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Community Support Professional - KPACT
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What they do
A Mental or Behavioral Health Counselor works with patients to treat mental health problems. Assesses patients and assists with diagnosis, counseling and crisis intervention. Consults with nurses, doctors and psychiatrists. May work with specific populations, such as youth, senior citizens or substance abusers, in group settings, facilities or hospitals.
$34,411 / year median in Virginia
+13% projected growth
Job Description
The Community Support Professional will work with the intensive services team, providing direct interventions to individuals with serious emotional disturbance who may be at risk of self-harm, harming others, and/or who may be expelled from school or sent to a psychiatric or residential facility, foster home, or hospital. Job duties include providing temporary, intensive services to avert emergency psychiatric hospitalization, institutional admissions, or out-of-home placement. Services are provided to clients and their families/caregivers. Provides supportive counseling, individual and family therapy, crisis intervention, assessment, Individual Service Plan (ISP) development, psychoeducation, and referrals to other programs as needed. Develops and maintains working relationships with individuals served, families and/or caregivers, other NRVCS programs, and other community agencies as needed to ensure quality care. Works as part of the children's intensive services team which includes KPACT and IH treatment teams to ensure services and resources are coordinated among providers as needed to help youth served live and function optimally in the community.