Mental Health Counselor

At Behavioral Health, we focus on providing a wide spectrum of care to our patients. We are committed to making a difference in our community by helping to improve the lives of our patients. We strive to assist in long-term, high-quality Mental Health care for all. The Mental Health Counselor will evaluate patients via in-office consultations and/or video teleconference and can choose his or her preferred patient demographics (adults/adolescents/children as young as six/Mental Health/substance abuse/dual-diagnosis). (Sign on bonus is an option per weekend scheduling agreement.)Duties/Responsibilities for the Mental Health Counselor:

• Analyze patient data and examine findings to diagnose nature and extent of behavioral health or substance use disorder(s)
• Direct treatments and collaborate with other providers to design individualized treatment plans
• Gather and maintain patient information and records, including social and medical history obtained via self-report
• Review treatment procedures and outcomes of other counselors
• Prepare and submit assessments, progress notes, reports and summaries through our electronic health records (EHR) system
• Perform direct services/consultations via telephone in the event that teleconferencing equipment is temporarily inoperable
• Follow company policies and procedures for the patient’s safety

Mental Health Counselors Required Training:

• Successful completion of Counseling certification or licensure
• Successful completion of continuing education

Mental Health Counselor Requirements:

• A degree from an accredited program specializing in a Psychology or Counseling
• A certificate or license to practice as a Counselor (LCSW, CSW, MFTA, LPCC, LPCA, LMFT, or similar) You must have the certification, we can not hire MSW or MSSW.

Experience:

• 1 year of counseling (preferred)

About Behavioral Health:We are an outpatient office that provides medical services, behavioral health and addiction treatments. It’s our mission to bring much needed attention and comprehensive care through services tailored to the patient. We integrate a wraparound approach that serves all of the needs the patient has to better ensure individualized treatment for substance abuse, medical and Mental Health issues. We would like our Mental Health counselor to value this mission as well.On-Staff Legal Support — Our health care attorneys keep everyone safe, compliant, and working comfortably without worry. We operate with Clear Communication, Innovation, Servant Leadership and Interdepartmental Support. We encourage our Mental Health Counselors and other providers to reach their goals.Administrative Support — While we foster a culture where providers are communicative and proactive with their patients, we also have an admin staff who help with; Administrative intakes, data entry, patient triage, scheduling, reminders, customer service and troubleshooting. Their goal is to ensure they help the Mental Health Counselor in any way to help maintain the patient base you are seeking.Branding, Marketing, Outreach — We're great at getting patients. We're highly skilled and experienced in all online modalities (geofencing, IP targeting, GoogleAds, SEO, etc.). We also really enjoy making real-life connections with synergistic companies in order to acquire patients.