Behavioral Health Clinician - Behavioral Health Atrium
To help the multidisciplinary team in the assessment, treatment planning, counseling, and discharge planning for patients and their families.
Responsibilities: Provides individual, group, and family counseling to assist patients/families in achieving treatment goals
Provides individual counseling to patients as stipulated on the treatment plan.
Facilitates regularly scheduled group therapy/week.
Assures that families are involved in treatment process.
Provides family counseling as stipulated on the treatment plan.
Group facilitation reflects expertise in group dynamics.
Cognitive behavior therapy and other brief therapies are utilized whenever appropriate.
Documentation is timely, succinct, legible, and uses the DAR format.
During times of low census (less than 4), assists with assessments, admissions, and facilitating other groups at the direction of the Program Manager.
When assisting as a team member to control an aggressive or violent patient, CPI methods will be used.Completes ongoing assessments of patients
Documentation of ongoing assessments reflect progress towards goals outlined in treatment plan.
Facilitates various groups and assigned with attention to achievement of the goal or process associated with each group.
Accurately documents activities according to the policies and procedures of the IIAR.
Is knowledgeable of and capable of providing emergency assistance in regard to inappropriate acting out behavior by any patient. Always attempts to utilize verbal redirection, interaction of other staff, utilization of quiet room, etc. before instituting emergency measures such as Code 99, restraints, etc.
Is knowledgeable and capable of working with patients who present a dual problem, Mental Illness/Substance Abuse (MISA)
Is able to perform all duties of a counselor as needed and assigned.
Documentation is timely, legible and succinct and includes impression and recommendation.
Family and significant others are utilized whenever possible in the completion of ongoing assessment of the patient progress.
Patient is ongoingly assessed during informal sessions as well as during formal individual and family sessions.Collaborates with other members of the treatment team as well as community providers in the development and implementation of an individualized treatment plan and provides referrals and discharge planning.
Participates actively in regularly scheduled staffing meetings as well as community, return to work, discharge, and employer staffing.
Participation reflects knowledge of the patient's strengths, illness, support systems, and history
Documents identified problems, discipline specific interventions, discharge plan, goals met, etc on the treatment plan
Proactively meets with other members of the treatment team on a daily basis to coordinate care and discharge planning specifically; psychiatrist, Unit Counselors, other community providers, patients and family members.
Begins discharge planning process as soon after admission as is clinically appropriate and that plan is in place prior to discharge.
Keeps patient/family informed of plans as they progress (when clinically appropriate)
Uses creativity and patient advocacy in the planning and implementation of the discharge plan
Facilitates transition between levels of care within Service Line continuum of care
Provides necessary information to providers at next level of care
Qualifications:License/Certifications: Certified Alcohol and Other Drug Counselor (CADC) within 3 years
- Illinois Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Professional Certification Association (IAODAPCA); Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC)
- Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR); Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
- Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR); Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 days
- American Heart Association (AHA)
Education: Master's Degree: Psychology; Master's Degree: Social Work; Master's Degree: Counseling
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