Habilitation Counselor

Rutgers The State University is seeking a skilled Habilitation Counselor to join our team at Rutgers, University Behavioral Health Care.

The Habilitation Counselor will provide clinical assessments for the children's mobile response and stabilization program in Essex County, meeting quality and quantity standards within University Behavioral Health Care and the Department of Children and Families/Division of Children's System of Care (DCSOC). The successful candidate will perform functions in support of the University Behavioral Health Care mission, providing streamlined, prompt, and consumer-friendly crisis response services.

• Assess telephone service requests/referrals and provide mobile response in accordance with prescribed children's mobile response and stabilization procedures.
• Provide face-to-face interventions in the community, including families' homes, schools, group homes, foster homes, shelters, and the detention center.
• Organize transition and discharge from crisis services, connecting to ongoing services and family support groups.
• Maintain comprehensive and up-to-date knowledge of eligibility and admission criteria for units and programs served by the children's mobile response and stabilization.

• Bachelor's Degree in a behavioral health discipline or related human services field.
• A minimum of one (1) year experience in the mental health field.
• Valid driver's license.
• Maintains DCSOC Crisis Assessment Tool (CAT) certification and re-certification annually.
• Maintains DCSOC Crisis Intervention Specialist (CIS) certification and recertification annually.

The employee frequently spends time prolonged sitting, talking and listening in groups as well as on the telephone, walks, bends, stretches, and pulls. May have to work long hours, travel within the State, and lift up to 10 pounds. Must have the ability to drive and to respond to a family crisis in Essex County within one (1) hour when on-call.

Rutgers offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees. For details, please go to https://hr.rutgers.edu/benefits.

Rutgers The State University is an equal employment opportunity employer committed to maintaining a diverse workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, age, ancestry, nationality, marital or domestic partnership or civil union status, sex, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, disability status, liability for military service, protected veteran status, affectional or sexual orientation, atypical cellular or blood trait, genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing), or any other category protected by law.