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    Mental Health Counselor - Washington, United States - National Center for Children & Families

    National Center for Children & Families
    National Center for Children & Families Washington, United States

    2 weeks ago

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    Position Purpose:
    The Mental Health Counselor will provide services such as outreach, crisis intervention, and service coordination to families experiencing homelessness in the District of Columbia.
    Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
    • Assess, evaluate, and determines services and supports that families need to alleviate barriers to self-sufficiency.
    • Provides information to clients about available resources within the agency and the community. Also assists clients with selecting appropriate resources.
    • Interprets and explains program rules, policies, and procedures to clients.
    • Integrates knowledge and understanding of underlying mental health issues and the impact on individual behaviors and the family system and develops necessary interventions.
    • Coordinates the development of an individually tailored treatment plan that delineates specific goals, objectives, and timeliness within 3 days of mental health intake.
    • Ensures case notes are entered into the HMIS database within twenty-four hours of meeting with the clients.
    • Provides crisis and early intervention when needed.
    • Assists participants in developing skills and strategies for dealing with issues that have placed them in shelter care and/or dependence.
    • Conducts mental health training for staff, mentor families, and program participants.
    • Participates in case reviews, staff, and other agency meetings.
    • Attends at least four TCP mandated trainings per month.
    Non-Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
    • Participates in program team meetings
    • Enters relevant data in the ETO system
    • Other duties as assigned
    Minimum Qualifications:
    • Must be a Licensed Master Social Worker (MSW), Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Licensed Graduate Social Worker (LGSW), or Licensed Graduate Professional Counselor (LGPC) and have a minimum of two years of experience in case management, mental health services and direct service delivery.
    • Excellent oral and written communications skills.
    • Must possess an attitude compatible with the goals and purposes of NCCF.
    • Experience in individual, group, and family therapy.
    • Knowledge of child and adolescent development.
    • Excellent interpersonal/conflict resolution skills.
    • Demonstration of cross-cultural competencies.
    Physical Demands/Work Environment:
    While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee is required to talk and hear. The employee is often required to sit and use their hands and fingers to handle or feel. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Vision abilities required by this job require close vision working with a computer monitor. While performing the duties of this job, employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts and vehicles. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate. While performing the responsibilities of the employee's job, these work environment characteristics are representative of the environment the employee will encounter. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.
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