Mental Health Counselor
Current● Provided emotional/mental health counseling services to at-risk youth in a school setting.● Adhered to the Department of Juvenile Justice guidelines and regulations when working with youth.● Provided crisis counseling and interventions when needed in the center. ● Assisted in behavior modification within the center/classrooms● Provided outside referrals for students for mental health services,housing services, alternative educational services, etc.● Collaborated with the school district on students’ academic success anddetermined if further services were needed such as IEP/504 plans.● Maintained youth charts and confidential file utilizing electronic medicalrecords (Salesforce).● Worked to maintain compliance and communicated with others aboutmeeting program compliance.● Assessed youth for suicidal/homicidal behavior and utilized riskassessments and safety planning as interventions.● Assisted youth in feeling comfortable talking to law enforcement and otheroutside entities about abuse, suicide, criminal behaviors etc. ● Provided on-call care at all times of day and night.
