Behavioral Health Counselor MS

The Behavioral Health Counselor MS facilitates patient involvement in treatment and education within a multidisciplinary environment, conducting individual, group, and family counseling, performing utilization review, discharge planning, and collaborating with healthcare team members to ensure safe, timely, and effective patient care.

Requirements

• Facilitate face-to-face (or telehealth) individual, group, and family counseling sessions.
• Perform utilization review and discharge planning to support safe patient transitions.
• Collaborate with all members of the healthcare team to coordinate care, ensuring patients and families receive necessary resources and education.
• Assess psychosocial risk factors, including prior functioning, support systems, reactions to illness, and coping abilities.
• Counsel patients and families on emotional, social, and financial impacts of illness or disability.
• Access and mobilize community and family resources to meet patient needs.
• Conduct mental health assessments upon physician referral.
• Support complex discharge planning through therapeutic interventions.
• Serve as the primary contact in cases involving child abuse/neglect, elder abuse/neglect, institutional abuse, and domestic violence.
• Act as liaison between Indiana University Health and local protective agencies (APS/CPS).
• Maintain principles and techniques of crisis intervention and de-escalation.
• Provide intervention in guardianship, foster care, adoption, and mental health Level II placements.
• Deliver evidence-based practices such as CBT, MI, and DBT.
• Support individuals in crisis and support safety through clinical leadership and de-escalation techniques.
• Ensure a safe, therapeutic environment and facilitate daily activities and programming.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with community agencies, law enforcement, schools, and other stakeholders.

Benefits

• Retirement Plan
• Visa Sponsorship
• Four Day Work Week
• Generous Paid Time Off
• 401k Matching
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Relocation Assistance