Walden - Mental Health Counselor

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Mental Health Counselor

Walden Behavioral Care

Middletown, CT

Learn more at www.waldenbehavioralcare.com or www.waldeneatingdisorders.com .

Pay: $17.00-$22.00/hour

Hours: 40h/week Monday-Friday 7:30 AM – 4:00 PM

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Responsibilities Include::

• Provide a safe and therapeutic milieu by monitoring residents and redirecting behaviors.
• Assist residents through the admission process, including bag searches, required paperwork, and orientating new patients to the unit.
• Establish therapeutic relationships with residents and providing resident care within Walden policies, philosophies, and objectives.
• Observe residents and accurately and thoroughly document daily resident notes.
• Supervise meals and snacks and provide re-direction to residents, as needed.
• Participate in community meetings, group therapies, education and social activities on the unit.
• Help facilitate group therapy sessions, including but not limited to DBT, CBT, Body Image, etc.
• Communicate appropriately and effectively with residents' treatment teams to ensure the highest quality of resident care.
• Conduct daily resident weights and vitals.
• Support Office Manager with administrative/filing duties, as needed.
• Communicating as needed with families, other levels of care, and team members.

Qualifications::

Education:

• High School diploma required, Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology or related field preferred.

Experience:

• One year experience working with a psychiatric patient population preferred.
• Eating Disorder knowledge and/or experience preferred.

Licensure/Certification:

• CPR certification, required

Knowledge:

• Must possess knowledge of psychiatric group process, therapeutic relationships processes, age specific growth and development, limit setting and behavior management, crisis management with aggressive behaviors.

Required competencies:

• Strong organizational and communication skills
• Attention to detail and ability to prioritize independently
• Ability to multi-task in a changing and fast paced mental health environment
• Ability to work in a highly collaborate, team environment
• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing.

Physical Requirements:

• Physical agility to manage patients in crisis. Push, pull and lift 10 to 75 pounds. Intermittent sitting, standing, walking, bending and stooping.

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