[Hiring] Bilingual Spanish Behavioral Health Counselor @The Cigna Group

Role Description

The Bilingual Spanish Behavioral Health Counselor is responsible for counseling individuals, groups or families to diagnose and treat mental health disorders. The responsibilities also include referring clients to specialists, monitoring progress during treatment and creating a comfortable environment where clients can be treated. This BH professional will treat clients with emotional, behavioral and mental disorders.

• Conduct regular appointments with clients (video and/or telephonically) who wish to converse with a mental health professional
• Establish positive and trusting relationships with clients
• Screen and assess patients for common mental health and substance use disorders, leveraging evidence based tools
• Provide patient education about common mental health and substance use disorders, as well as available evidenced based treatments
• Implement various treatments and protocols to provide guidance and appropriately address client situations using evidenced based techniques
• Continually assess client situations and provide the proper ongoing treatments
• Educate and involve family members or other loved ones in the treatment process when necessary
• Partner with plan and community resources to make referrals to outside sources or agencies that can augment or better address their specific needs
• Coordinate care after an acute event including emergency department presentation or inpatient admission in collaboration with the patient’s provider and population health team
• Coordinate with patient’s care plan team in order to ensure holistic care
• Maintain the strictest confidentiality of each and every client situation
• Maintain all required licenses and the appropriate insurance
• Participate in clinical team meetings as assigned
• Ability to practice in the office in New York

Qualifications

• LCSW, LPC or LMFT
• Current, unrestricted license(s) in New York; additional state licenses a plus
• Must have an Independent License
• Must have at least 2 years of therapy experience
• Bilingual Spanish and ability to pass language testing
• Experience with population management

Requirements

• This is a full time remote role. Must already have a license to practice independently in New York.
• If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.

Benefits

• Annual salary of 67,100 - 111,800 USD / yearly, depending on relevant factors, including experience and geographic location
• Eligible to participate in an annual bonus plan
• Comprehensive range of benefits, with a focus on supporting your whole health
• Health-related benefits including medical, vision, dental, and well-being and behavioral health programs
• 401(k)
• Company paid life insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• A minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year
• Paid holidays
• Leaves of absence