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Habilitation Counselor-March 2024

Newark

Mar 29, 2026

About Habilitation Counselor

　　Position Details

　　Position Information

Recruitment/Posting Title	Habilitation Counselor
Job Category	Staff & Executive - Healthcare
Department	UBHC-Extended Care 450 Program
Overview	Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care (UBHC), established in 1971, offers a full continuum of evidence based behavioral health and addiction services for children, adolescents, adults, and seniors throughout New Jersey. UBHC's 1,060 experienced behavioral health professionals and support staff are dedicated to treatment, prevention, and education. UBHC, one of the largest providers of behavioral health care in the country, has a budget of $260 million and has 15 sites throughout New Jersey. Services are readily accessible and include: inpatient, outpatient, partial hospitalization, screening, crisis stabilization, family/caregiver support, community outreach and case management, supportive housing, supported employment, prevention and consultation, employee assistance programs, and a licensed therapeutic school from preschool through high school.Specialty services include the New Jersey suicide prevention helpline and peer help lines for police, veterans, active military, teachers, mothers of special needs children and child protective service workers. In FY2016, UBHC treated 16,199 consumers, had 24,502 admissions, and touched the lives of 19,441 individual callers through peer support. In addition, UBHC is the primary mental health training resource for the New Jersey departments of Human Services, Children and Families, and Corrections, delivering 16,000 trainings each year.
Posting Summary	Rutgers The State University is seeking a Habilitation Counselor in the Residential - Adult 24 Hour Supervised Group Home of Rutgers University Behavioral Healthcare.The primary purpose of the Habilitation Counselor position is to provide day-to-day direct care, face-to-face case management and supportive services to consumer residents who reside in the UBHC's 24 Hour Adult Residential programs as directed by the Program Supervisor in accordance with all regulatory requirements.Among the key duties of this position are the following: Assumes direct care responsibilities for consumer residents in the Residential program and provide face-to-face supportive counseling, crisis intervention, psycho-education, skills building, and case management services as indicated. Counsels a caseload of consumers/residents as required with empathy and concern. Involves consumer residents and/or family, significant others in jointly formulating residential treatment/individualized recovery plans reflecting measurable goals and objectives based on consumer input, clinical assessment, and treatment team recommendations in accordance with all regulatory requirements. Engages consumer/resident in appropriate professional treatment interventions based on assessment. Responds with sensitivity to spiritual, cultural and socioeconomic issues of consumer/resident. Manages termination issues and documentation in an effective and timely manner. Manages caseload demands effectively, while considering both, quality of care and program needs. Demonstrates receptivity to supervisory feedback to enhance counseling skills. Supervises, organizes and supports recreational and/or socialization activities for consumer residents. Provides psycho-education in the consumer resident's home or residential program to enhance community.
Position Status	Full Time
Hours Per Week
Daily Work Shift
Work Arrangement
FLSA	Exempt
Grade	19S
Position Salary
Annual Minimum Salary	52503.000
Annual Mid Range Salary	62615.000
Annual Maximum Salary	74061.000
Standard Hours	37.50
Union Description	HPAE, Local 5094
Payroll Designation	PeopleSoft
Benefits	Rutgers offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees. For details, please go to . Rutgers also offers a benefit program to eligible full-time postdoctoral fellow students. For details, please go to
Seniority Unit
Terms of Appointment	Staff - 12 month
Position Pension Eligibility	ABP

　　Qualifications

Minimum Education and Experience	Bachelor's Degree in a mental health field plus one (1) year of related experience in a mental health setting.
Certifications/Licenses	Applicants possessing a degree in Social Work must have an active New Jersey certification/licensure as required by the State Board of Social Work. Valid driver's license required.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Preferred Qualifications
Equipment Utilized
Physical Demands and Work Environment	Physical Demands: The employee spends much time driving, lifting, walking, standing, bending and talking with consumers. Assists consumer residents with maintaining a residential environment that meets all regulatory requirements. Assisting consumer residents with activities of daily living. Transport of consumer. The employee can expect to lift up to 30 pounds. Work Environment: Highly active settings with mental health consumers contact throughout the shift. The need for staff to provide crisis intervention is common.
Special Conditions

　　Posting Details

Posting Number	23ST3131
Posting Open Date
Special Instructions to Applicants
Regional Campus	Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS)
Home Location Campus	Newark (RBHS)
City	Newark
State	NJ
Location Details

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　　It is university policy to provide equal employment opportunity to all its employees and applicants for employment regardless of their race, creed, color, national origin, age, ancestry, nationality, marital or domestic partnership or civil union status, sex, p regnancy, gender identity or expression, disability status, liability for military service, protected veteran status, affectional or sexual orientation, atypical cellular or blood trait, genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing), or any other category protected by law. As an institution, we value diversity of background and opinion, and prohibit discrimination or harassment on the basis of any legally protected class in the areas of hiring, recruitment, promotion, transfer, demotion, training, compensation, pay, fringe benefits, layoff, termination or any other terms and conditions of employment. For additional information please see the Non-Discrimination Statement at the following web address: http://uhr.rutgers.edu/non-discrimination-statement

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