Job Description:

Job Title: Associate Counselor

Location: Poplar Bluff, Missouri

Department: Recovery Services

Employment Type:

Job Summary:

Join our compassionate team and make a lasting impact on individuals overcoming mental health and substance use challenges. As an Associate Counselor, you'll play a vital role in guiding clients towards recovery through personalized treatment plans and empowering interventions. We seek dedicated professionals with a heart for service and a passion for empowering others to achieve their full potential.

This position involves assisting individuals with mental health and/or substance use disorders to improve their daily living and working abilities. Under the close supervision of a Qualified Addiction Professional, you'll participate in screening/assessment processes, develop individualized treatment plans, facilitate group counseling sessions, and provide ongoing support throughout the recovery journey.

Poplar Bluff offers a charming small-town atmosphere with a tight-knit community and a low cost of living. Enjoy a relaxed pace of life while making a meaningful difference in the lives of those you serve.

The Associate Counselor position offers...

• All-Inclusive Employee Benefits Package

• Telemedicine

• Employee Assistance Program

• Paid Time Off

• Workplace Culture - An environment cultivating employee wellbeing, valuing each individual's humanity, and actively promoting healthy, joyful workforce engagement

• Retirement options

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist in screening/assessment processes and develop individualized treatment plans under supervision

• Facilitate group counseling sessions, family conferences, and individual interventions

• Document services provided according to regulatory and agency standards

• Maintain positive professional relationships with clients, coworkers, and referral sources

• Handle crisis situations and notify supervisors when necessary

• Participate in clinical staffing/team meetings and provide feedback

• Complete annual training requirements and maintain professional development

Education and/or Experience Qualifications:

• A trainee meeting requirements for registration, supervision, and professional development as set forth by:

• The Missouri Credentialing Board, Inc.

• The appropriate board of professional registration with the Department of Economic Development for licensure as a psychologist, professional counselor, or social worker

Required License/Certification (one of the following):

• A trainee meeting requirements for registration, supervision, and professional development as set forth by the state's appropriate credentialing board

Additional Qualifications:

• Willingness to become licensed in additional states and provide telehealth services

• Successful completion of background check, including criminal record, driving record, and abuse/neglect

• Completion of New Hire Orientation, Relias Learning, and other training requirements

• First Aid and CPR certification within 3 months of employment

• Behavioral Management training completed within 30 days of employment

• Obtain driver's license in state of residency

• Sedentary work: exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally

Keywords: Counseling, Mental Health, Substance Abuse, Treatment Planning, Group Therapy, Crisis Intervention, Documentation, Professional Development

Position Perks & Benefits:

Paid time off: full-time employees receive an attractive time off package to balance your work and personal life

Employee benefits package: full-time employees receive health, dental, vision, retirement, life, & more

Top-notch training: initial, ongoing, comprehensive, and supportive

Career mobility: advancement opportunities/promoting from within

Welcoming, warm, supportive: a work culture & environment that promotes your well-being, values you as human being, and encourages your health and happiness

Brightli is on a Mission:

A mission to improve client care, reduce the financial burden of community mental health centers by sharing resources, a mission to have a larger voice in advocacy to increase access to mental health and substance user care in our communities, and a mission to evolve the behavioral health industry to better meet the needs of our clients.

As a behavioral and community mental health provider, we value diversity, equity, and inclusion in our workforce and encourage applications from individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences. If you are passionate about empowering your local communities and promoting health equity, we invite you to join our mission-driven organization that is committed to building a diverse, equitable, inclusive and authentic workplace.

We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and encourage applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, gender expressions, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, disability or veteran status, or to other non-work related factors.

Southeast Missouri Behavioral Health is a Smoke and Tobacco Free Workplace.

About Brightli

Brightli is on a mission: A mission to improve client care, reduce the financial burden of community mental health centers by sharing resources, a mission to have a larger voice in advocacy to increase access to mental health and substance use care in our communities, and a mission to evolve the behavioral health industry to better meet the needs of our clients. We are doing this by forming a new behavioral health organization under new model. Under one parent company, multiple organizations are able to collaborate, share resources and system supports, increase recruiting and retention efforts, increase access to specialized care, and meet the growing demand for behavioral and addiction recovery care.

Brightli’s top-line subsidiaries include Burrell Behavioral Health (Burrell), Preferred Family Healthcare (PFH), and Southeast Missouri Behavioral Health (SEMO). While these organizations operate independently and are governed by separate board of directors, their operations and services benefit from this model. Alone, organizations may be able to navigate the current tumultuous healthcare environment, but we believe that together we can do so much more than survive. Our communities need us now more than ever, and by working together we are ready to answer their call for years to come.

Brightli Snapshot

• 200 locations

• 4 states

• 19 subsidiaries and/or affiliates

• 5k+ employees