You.

You bring your body, mind, heart and spirit to your work as a Behavioral Health Counselor.

Your compassion is tangible: patients feel it in the hand they hold. Families feel it in your prayers. Colleagues feel it in your support.

You know how to move fast. You know how to stay organized. You know how to have fun.

Youâ™re great at what you do, but you want to be part of something even greater. Because you believe that while individuals can be strong, the right team is invincible.

Us.

This position will include considerable collaborative work with primary care physicians and support staff in the office, a co-located behavioral health specialty clinic within the hospital system, and external providers as well as community resources.

SCL Health, a faith-based, nonprofit healthcare organization that focuses on person-centered care. With locations throughout Colorado, Montana and Wyoming, we offer a wide variety of primary and specialty care services. 

Benefits are one of the ways we encourage health for you and your family. Our generous package includes medical, dental and vision coverage. But health is more than a well-working body: it encompasses body, mind and social well-being. To that end, weâ™ve launched a Healthy Living program to address your holistic health. Healthy Living includes financial incentives, digital tools, tobacco cessation, classes, counseling and paid time off. We also offer financial wellness tools and retirement planning.

We.

Together weâ™ll align mission and careers, values and workplace. Weâ™ll encourage joy and take pride in our integrity.

Weâ™ll laugh at each otherâ™s jokes (even the bad ones). Weâ™ll hello and high five. Weâ™ll celebrate milestones and acknowledge the value of spirituality in healing.

Weâ™re proud of what we know, which includes how much there is to learn.

Your day.

As a Behavioral Health Counselor with us, you need to know how to:

• Provide comprehensive intake examinations and behavioral health assessments, and determine accurate DSM-5/ICD-10 diagnoses based on clinical information.


• Provide behavioral health services to individuals, couples, families and groups, using a variety of treatment approaches and tools.


• Make appropriate referrals for patients needing services outside the scope of the immediacy of primary care.


• Maintain complete and timely clinical records on all clients.


• Provide consultation to other staff members as requested and participate in staffing of cases.


• Provide consultation and education services to individuals, agencies, institutions and groups as assigned.


• Participate in staff training and attend staff meetings.


• Review client files to assess dangerousness and violence evaluation of family violence referrals.


• Make referrals to a variety of social services and medical resources as needed.


• Participate in the screening process of new referrals to the department as needed.

Your experience.

We hire people, not resumes. But we also expect excellence, which is why we require:

• Masters in Social Work (MSW) or related field, required


• Current Licensed Clinical Social Worker or Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor license is required.


• Minimum of two (2) years of clinical experience post licensure preferred


• Current BLS certification endorsed by the American Heart Association or the ability to obtain within three (3) months of hire (with prior approval), required

Your next move.

Now that you know more about being a Behavioral Health Counselor on our team we hope youâ™ll join us. At SCL Health youâ™ll reaffirm every day how much you love this work, and why you were called to it in the first place.