Co-op Position - Mental Health Counselor - Fall Semester

Co-op Position - Mental Health Counselor

Walden Behavioral Care, Residential

Dedham, MA

Walden Behavioral Care is one of the only rapidly-growing, leading national specialty healthcare systems dedicated to serving all genders and offering the full continuum of care for people with all types of eating disorders. We currently have 14-locations on the East Coast in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Georgia. Over the past 15 years, utilizing our state-of-the art evidence based, personalized approach to care, we have helped over 20,000 people on their road to recovery. Headquartered in Massachusetts we have over 450 employees who are dedicated to helping people with eating disorders get the help they need and deserve. Learn more at or .

At Walden we are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace, where we celebrate our employees, our patients and the communities we work with. In recruiting for our team we welcome the unique contributions only you can bring in terms of your education, culture, opinions, experience and background. Join us and find out how you can make a difference today.

The Mental Health Counselor provides direct patient care to adolescents and adults under the supervision of clinical staff and program director. Our program is a 24-hour level of care facility.

Schedule: July to December Co-op Cycle; July 1st - December 27th timeframe

• Provide a safe and therapeutic milieu by monitoring patients (adults and adolescents) and redirecting behaviors.
• Assist patients through the admission process, required paperwork, and orientating new patients to the clinic.
• Establish therapeutic relationships with patients
• Provide patient care within Walden policies, philosophies, and objectives.
• Provide patient check-ins and respond to patients in crisis to ensure patient and clinic safety.
• Observe patients and accurately and thoroughly document attendance and observations via daily notes.
• Supervise breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks and provide re-direction to patients, as needed.
• Participate in community meetings, group therapies, treatment team and staff meetings.
• Facilitate group therapy sessions, including but not limited to CBT, DBT, Media Literacy, etc.
• Communicate appropriately and effectively with patients treatment teams and via treatment team meetings to ensure the highest quality of patient care.
• Conducting patient vital signs and weigh-ins.
• Support Office Manager with administrative/filing duties.

Education:

• Working on Bachelor's Degree in Psychology or related field

Experience:

• One year experience working with a psychiatric patient population preferred.
• Eating Disorder knowledge and/or experience preferred.

Licensure/Certification:

• CPR, required

Knowledge:

• Must possess knowledge of psychiatric group process, therapeutic relationships processes, age specific growth and development, limit setting and behavior management, crisis management with aggressive behaviors.

Required competencies:

• Strong organizational and communication skills
• Attention to detail and ability to prioritize independently
• Ability to multi-task in a changing and fast paced mental health environment
• Ability to work in a highly collaborate, team environment
• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing.

Environmental Conditions:

• General medical office environment/virtual platform

Physical Requirements:

• Physical agility to manage patients in crisis. Push, pull and lift 10 to 75 pounds. Intermittent sitting, standing, walking, bending and stooping.

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