Counselor Adolescent Behavioral Health

Company: Newport Healthcare
Location: Kirkland
Posted on: January 13, 2021

Job Description:

About Us: Newport Healthcare is a series of evidence-based healing centers for adolescents and families struggling with mental health issues. With locations across the United States, Newport Healthcare offers a family-systems approach, providing gender-specific, individualized, and comprehensive holistic programs that encompass clinical therapy, academic support, and experiential practices. We treat adolescents and young adults who are experiencing depression, anxiety, eating disorders, trauma, and substance abuse. Offerings include residential treatment, intensive outpatient programming, therapeutic day schools, and day treatment. Newport Healthcare nurtures the physical, psychological, social, educational, and spiritual needs of adolescents and their families, from a foundation of compassionate care, clinical expertise, and unconditional love. Our primary mission is to empower teens and restore families. Experts include medical directors, psychiatrists, therapists, registered dietitians, nurses, licensed social workers, teachers, and more.Empowering Lives. Restoring Families.--Responsibilities:* The Counselor will carry an average case load of 9 clients. The average may fluctuate dependent upon staffing and census.* Facilitate individual and group sessions as assigned* Coordinate all aspects of the Counselors role in client programming including the evaluation of Discovery journal assignments.* Coordinate treatment goals and services in collaboration with client's treatment team.* Provide progress updates to parents in collaboration with family therapist.* Timely completion of documentation (may include assessments, treatment plans, progress and group notes, discharge summary) according to established standards.* Attends weekly treatment team meetings, staff meetings, and clinical supervision.* Identify off campus meetings* Maintains clear boundaries with residents and staff. Holds direct care staff to the rules and guidelines of Newport Academy. Sets limits and assists to manage clients when staff is in need of support or supervision.* Attends meetings, trainings and conferences representing Newport Academy as needed.Qualifications:Education/Experience required:* Bachelor's Degree required from an accredited or state approved graduate school.* Master's Degree required.* Licensed, or license-eligible in Counseling or Social Work in the state in which you are applying preferred.* Experience in working with adolescents, preferably in a residential treatment center.* Training or experience with mental health, substance abuse, or eating disorders.Newport Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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