Counselor-Behavioral Health MS Licensed

The Virtual Behavioral Health Crisis Assessment Counselor provides comprehensive mental health assessments and crisis intervention services via telehealth. This role involves facilitating patient involvement in treatment, conducting assessments, and collaborating with the healthcare team to ensure safe, timely, and effective care.

Requirements

• Conduct face-to-face (via telehealth) mental health assessments upon physician referral.
• Facilitate individual, group, and family counseling sessions in a virtual setting.
• Perform utilization review and discharge planning to support safe patient transitions.
• Collaborate with healthcare team members to coordinate care and ensure patients and families receive necessary education and resources.
• Interpret and communicate complex patient and family psychosocial needs; model caring and professional practices.
• Assess psychosocial risk factors, including prior functioning, support systems, reactions to illness, and coping mechanisms.
• Counsel patients and families on emotional, social, and financial impacts of illness, disability, or trauma.
• Access and mobilize community and family resources to meet patient needs.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for cases involving child abuse/neglect, elder abuse, 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, de-escalation, and risk management.
• 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 dangerous or potentially dangerous situations with clinical leadership.
• Ensure a safe, therapeutic, and supportive environment through instruction and intervention.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with community agencies, law enforcement, schools, and other stakeholders.

Benefits

• Generous Paid Time Off
• 401k Matching
• Retirement Plan