Milieu Counselor (Overnight Shift) SAGE

Job Title: Milieu Counselor (Overnight Shift)
Department/Program: SAGE
Reports to: Milieu Supervisor
Work location: Mt. Scott
FLSA status: Non-exempt/hourly
Salary: $24.04/hr. - $26.50/hr. (Bilingual Spanish - $26.20/hr. - $28.88/hr.)
Morrison Child and Family Services: We are a Joint Commission and Sanctuary accredited non-profit organization that provides a comprehensive array of services to children, adolescents, and their families. As an agency, Morrison, its team members, and clients commit to the following values of trauma-informed care:
Nonviolence - being safe and doing the right thing
Emotional Intelligence - managing our feelings so we don’t hurt ourselves or others
Social Learning - respecting and sharing ideas of our teams
Democracy - shared decision making whenever possible
Open Communication - saying what we mean and not being mean when we say it
Social Responsibility - everyone makes a contribution to the organizational culture
Growth and Change - creating hope for our clients and ourselves
Job Summary:
The Milieu Counselor supervises youth in the milieu of an intensive treatment program providing support and guidance for daily living skills.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Provides supervision and support for youth in a milieu setting.
Employs interventions that are consistent with best practices, the therapeutic models delivered by the program, ethical principles, and professional standards, regulations, policies, and procedures, and laws.
Models appropriate interpersonal interactions in the milieu space.
Uses structure, routines, and activities to promote effective relationships.
Assists clients in identifying and developing their strengths through activities and other experiences.
Demonstrates the ability to recognize professional limitations and seeks supervision when appropriate.
Shares decision making whenever possible. Uses a collaborative approach to problem solving.
Is present and punctual for scheduled shifts and/or meetings.
Works well within a team environment, sharing workload, responsibilities, credit, and opportunities.
Is aware of Morrison Compliance Program including Compliance Officer, Compliance Standards of Conduct, and Employee Compliance Hotline. Understands Compliance Standards of Conduct and signs attestation document. Completes all assigned compliance, HIPAA, client privacy, and fraud, waste, and abuse training. Knows how to report any client privacy or fraud, waste, or abuse concerns.
Demonstrate a commitment to developing a thorough knowledge and application of the Sanctuary model and other organizational policies & practices.
Participate in staff development, in-services, and training related to workplace effectiveness; model professional behaviors and implement improvements to business practices with awareness of their impact in a trauma-informed behavioral healthcare organization.