Co-Occurring Counselor

Co-Occurring Counselor Full Time 40 Hours Weekly Saint Louis, MO, US The Integrated Treatment for Co-Occurring Disorders team provides treatment services to individuals with mental illness and substance use disorders. Functions include attending daily team meetings, and attending treatment planning meetings. Provide clinical services to individuals enrolled in ITCD services. Participate as an active member of the multi-service center leadership team. The Integrated Treatment Specialist will provide and include individual, group, couples and family counseling/therapy, individual skills training, medication training, crisis intervention, linkage to community resources, advocacy, assessment, and treatment planning to adult consumers with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders. Ensure program fidelity with the national model. Participate in on‑call rotation. General Responsibilities Functions in accordance with the policies of state and federal regulation, and within their professional code of ethics. Within limits of experience, educational background, and center time commitments, presents in public forums educational materials to promote community understanding of mental health and enhance community response to mental health problems. According to Center policies, participates in staffing of persons served to identify problems and establish goals and objectives for treatment and assumes management responsibilities for cases assigned. Participates in and contributes to the various staff development activities of the center. Is sensitive to the responsibilities for management needs, such as data collection, program evaluation, development of grant applications, maintenance of contracts for services, etc. Participates in all required meetings. Responsive to all Corporate Compliance and Quality Assurance procedures, cooperates with utilization review procedures, and follows established procedures, rules and regulations of the clinical records department. Completes all documentation in a timely manner and in accordance with agency, state, and federal regulations. Identifies the treatment services consumers should receive based on severity of substance use diagnosis, stage of change, and immediate needs, and recommends treatment objectives for the consumer’s service plan. Establishes the degree of risk for substance use and associated harmful behaviors and interventions required to promote progress toward recovery. Participates in daily meetings around substance use issues and incorporates findings into service plans. Builds in review and evaluation points, and modifies the service plan in light of feedback from recipients and relevant others. Develops comprehensive collaborative service plans and 6‑month service‑plan reviews with the consumer and the consumer’s support system. Involves social supports in the consumer’s treatment with the PHASES team. Completes crisis intervention and relapse‑prevention plans, progress notes, and significant data. Provides individual mental health, relapse‑prevention, harm‑reduction, and substance use counseling based on motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioral responses to mental illness and substance use. Works effectively with community housing providers, education and vocational training providers, and self‑help groups providing services to PHASES consumers. Links consumers to self‑help recovery groups. Completes expected minimum monthly treatment contacts each month. Provides supports to the consumer to address needs for problem‑solving, wellness self‑management, housing, income support, education and vocational training, social supports, employment, and primary care. Acts as advocate and liaison for consumers in securing emergency detox and habilitation care, and other community supports that promote integrated dual‑disorder treatment. Evaluates on a continuing basis the ITCD services and expected outcomes. Provides 24‑hour crisis intervention on‑call services on a rotating basis. Provides treatment contacts in the office and in the community. Minimum Education, Training and Experience A licensed (or provisionally licensed) QMHP with one year of full‑time experience in substance use treatment. If an individual has less than one year of experience in Integrated Treatment (IT), they must be actively acquiring 24 hours of training in IT specific content and receive supervision (could be via phone under contract) from experienced IT staff. The 24 hours of training in IDDT specific content can include, but are not limited to, co‑occurring mental health and substance use disorders, motivational interviewing, stage‑wise treatment interventions, additional treatment, relapse prevention, cognitive behavioral treatment. OR A person who is certified or registered (not recognized) as a substance abuse professional by the Missouri Substance Abuse Counselor’s Certification Board. Further clarification of credentials included Qualified Substance Abuse Professional Credentials. CCDP – Co‑occurring Disorders Professional CCDP‑D – Co‑occurring Disorders Professional‑Diplomate CCJP – Certified Criminal Justice Addictions Professional CADC – Certified Alcohol Drug Counselor CRADC – Certified Reciprocal Alcohol Drug Counselor CRAADC – Certified Reciprocal Advanced Alcohol Drug Counselor RSAP‑P – Registered Substance Abuse Professional – Provisional Certificates, Licenses, Registrations Shall successfully complete CPR, CPI, First Aid training. #J-18808-Ljbffr PEOPLE'S HEALTH CENTERS