Clinical MH Counseling

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· Maintain confidentiality of records relating to clients' treatment.

· Encourage clients to express their feelings and discuss what is happening in their lives, helping them to develop insight into themselves or their relationships.

· Collect information about clients through interviews, observation, or tests.

· Assess patients for risk of suicide attempts.

· Fill out and maintain client-related paperwork, including federal- and state-mandated forms, client diagnostic records, and progress notes.

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Technology Skills

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Knowledge

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· Psychology — Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.

· Therapy and Counseling — Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.

· Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

· Sociology and Anthropology — Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.

· English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

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Skills

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· Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

· Social Perceptiveness — Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

· Service Orientation — Actively looking for ways to help people.

· Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.

· Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

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Abilities

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· Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.

· Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.

· Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.

· Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).

· Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.

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Work Activities

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· Assisting and Caring for Others — Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.

· Documenting/Recording Information — Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.

· Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.

· Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.

· Performing for or Working Directly with the Public — Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.

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Detailed Work Activities

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· Counsel clients or patients regarding personal issues.

· Collect information about clients.

· Interview clients to gather information about their backgrounds, needs, or progress.

· Complete documentation required by programs or regulations.

· Counsel clients or patients with substance abuse issues.

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Work Context

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· Structured versus Unstructured Work — 84% responded “A lot of freedom.”

· Contact With Others — 91% responded “Constant contact with others.”

· Telephone — 79% responded “Every day.”

· Freedom to Make Decisions — 72% responded “A lot of freedom.”

· Face-to-Face Discussions — 84% responded “Every day.”

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Job Zone

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Education

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Credentials

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Interests

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