Habilitation Counselor - Per Diem

Posting Summary

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is seeking a per diem Habilitation Counselor for the Emergency Screening – Newark within Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care.

The primary purpose of the per diem Habilitation Counselor is to provide clinical assessments for the children’s mobile response and stabilization program in Essex County that meet quality and quantity standards within University Behavioral Health Care and the Department of Children and Families/Division of Children’s Behavioral Health Services (DCBHS). Performs functions in support of the University Behavioral Health Care mission providing streamlined, prompt, and “consumer friendly” crisis response services. Receives telephone requests for service, undertakes crisis/strength-based assessment of the service need of the client or customer, responds by outreach to the family, assesses the youth and family strengths and current crisis situation, makes appropriate referr...