Behavioral Health Counselor I
BrightView
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Chesapeake • Virginia • 🇺🇸 United States
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Junior
About the role
- Plan and conduct group therapy sessions and patient intake assessments based on clinic needs and best-practice guidelines.
- Provide crisis and de-escalation techniques.
- Assist with treatment planning.
- Review progress towards treatment plan goals.
- Coordinate patient care with the onsite multidisciplinary team.
- Attend required meetings, including on-site staff meetings and multidisciplinary team meetings.
- Timely and comprehensively document all necessary treatment data into the electronic patient health record.
- Follow adherence to all necessary regulatory and company compliance requirements.
Requirements
- 1+ year of experience in a relevant field
- 2+ years of experience in a relevant field preferred
- Consistent with state-level regulation and requirements for education
- Bachelor’s degree preferred
- Active entry-level clinical certification or licensure consistent with state-level regulatory requirements at minimum e.g. CSAC-S
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Highly empathetic and compassionate to effectively support the recovery journey of BrightView’s patients.
- Team-player, able to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary healthcare environment
- Adaptable and agile within a dynamic work environment
- Technologically capable, comfortable operating in multiple systems for communication and documentation purposes.
- Familiarity with MS Office software (Outlook, Teams, Word, etc) preferred
- Embraces BrightView’s culture of compliance - operates with a high degree of integrity
- Prior experience with harm reduction a plus
Benefits
- PTO (Paid Time Off)
- Immediately vested and eligible in 401k program with employer match
- Company sponsored ongoing training and certification opportunities.
- Full comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, short term disability, long term disability and accident insurance.
- Tuition Reimbursement after 1 year in related field
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
crisis interventionde-escalation techniquestreatment planningpatient intake assessmentsprogress reviewdocumentationharm reduction
Soft skills
verbal communicationwritten communicationempathycompassioncollaborationadaptabilityagilityintegrity
Certifications
CSAC-Sclinical certificationlicensure