MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR 1 - Underfill

The Position

Mental Health Counselors provide counseling, case management, direct clinical services, community and home based services, and behavioral and human services to mentally ill, developmentally disabled and/or emotionally disturbed clients in an outpatient, residential, community or similar setting.

The Division of Child and Family Services is recruiting for a Mental Health Counselor 1 underfill for a Mental Health Counselor 2 position located in Las Vegas. The Intensive In-Home Clinical Team Program provides intensive home and community based clinical services to youth with complex behavioral health needs and their families. Program intensity is designed to support youth returning to their homes following out of home treatment and for youth that are at imminent risk for out of home treatment placements that might be avoided with frequent, in home and community treatment services. In-home teams begin engagement with youth and families prior to discharging from an out-of-home placement to support the creation and implementation of a plan for services post discharge, strengthen transition to home and community and assist youth and family in building a solid foundation. Teams provide individual and family therapy; psychosocial rehabilitative services such as communication skills, crisis management, relationship building and self-regulation skills to remain and thrive in the home; care coordination. The Mental Health Counselor serves as the clinical lead for the team; completes comprehensive assessments; SED and SMI determinations; provides individual and family therapy; level of care assessments; contributes to the development and implementation of safety and soothing plans; member of and clinical lead for the child and family team; provides input into treatment plan, psychosocial needs, goals and objectives; provides recommendations for changes in services; crisis assessment and stabilization interventions as indicated during the course of treatment. Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time. THIS RECRUITMENT MAY CLOSE WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED. APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

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