Children's Community Support Counselor

Job Description

Job Description

Description :

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CLM provides the area's most comprehensive array of mental health services for children and their families. Our multi-disciplined treatment team works with individuals ages 3 – 21 who experience mental illness and / or serious emotional difficulties. The Children’s Community Support Counselor provides outpatient community-based support to assist client’s with improving symptoms and behaviors that otherwise interfere with age-appropriate development, functioning and wellness goals. This is a full time, 35 hour per week position.

Major Functional Areas and Description of Duties

• Provide counseling and Functional Support Services (FSS) in the home, school or other community-based setting as deemed appropriate for the objectives, interventions and desired outcomes identified in the client’s treatment plan.
• Provide Individual Therapeutic Behavioral Services (TBSI) to develop, apply, and reinforce coping strategies to reduce and / or ameliorate symptoms and behaviors that interfere with functioning and goal achievement.
• Encourage engagement in and provide Family Training and Counseling (FTC) services to educate and promote how to best support the client’s resiliency and recovery toward treatment goals.
• Provide Crisis Intervention (CI) when clients experience acute exacerbation of symptoms to ensure their safety within the home and / or community.
• Provide timely documentation on each service delivered.
• Work collaboratively with other treatment team members, natural supports, and external providers to ensure a wrap-around family systems approach is provided to the client.
• Provide 21 hours of billable service each week to meet 60% of direct service key performance indicator (eligible for incentive pay upon exceeding productivity expectation).
• Serve on appropriate committees, both internal and external, as determined by supervisor.
• Function professionally and in a manner that protects the integrity, confidentiality and rights of all patients.
• Execute all required services and documentation in accordance with agency policies and federal / state standards.
• Maintain professional memberships, licenses, accreditation, certifications, etc.
• Represent CLM in a professional and appropriate manner in all settings.
• Perform all other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Qualifications and Skills

Benefits

At Center for Life Management we offer a robust benefits package because caring for our staff is just as important as caring for our clients. Benefits for benefits eligible employees include :

The Center for Life Management has partnered with New England College to offer a Master’s Degree! This is an exciting opportunity for CLM staff to earn a Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (MS) degree in 3 years. Who’s Eligible and What’s Required :

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