Milieu Counselor - Psychiatry - Rivington - Full Time/Evenings (11:45Am-8Pm)

Description

The Milieu Counselor engages with program participants as well as program staff in a therapeutic milieu. The focus of the Milieu Counselor is to provide supportive interventions to participants utilizing case management, individual supportive counseling, and group intervention with an emphasis on crisis intervention and resolution. In addition, the milieu counselor assists with the day-to-day needs of the program and its participants. The milieu counselor may also assist with the admission, transfer, and discharge of participants according to established policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Establish a therapeutic relationship with program participants

• Understand participants' characteristics and triggers using a trauma informed approach to prevent loss of behavioral control or decompensation.

• Utilize crisis intervention techniques to mitigate risks

• Provides individual supportive counseling and case management services designed to identify strengths, problem solve and support coping skill development

• Leads or co-leads group interventions focused on various topics related to crisis, coping, problem solving and anger management

• Facilities recreational group activities such as art, current events and games

• Under the direction of the program manager and RN, manages the day to day operational needs of the residence such as ordering food, assuring supplies are available and interfacing with other ancillary departments as needed such as housekeeping.

• Identifies warning signs and alerts professional staff in a timely manner to changes in patient status, mood or behavior in an effort to reduce risk of behavioral acting out

• Documents participant progress in daily notes

• Maintains records of purchases, requisitions and other business needs of the program

• Participates in team meetings, community meetings and planning meetings for participants.

• Participates in debriefing after incidents with staff and participants.

Organizational/Managerial

• Maintains participant/employee confidentiality in all activities

• Participates in program quality improvement projects

Educational

• Meets regulatory, licensure and annual health assessment requirements

• Participates in supervision

• Participates in Grand Rounds and department based in-service presentations

Communication

• Demonstrates a professional, courteous, and respectful attitude in dealing with patients, families and significant others

• Displays courtesy, tact and patience during interactions with all members of the hospital staff and extended community

• Displays a professional and respectful demeanor at all times

• Maintains positive interpersonal skills with patients visitors and staff

• Adheres to MSHS legal and ethical standards

• May be required to perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree - in Human Services field preferred

• One-year experience working in human services field. Internship/Volunteer/Student teaching counts towards experience.

Collective bargaining unit: SEIU 1199-MSBI

SEIU 1199 at Mount Sinai Beth Israel and MS Downtown, B3Z - Psych Crisis Respite Services RV - BI, Mount Sinai Beth Israel

Employer Description

Strength Through Diversity

The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai's unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:

• Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential.

• Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination.

• Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers.

We work hard to acquire and retain the best people and to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong and are able to professional advance. We share the belief that all employees, regardless of job title or expertise contribute to the patient experience and quality of patient care.

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"About the Mount Sinai Health System:

Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time - discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients' medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,400 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report's "Best Children's Hospitals" ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country's best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 14 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek's "The World's Best Smart Hospitals" ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.

The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude, or treat people differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are passionately committed to addressing racism and its effects on our faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve. Our goal is for Mount Sinai to become an anti-racist health care and learning institution that intentionally addresses structural racism."

EOE Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans

Compensation

The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides a salary range to comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $33.3226 - $33.8559 Hourly. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.