Counselor DR&A

Job Description

Job Description

Counselor

We offer competitive salaries, full benefits package, Paid Time Off, and opportunities for professional growth. Pinnacle Treatment Centers is a growing leader in addiction treatment services. We provide care across the nation touching the lives of more than 35,000 patients daily.  Our mission is to remove all barriers to recovery and transform individuals, families, and communities with treatment that works.   Our employees believe we are creating a better world where lives and communities are made whole again through comprehensive treatment.  

As a Counselor, you will oversee all aspects of a patient’s treatment. You will be responsible for the coordination and continuity of care from admission through discharge and follow-up of the patients. You will promote performance improvement and service delivery by providing comprehensive psychological therapy directed towards addressing the causes and effects of the patient’s addiction by providing substance abuse counseling for assigned patients including family and group therapy.

We are passionate about the importance of our Substance Abuse Counselors and want to help you build your career with us! A few ways we are committed to this effort is through FREE Clinical Supervisor, offering over 600 free CEU courses and on-going training for professional development.

Benefits:

• 18 days PTO (Paid Time Off)
• 8 paid holidays
• 401k with company match
• Company sponsored ongoing training and certification opportunities.
• Full comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, short term disability, long term disability and accident insurance.
• Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program (STAR LRP)
• Discounted tuition and scholarships through Capella University

Requirements:

• Master’s degree

Licensed in the state of Indiana:

• LCAC
• LCSW
• LMHC
• LMFT
• Psychologist
• Physician
• Three (3) years’ experience in substance abuse, mental health, or related field

Responsibilities:

• Interface with the clinical team in decision-making process involving patients to include attending all clinical meetings.
• Assess the counseling needs of the patient.
• Assess the patient for substance abuse diagnosis using DSM criteria in determining appropriate level of care based on ASAM criteria.
• Obtain previous records that are relevant to the current treatment episode.
• Prepare the substance abuse counseling portion of the patient treatment plan.
• Provide substance abuse counseling services specified in the patient treatment plan.
• Develop the patient discharge/continuum of care plan to ensure movement to the appropriate levels of care.
• Participate fully as a member of a multidisciplinary team for assigned patients.
• Document all counseling and education services, assessments, reassessments, referrals, and follow-up in the patient’s clinical record.
• Maintain patient caseload (including all case management and utilization review updates, treatment planning duties, and clinical charting as required)
• Provide coordination of support services for the patient and their family and record the services provided in the clinical record.
• Reassess patients and revise the substance use counseling portion of the patient treatment plan, as necessary.
• Facilitate family therapy as assigned.
• Contact and coordination with referral sources (i.e., legal, school, employer, etc.).
• Facilitate intervention for crisis-orientated issues utilizing a multi-disciplinary team approach for assigned patients.
• Carry out administrative and clinical functions as requested.
• Attend team meetings and complete all training courses timely as required.
• Other duties as assigned.

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