Inova Kellar Center seeking a Mental Health Counselor to join the team. 

The Mental Health Counselor engages in activities integral to the continued development and success at our sites of care across Inova Health System. Provides assessment, planning, treatment, intervention, and evaluation to patients with psychiatric disorders. Provides crisis intervention and behavior management services. Provides daily check-ins and various group counseling interventions. Provides day to day documentation and counseling services for the behavioral health patients. Oversees individuals receiving services and provides behavioral, non-instructive support and psychoeducational programming to the patient population.

Benefits and Perks:

Health, Vision, and Dental Coverage Life Insurance, Short/Long Term Disability Retirement Matching:  Amazing Paid Time Off: Accrue PTO hours on your very first day of work.

Shift: Full Time 

      Hours: Monday-Friday Days

      Location: Kellar Center- Fairfax

Job Responsibilities

May require traveling between locations to provide patient care support on an as needed basis. Oversees individuals receiving services and provides behavioral and clinical supports. Appropriately gathers and assesses information regarding the patient’s mental and physical well-being. Analyzes and interprets relevant data to determine treatment recommendations and priorities. Formulates mutually agreed-upon treatment goals and objectives with the client utilizing all available resources. Interacts with parents/guardians at arrival and communicates pertinent information when indicated to physicians and/or clinical staff. Ensures that appropriate staff/patient scheduling for classes and activities is adequately and appropriately covered. Provides written scheduling to staff who are covering activities. Provides crisis prevention in terms of a consistent staff presence. Identifies potential problem times and places (lunch, passing time) through ongoing observation in the milieu, groups, and lunchtime, and provides directs supportive crisis intervention when indicated. Consistency present in milieu to provide supportive crisis stabilization and support to support to clinical staff. Provides daily safety assessments and develops safety plans under the supervision of clinical staff and/physicians. groups, assist in the preparation of materials for groups, managing/supervising patients in crisis, and documentation of the group process. Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements for Consideration:

Bachelor’s degree in education, psychology, social work, special education, mental health discipline, or related field. Preferred: working with adolescents Basic Life Support (BLS) – American Heart Association within 3 months of hire. Crisis Prevention Institute within 6 months of hire.