About us:
When you join the Arrowleaf team you are committing to a meaningful career where your work will make a difference for your neighbors throughout Southern Illinois and strengthen our region as a whole. Youll have a chance to build wellbeing not just for the people you work with but for yourself as well as you gain lifechanging experiences enjoy highly competitive benefits and experience unmatched opportunities for advancement.
Mission:Arrowleafs mission is to help all Southern Illinoisans reach their full potential. We provide resources and opportunities that support individuals of all ages so they can thrive make our communities more vibrant and build economic prosperity that benefits everyone.
Vision:We envision a Southern Illinois where all individuals are contributing to a community that is safe and vibrant for everyone.
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Job Title:Counselor(SchoolBased)
Home Office: Vienna IL; Metropolis IL; Golconda IL; or Elizabethtown IL. Location is dependent on office space availability.
Area of Focus:Behavioral Health
Program(s):Behavioral Health Outpatient Mental Health Programming helps individuals build life skills and wellbeing through behavioral health counseling psychiatric care and other care coordination and support services. Mental Health Juvenile Justice (MHJJ) Functions as a point of contact between the Illinois Juvenile Justice System probationschools and the community. The program helps build these collaborative relationships to identify and obtain referrals of youth with or at risk for mental health concerns in Union County.
Immediate Supervisor: Program Coordinator
Hours of Work: Fulltime 40 hours/week Afterhours oncall rotation required .
Counselor Minimum Qualifications: Bachelors Degree in Human Services or related field. Qualifies as a Mental Health Professional (MHP).
Counselor Skills & Knowledge: Knowledge of various behavioral and human development theories and practices; ability to understand mental health and substance use diagnoses treatment planning processes and evidencebased curriculums; knowledge of local health and human services resources; knowledge of basic crisis intervention and conflict resolution techniques; excellent written and oral communication skills; excellent computer skills.
Counselor Special Requirements:Travels to offsite/communitybased/locations for direct service delivery; participates in afterhours crisis response rotation; ability to schedule evening appointments; maintains and provides proof of a valid drivers license; maintains and provides proof of personal vehicle liability insurance; at least 21 years of age.
Counselor job duties include but are not limited to:
- Intervenes and evaluates consumers and establishes the diagnosis.
- Develops treatment plan collaboratively with consumers by defining goals specific outcomes and timeframes for treatment. Monitors consumers behavior.
- Intervenes therapeutically to change attitudes beliefs and behaviors of consumers to improve individual and family level of functioning.
- Provides crisis intervention to stabilize the consumers condition by utilizing shortterm crisis intervention techniques and/or referral to other support services.
- Maintains networking and referral contacts with other human service providers bothinternally and externally.
- Carries a caseload as assigned by a direct supervisor.
- Completes required monthly direct service hours to consumers as defined on Direct Service Requirement sheet.
- Facilitates recreation/socialization and cultural activities for consumers who provide enjoyable outings that prepare and encourage them to engage in activities independent of the agency.
- Effectively teaches lifemanagement skills to consumers.
- Provides and arranges transportation services to consumers which they translate to their natural environment.
Counselor Benefit Package
Salary Range:$44428 $47213
*This is a bargaining unit union position
Arrowleaf is dedicated to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment Arrowleaf will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations unless the accommodation will impose an undue hardship. If you require a reasonable accommodation in completing this application interviewing completing any preemployment testing or otherwise participating in the employee selection process please direct your inquiries to Human Resources.
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