Psychiatric Recovery Counselor - PRP

The Affiliated Sante Group•Lanham, MD

1d•$20 - $22•Onsite

About The Position

Santé Group Companies prides itself in being a leader in community-based behavioral and mental health services. Our track record of innovation and growth reflects our ability to deliver diverse and highly individualized services. We have a passion for providing empathetic and potentially life-saving care to help individuals heal, recover, and thrive, as well as live their lives in a manner that allows them to fully integrate in the community. The Santé Group aspires to create an organization that places value on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and inclusiveness. To achieve this success, it is essential that all members of our organization feel secure, welcome, and respected. All members of our organization have a responsibility to uphold these values. Santé is seeking a Psychiatric Recovery Counselor (in office) to join our peer recovery team in Lanham, MD. The PRP Counselor provides rehabilitation, casework, and individual and group work services to individuals and their families.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university OR Associate degree with two (2) years of related experience

Nice To Haves

Positive attitude
Passion for making an impact
Personal desire to grow
Ability to help individuals heal, recover, and thrive

Responsibilities

Completes assessment on clients' social, emotional, financial, health, or other problems to develop rehabilitation treatment plan
Develop and implements treatment plans with client
Counsels clients, assisting them to identify and resolve problems and make effective use of resources
Organizes and conducts psycho-educational groups as needed
Works closely with families of clients and provides appropriate clinical referrals for family members.
Provides individual rehabilitation counseling
Maintains working relationships with staff of other agencies and institutions, homes, and facilities, and acts as liaison between clients and agency or institution
Develops and maintains contact with other agency staff and local service providers to promote coordination and integration of care
Helps clients understand mental illness and how it affects their health and life styles
Teaches independence and self-advocacy by encouraging clients do things for themselves
Prepares and maintains written case records, reports, notes and forms
Performs case follow-up and closing, and performs other administrative tasks as required
Monitor progress of client treatment and approve
Check work e-mail according to agency protocol
Participate in and complete all required trainings
Other duties as assigned