Habilitation Counselor

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Posted: 20-Mar-24

Location: New Brunswick, New Jersey

Salary: Open

Categories:

Healthcare
Staff/Administrative

Internal Number: 218553

Position Summary:

Rutgers The State University is seeking a Habilitation Counselor in the Outpatient Treatment – Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Case Management within Rutgers University Behavioral Healthcare.
The purpose of the Habilitation Counselor position is to provide site and community-based case management and supported employment services to individuals receiving treatment services through UBHC's Outpatient Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) services.
Among the key duties of this position are the following:

• Supports individuals to gain access to needed medical, social, education, mental health, addiction, co-occurring, and other services.
• Links individuals served to needed services including benefits, medical, dental, mental health, co-occurring services, self-help, employment, legal and housing.
• Assists with scheduling appointments with the individual served and when necessary, accompanies the individual served to appointments.
• Assists individuals served to locate housing opportunities.
• Provides supported employment services.
• Provides psychoeducation to individuals served, promoting wellness and recovery goals.
• Assists individuals to open bank accounts, pay bills, and identify a representative payee if needed.
• Links individuals served to substance abuse and co-occurring treatment if necessary.

Minimum Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in the mental health field or other appropriate human services related field plus one (1) year of relevant mental health experience.

City: Piscataway

State: NJ

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Ability to speak clearly and write proficiently.
• Hearing is essential.
• The ability to focus on the task at hand despite numerous interruptions.
• Must be able to sit for extended periods of time and document into an electronic medical record.
• The employee spends much time driving, walking, standing, bending and talking with consumers in the community located throughout the County.
• Transport of consumers in state vehicles. The employee can expect to lift up to 30 pounds.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• The work environment includes both office based services and community outreach.
• Individual wellness checks and crisis intervention required.
• Subject to unpredictable situations, patient crises, to include behavioral, medical and psychiatric.
• Occasionally exposed to patients exhibiting assaultive behaviors.
• Exposure to blood borne pathogens that requires use of personal protective equipment.

Special Conditions:

• May work at least one (1) evening per week and one (1) weekend day per week.
• Must possess own vehicle to outreach individuals served and attend internal and external meetings.

Posting Number: 23ST3437

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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a leading national public research university and the state's preeminent, comprehensive public institution of higher education. Rutgers is dedicated to teaching that meets the highest standards of excellence; to conducting research that breaks new ground; and to turning knowledge into solutions for local, national, and global communities. As it was at our founding in 1766, the heart of our mission is preparing students to become productive members of society and good citizens of the world. Rutgers teaches across the full educational spectrum: preschool to precollege; undergraduate to graduate and postdoctoral; and continuing education for professional and personal advancement. Rutgers is New Jersey's land-grant institution and one of the nation's foremost research universities, and as such, we educate, make discoveries, serve as an engine of economic growth, and generate ideas for improving people's lives.
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