Group home counselor vs mental health counselor

Differences between group home counselor and mental health counselor duties and responsibilities

Group home counselor example responsibilities.

• Engage, educate and empower participants to access community base resources in order to achieve greater self-determination, rehabilitation and recovery.
• Provide mentally impair or emotionally disturb patients with routine emotional and psychological care under the direction of nursing or medical staff.
• Promote continuity of care by accurately and completely communicating to other caregivers the status of patients for which care is provided.
• Maintain therapeutic relationships with youth through effective teaching and coaching techniques to provide leadership and foster relationship building skills.

Mental health counselor example responsibilities.

• Provide clinical consultation to consumers and clients regarding manage care services and other benefits available to them through their EAP programs.
• Conduct group check-in and co-lead group psychotherapy sessions to help clients identify and manage problems associate with psychiatric conditions.
• Certify in CPI (crisis intervention technique).
• Assist with crisis intervention, (CPI) maintains treatment activities.
• Provide mental health assessment and evaluation of detainees refer by facility staff or identify by pre-screening (booking or nursing).
• Assess for special needs during booking process.
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