Behavioral Health Counselor

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Are you looking for an opportunity to work in a caring and community‑focused environment? At Covenant Community Care, we are a faith‑based non‑profit Federally Qualified Health Center serving the communities of Detroit in our clinics that offer integrated medical, dental and counseling healthcare services. We have an immediate opening for a Full‑time Behavioral Health Counselor.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION: The Behavioral Health Provider will provide integrated and outpatient counseling services within a primary care setting. Care is provided with an emphasis on integrating screening and brief interventions, as well as follow‑up/outpatient care as appropriate.

SPECIFIC DUTIES:

• Work as part of an interdisciplinary team to help in recognizing, treating, and managing mental health, substance use and psychosocial issues as appropriate.
• Support patients in their health goals, including treatment compliance, sleep, coping with persistent health issues, or other.
• Conduct mental health and substance use screening; provide referrals as clinically appropriate. Referrals may include psychiatry, housing, basic needs or other.
• Provide psychoeducation to patients and their families concerning mental health and substance use issues.
• Provide assessments, treatment plans and evidence based therapeutic treatment for patients in individual, family or group settings. These visits may be in an integrated or outpatient setting.
• Document the patients’ progress and diagnostic information in the treatment chart.
• Communicate patient progress with the care team as appropriate.
• Maintain confidentiality of patient health information in accordance with HIPAA, 42 CFR part 2 and other applicable regulations.
• Cover other behavioral health provider’s patients as needed.
• Maintain compliance with MI Licensing, including completing continuing education as required.
• Uphold the Mission of Covenant “To show and share the love of God as seen in the Good News of Jesus Christ by providing integrated, affordable and quality health care to those who need it most.”
• Other duties as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES:

• Ability to function effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team with active listening and social perceptiveness.
• Ability to maintain professionalism and confidentiality working with a sensitive patient population.
• Service oriented.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Good Judgement and ability to make decisions independently.
• Dependable, organized and the ability to efficiently prioritize work.
• Resourceful with community networking and the ability to speak on behalf of Covenant Community Care, its mission and values.

Skills: Effective Teamwork, Active Listening, Social Perceptiveness, Service Oriented, Resourceful, Critical Thinking, Good Judgement and Decision Making, Maintain appropriate confidentiality, Dependable, Efficient, Humble, Generous, Organized, and ability to maintain professionalism

Qualifications:

• Licensed Master’s Social Worker (LMSW) or Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) – Preferred.
• Two years’ experience preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Good judgement and ability to make decisions independently.
• Dependable, organized and the ability to efficiently prioritize work.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is often required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk or hear. The employee is regularly required to walk; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision.
  
  Employee is also required to focus and perform tasks in a loud and disruptive work environment.

Job Type: Full‑time

At Covenant we offer our employees:

• Comprehensive Benefit program
• Vacation, Sick, and Personal time (VSP)
• Paid holidays
• 401K
• Life insurance, long term and short‑term disability

Candidates must successfully complete a criminal background check and TB test as part of the hiring process.