Residential Co-Occurring Disorder Counselor

Evergreen Recovery Centers Launches New Program

Introducing a 90-day inpatient program for women with co-occurring disorders and mental health needs.

Evergreen Recovery Centers is proud to introduce our 90-day inpatient residential women's program "Rainwood" tailored for women facing co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders. Our program emphasizes a trauma-informed, recovery-centered, and strengths-based approach. Participants will benefit from a safe and structured environment designed to promote healing and empowerment. Key components include comprehensive clinical assessments, individualized treatment plans, and group therapy sessions. We serve women of all backgrounds, fostering a community of support and understanding. Our clinical model integrates evidence-based practices and holistic therapies, enriching participants' experience. Additional experiential components, such as mindfulness training and recreational activities, enhance personal growth and resilience. The program highlights the importance of connection, self-discovery, and lasting recovery. We invite you to join us in this transformative journey toward wellness.

Position: Residential Co-Occurring Disorder Counselor

Reports To: Director of Rainwood

Primary Function: Provides individual counseling for caseload of co-occurring disorder patients

Classification: Non-Exempt, may include some evening or weekend hours

Primary Responsibilities:

• Complete Substance Use Disorder (SUD) assessments for clinical and legal purposes, with an awareness of the mental health needs for people with co-occurring disorders
• Provide individual counseling and case management for a caseload of individuals with co-occurring addiction and mental disorders, including determining an appropriate treatment approach for persons with medications that are not conducive to abstinence-based groups.
• Conduct educational classes and treatment groups as assigned.
• As a primary counselor, will develop, review at least monthly, and amend an individualized service plan that addresses treatment of substance use disorder as well as co-occurring mental health disorders.
• Record patient notes on the day of contact and ensure files are maintained in accordance with organization's policies and procedures and specific contract requirements.
• Ensure timely, complete communication and treatment progress reports to courts, referents and resource agencies, as appropriate.
• During a patient's course of care, maintain ongoing collaboration with CPS, DCFS, courts and other applicable agencies as well as conduct ongoing discharge planning.
• Complete patient progress notes and treatment plan revisions in a timely fashion and in a manner that another counselor could pick up the file and know how to work with the patient.
• Provide finance department with records of time engaged in counseling activities, case management, drug court staff meetings, and other activities billable under appropriate contracts.
• Follow patient confidentiality as outlined in organizational policy, 42 CFR. 45 CFR and relevant State laws.
• Identify psychiatric, medical or other services and facilitate patient referral, as appropriate.
• Take on a share of additional groups for fellow counselors during absences.
• Attend staff meetings and provide clinical input, attend in-house trainings by consulting psychiatrist, and complete all mandatory staff trainings as scheduled.
• Participate in research, and organizational activities as assigned.
• Other duties as assigned.

Essential Skills and Abilities:

• Clear understanding of substance use disorder (SUD,) withdrawal, and treatment resources for recovery, including 12-step programs.
• Growing competence in treating people with common co-occurring disorders, including the role of psychotropic medications.
• Ability to integrate mental health therapy and primary chemical dependency treatment into an integrated service plan with measurable milestones and goals.
• Demonstrated ability to exercise considerable independent clinical judgment and initiative in accordance with agency policies, procedures, and practices.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain current, accurate, complete, and well-written assessments, patient treatment plans, progress notes articulating movement and adjustments
• Ability to conduct individualized patient-centered treatment that incorporates into all stages of treatment the patient's own assessment of their strengths, needs, abilities and preferences.
• Maintain professional boundaries and set a positive example of behaviors for patients.
• Work cooperatively with patients, coworkers, and external agencies.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality in accordance with appropriate State and Federal laws and in accordance with organization policies and procedures.
• Ability to work with diverse ethnic populations and a variety of people with different problems.
• Effective written and verbal communications.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Graduate degree in psychology or similar counseling (specialization in addiction preferred).
• At least one year full-time experience in treatment of persons with substance use disorders and/or co-occurring disorders in a SUD treatment setting.
• Licensure by Washington State Department of Health as a certified Substance Use Disorder Professional (SUDP).
• Licensure by Washington State Department of Health as an Associate in a Mental Health Counselor discipline (fully licensed mental health counselor preferred). Counselors who fail to maintain both licenses during employment will be reassigned to a position commensurate to the license they continue to hold.
• Offer of employment is conditional upon review of Criminal Background Check and ability to pass a pre-employment drug test. Employer is a drug-free workplace.

Day shift Mon-Fri, Sun-Thurs, Tues-Sat available Benefits: Dental insurance Employee assistance program Health insurance Health savings account Life insurance Paid time off Professional development assistance Retirement plan Vision insurance