Alcohol and Drug Abuse Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

Job Description
Assists with the development of center operating procedures for the program components related to substance abuse prevention, education, and relapse prevention. Develops and monitors student intervention plans, conducts, and documents counseling notes and student progress in the student's health record, as well as providing ongoing substance abuse counseling services.
Conducts on-going counseling and support groups, to include an introduction to the self-help program for intervention, and annual events surrounding prevention. Work includes coordination of counseling and intervention with the mental health consultants, center physician, health services staff, counselors, and other non-health staff to ensure that the intervention program component is fully understood and integrated on center and that staff support student intervention plans.
Coordinates career plans and intervention planning with center counselors and health providers, as well as educators and instructors to update a student's intervention plan and behavioral contract to ensure the plan guides a student's expected behavior in all areas of center life and in preparation for employment.
Collaborates with the recreation department to assist in developing leisure time activities and specific incentives to reinforce an alcohol and other drug free lifestyle is expected and the incumbent maintains as a liaison with community intervention resources.
Evaluates self-help groups and establishment of appropriate referrals and counseling services. Compiles required monthly and quarterly reports for submission to the National Health Office. Maintains appropriate records in the medical folders, charting information necessary to insure they are current.
Conducts drug testing and follows chain of custody expectations. Maintains drug testing and alcohol testing supplies and equipment.
Coordinates and participates in Tobacco Use Prevention (TUPP) programming, Healthy and Active Life Styles (HEALS) programming and other center activities, to include providing three (3) annual events per year.
Plans and conducts center staff training on the dynamics of alcohol and other drug use, prevention, and other areas of employee assistance programming noting staff roles and responsibilities.
Provides staff education on biochemical referral process and use of testing supplies.
Performs all tasks in compliance with existing Job Corps safety policies and procedures. DOL provides Policy and Requirements Handbook (PRH) and a EAP Desktop Reference for additional compliance guidelines.