Per Diem Counselor

SUMMARY:

This position as a Per Diem Substance Abuse Counselor to support the Comprehensive Outpatient Program by providing clinical counseling services during evenings, weekends, holidays, and staff absences (e.g., sick calls). Responsibilities may include delivering services via telehealth platforms and offering oversight of clinical activities to ensure quality and compliance with treatment standards.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Core duties and responsibilities include the following, additional duties may be assigned.

• Collects and analyzes assessment data which includes substance use, mental health and co-occurring disorders.
• Completes intake process and arrives at treatment recommendations and level of care decisions that are appropriate to client’s level of functioning and medical necessity.
• Completes psychosocial assessments.
• Develops initial and comprehensive individualized treatment plans based on client’s needs, using client’s words, and that have measurable objectives, within established timelines, based on assessment, psychosocial, client’s assessed stage of change, and in consultation with client and treatment team as appropriate.
• Provides individual counseling based on treatment plan and client centered needs.
• Conducts group counseling.
• Conducts evidence based practices to the individual needs of the clients (EBPs include, but are not limited to, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Matrix Model, Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy).
• Responds to client feedback/suggestions.
• Consults with other legal and treatment agencies and individuals as needed.
• Attends staff meetings and team conferences.
• Attends to client needs in a thorough and timely manner.
• Speaks of and to clients with dignity and respect.
• Is attuned to the presence of trauma indicators and project safety and trust in the professional relationship.
• Conducts discharge planning with the client.
• Provides crisis intervention services as needed.
• Recognizes, responds to, high risk factors including suicidal and homicidal ideation.
• Recognizes, responds to, and defuse volatile or dangerous situations as allowable; when in doubt always call for assistance and/or 911.
• Acts as liaison with networking/referring agencies, e.g.; Courts, Parole, Probation, ACCESS, etc.
• Is aware of client’s compliance with medication, vocational and medical appointments and addresses all non-compliant issues.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skills and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience:

• CASAC and 1 year experience working with applicable populations who have substance abuse/co-occurring disorders; or
• CASAC-T with 2-3 years’ experience working with applicable populations who have substance abuse/co-occurring disorders; or
• HS Diploma and 6 years’ experience working with applicable populations who have substance abuse/co-occurring disorders.
• Must have basic computer skills.
• Must successfully complete a criminal background check, obtain clearance from the Office of Children and Family Services and be drug free.

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