceptable record under the Medicaid Fraud & Abuse clearance process.

Nice To Haves

A valid NY State Driver’s License and ability to drive and driving record acceptable for agency insurance coverage are preferred.

Responsibilities

Conducts individual and group counseling/teaching by facilitating specific Personalized Recovery Oriented Services curriculum.
Provides on-going counseling/therapy and support related to mental health impairments, specific to needs of each individual participant.
Coaches and uses motivational techniques to help consumers develop to their potential.
Utilizes psychiatric rehabilitation techniques to deliver services in the area of readiness determination, goal setting, functional and resource assessment, service planning, skill and resource development and discharge planning.
Collects, organizes, and analyzes information about participants through records, tests, interviews, and professional sources, to appraise their interests, aptitudes, abilities, and personality characteristics for recovery planning.
Completes all mandated reporting requirements by Jawonio and regulating agencies including but not limited to the following: quarterly service plans individual and group progress notes progress, incident, discharge, etc. reports Medicaid required reports and other required documentation Agency related documentation.
Helps ensure appropriate safeguards for participants are developed and maintained.
Reports unique or emergency medical conditions of participants to the program nurses and PROS management team.
Embraces team approach, attending and participating in all staff meetings and mentoring new staff.
Models appropriate/acceptable social and work skills.
Provides crisis intervention as assigned/needed when a participant is experiencing difficulties.
May accompany participants on trips outside the agency or to drive participants to and from meetings.
Communicates and works with participants, their families and professional staff (both internal and external) to help ensure participant growth and recovery.
Attends all required interdisciplinary and team conferences and special meetings both in and outside of the agency to determine appropriate programs and recovery plans for participants.
Provides individual and group coverage for program participants as needed when other PROS staff are unavailable.
Maintains safe and orderly work environment and work area.