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Counselor-Per Diem bei Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health · Hampstead, Vereinigte Staaten Von Amerika · Onsite

$39,936.00  -  $61,900.00

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Overview

    **   32 Hours per week**

 

Hampstead Hospital and Residential Treatment Facility is an accredited specialty hospital that provides inpatient and residential psychiatric care that serves the acute psychiatric and substance use-related disorder needs of children, adolescents, and young adults.

 

The Kennedy unit is a residential unit that provides the most intensive level of therapeutic care to individuals ages 5 to 21. The Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility provides therapeutic care that is family-driven, youth-guided, community-oriented, trauma-informed, and culturally and linguistically competent.

The Counselor at Hampstead establishes therapeutic relationships with assigned patients and facilitates maintaining the therapeutic environment in the Psychiatric Unit. The Counselor provides progressively basic-to-complex patient care services, increasing independence with experience and skill.

 

Pay for this Position is: $19.20/Hr. - $29.76/Hr.

 

Responsibilities

  • Establishes therapeutic plans and relationships with assigned patients and ensures that treatment plans are followed appropriately for so that they may progress toward their goals. Provide patient-centered care that is resiliency and recovery-oriented, with a primary focus on patients' health and safety.Conducts patient group sessions and patient education that reflect treatment plans and goals; facilitates daily therapeutic activity groups; ensures follow-up with appropriate clinical and/or support staff.
  • Assist patients with routine activities of daily living and maintain a safe and therapeutic milieu and an orderly work environment. Participates in hospital safety training programs and meets with a Senior Counselor and Supervisor for ongoing mentoring, guidance, and supervision.
  • Utilizes interventions consistent with current research relevant to developmental, cultural, and disability-specific needs. Maintain current knowledge in the field of psychiatric care to apply a broad range of established therapeutic techniques; work becomes more complex and independent with increased knowledge, training, and experience.
  • Consults and communicates appropriately with other professional treatment staff regarding various treatment interventions, psychosocial and environmental influences, the availability of community resources, and needs for transition to the community.
  • Satisfactorily updates and maintains medical records and other documentation in accordance with all Joint Commission, State Licensing, and Medicare standards as applicable. Follows program and departmental policies and procedures as well as discipline-specific standards and expectations with regard to psychosocial assessments, progress notes, treatment plans, and other required forms and reports.
  • Promotes the hospital culture of patient safety in a non-punitive atmosphere; observes and reports significant events &/or concerns to the Senior Counselor/Charge Nurse/Milieu Supervisor.

    • Qualifications

      • Bachelor’s degree from a recognized college or university with major study in social work, psychology, counseling, or a related behavioral science area. Each additional year of approved formal education may be substituted for one year of required work experience.
      • Three years' experience in social work, clinical mental health counseling, or related field in a psychiatric in-patient or clinical environment. Each additional year of approved work experience may be substituted for one year of required formal education.
      • Preferer candidate to have a license or be eligible for licensure through reciprocity as a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) in New Hampshire. Experience in providing clinical services within the mental health service delivery system. Familiarity with computer applications such as e-mail, basic word-processing, and database input.

    Required Licensure/Certifications

    • None
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