Behavioral Health Therapist- San Diego, CA

The Onsite Behavioral Health Counselor is responsible for counseling individuals to diagnose and treat mental health disorders. The responsibilities also include referring clients to specialists, monitoring progress during treatment and creating a comfortable environment where clients can be treated.

Requirements

• Conduct regular appointments with clients who wish to converse with a mental health professional
• Establish positive and trusting relationships with clients
• Screen and assess patients for common mental health and substance use disorders, leveraging evidence-based tools
• Provide patient education about common mental health and substance use disorders, as well as available evidence-based treatments
• Implement various treatments and protocols to provide guidance and appropriately address client situations using evidence-based techniques
• Continually assess client situations and provide the proper ongoing treatments
• Educate and involve family members or other loved ones in the treatment process when necessary
• When required, partner with plan and community resources to make referrals to outside sources or agencies that can augment or better address their specific needs
• Coordinate care after an acute event including emergency department presentation or inpatient admission in collaboration with the patient’s provider and population health team
• Maintain the strictest confidentiality of each and every client situation
• Maintain all required licenses and the appropriate insurance
• Participate in clinical team meetings as assigned

Benefits

• Medical
• Vision
• Dental
• Well-being and behavioral health programs
• 401(k) with company match
• Company paid life insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year and paid holidays