Mental Health Counselor 20 HOUR DAY/ROTATING (In-Patient Child Psychiatry)


DETAILS

Location: Danvers, MA, 01904
Employee Type: part time
Experience: 2 - 5 years
Education: Highschool GED
Travel Required: none

DESCRIPTION

Job Description

1. Provides therapeutic patient care which includes assessment and evaluation of non medical aspects of patient care.
2. Conducts in take interviews, takes vital signs, and establishes initial family contact.
3. Provides patients with basic information about the unit.
4. Meets with patients on a daily basis as assigned by the Registered Nurse, to provide therapeutic and supportive counseling.
S. Focuses patient on specific treatment issues.
6. Enters observations in chart and reports patient's condition to team members and to the Registered Nurse.
7. May act as group leader, observing and directing group therapy sessions.
8. Participates in multi-disciplinary treatment team meeting.
9. As a member of the team, provide educational and clinical guidance to team members.
10. May teach in service education programs as requested.
11.May function as crisis counselor.
12.Complete psychosocial assessment
13.Attend case management meetings
14.Perform other duties as assigned
15.Attends regularly scheduled staff meetings.
16.Attends Crisis Team meetings (if applicable)


Qualifications

SKILLS/ ABILITIES/ COMPETENCIES REQUIRED:
MENTAL PROCESSES:
Requires intense attention to safe environment Ability to communicate with patients of diverse age, population, and multitude of cultural/ethnic backgrounds.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
Medium physical demands. Includes constant standing, walking, hearing, and vision, speaking; intermittent bending, pushing, pulling, carrying and lifting 20"50 lbs of force.

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Experience as an inpatient counselor is preferred.

EDUCATION REQUIRED:
A minimum of a Bachelor's degree in a Human Service Discipline is preferred.




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COMPANY

North Shore Medical Center
81 Highland Ave

Salem, MA 01970
UNITED STATES