"Habilitation Counselor - CSS Middlesex"

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Habilitation Counselor in the Community Based Service within Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care.

The Habilitation Counselor provides community-based case management services for individuals served to include assessment, treatment / recovery planning, linkage and coordination of care.

Among the key duties of this position are the following:

• Functions as a service coordinator for individuals/families as assigned by supervisor.
• Utilizes motivational interviewing skills, wellness and recovery principles, and knowledge of trauma-informed care to establish a working relationship with individuals and families served.
• States the value of treating substance abuse and mental illness concurrently.
• Maintains professional, effective, open communication with all members of the program's interdisciplinary team.
• Completes all documentation according to policy and procedures within prescribed time frame.
• Demonstrates initiative and flexibility with respect to job assignments.

Bachelor's Degree in a mental health field or an appropriate human services field plus one (1) year of related experience required.

• Ability to speak clearly and write proficiently.
• 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 while in the field.
• The employee spends much time driving, walking, standing, bending, and talking with individuals served in the community located throughout the region.
• Transport of individuals served in state vehicles.
• The employee can expect to lift up to 20 pounds.
• The work environment is predominantly in the community in individuals' homes, shelters, soup kitchens and places where homeless individuals congregate (i.e. forests, train stations, under bridges etc.).
• Individual wellness checks and crisis intervention required.
• Subject to unpredictable situations, crises, to include behavioral, medical, substance use and psychiatric.
• Occasionally exposed to individuals exhibiting assaultive behaviors.
• Exposure to blood borne pathogens that requires use of personal protective equipment.